Where we left off with the 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' characters before 'Quantumania'

• It's been nearly five years since the previous "Ant-Man" film. 
• The Marvel Cinematic Universe has changed after "Avengers: Endgame."
• Here's where movie fans last saw all the characters before "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania."

Scott Lang, Hope Van Dyne, and Cassie Lang were reunited in the "Avengers: Endgame" finale.

The last time we saw some of the key "Ant-Man" characters was in "Avengers: Endgame," as Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) was trapped in the Quantum Realm for five years after the end of "Ant-Man and the Wasp" and "Avengers: Infinity War." 

Scott is the one who come up with the idea of using the microscopic universe to time travel back and steal all the Infinity Stones so that the Avengers could resurrect everyone after Thanos (Josh Brolin) wiped out half of all life in the universe.

Once everyone was brought back, Scott reunited with Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) on the battlefield against Thanos and his forces. And towards the end of the movie, Scott, Hope and an older Cassie Lang (Emma Fuhrmann) watched the celebratory fireworks.

Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne were living happily together.

At the end of 2018's "Ant-Man and the Wasp," Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) were finally reunited after 30 years apart while Janet was stuck in the Quantum Realm. 

The final scenes of the film saw the pair spend some much-needed time together on a remote beach, although luckily Hank brought a miniature version of their house with them.

They were also present in the film's post-credits scene, in which Scott and Hope were trying to harvest energy from the Quantum Realm before the snap turned them to dust, leaving the Avenger stranded in the miniature universe. 

"Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" will be the first time fans have seen Hank and Janet since 2018, so it'll be interesting to see if their dynamic has changed at all in the years since "Endgame."

Luis, Kurt, and Dave were still working at X-Con.

A key part of the "Ant-Man" team in the MCU is Scott's best friend, Luis (Michael Peña), after they were in prison together before the events of the first film.

But by the second, they had both gone straight — even trying to get their own security business, X-Con, off the ground. 

The company also employed former petty criminals, Kurt (David Dastmalchian) and Dave (T.I.), who were instrumental in getting them their first big contract… Oh, and they helped fight off nefarious gangster Sonny Burch (Walton Goggins) at the end of "Ant-Man and the Wasp."

The X-Con trio haven't shown up elsewhere in the MCU, although Variety reported that T.I. will not appear in "Quantumania" after sexual assault and drugging allegations were made against the rapper.

Maggie Lang and Jim Paxton made good with Scott.

Although Scott's relationship with his ex-wife Maggie Lang (Judy Greer) and her new partner Jim Paxton (Bobby Cannavale) was initially quite frosty when he got out of prison, they came to really respect him when he stepped up as Ant-Man.

The last time the couple appeared on screen was in "Ant-Man and the Wasp," in which they were incredibly supportive of Scott while he was under house arrest, and they were there to welcome him back into the world after he was allowed out again. 

Scott and Jim had basically become friends by this point, which is pretty surprising since the detective was in charge of hunting him down in the 2015 film.

Ghost and Bill Foster went on the run.

British star Hannah John-Kamen joined the MCU as the main antagonist of "Ant-Man and the Wasp," a former S.H.I.E.L.D. operative called Ava/Ghost, who is constantly in pain but can phase through dimensions as a result of a quantum experiment gone wrong as a child. 

Ultimately, Janet used her own quantum energy to cure Ava of her condition at the end of the film, shortly before she went on the run with her associate, Bill Foster (Laurence Fishburne). 

It's not clear where they actually went, and we haven't seen them since the 2018 movie, but Scott and the gang were clearly still in contact with the pair since their experiment in the post-credits scene was about getting more quantum energy for Ava. 

Ghost is confirmed to show up in the "Thunderbolts" movie, so it's clear her time in the MCU isn't over just yet.

Darren Cross was presumably killed at the end of 2015's "Ant-Man."

"House of Cards" and "The Strain" star Corey Stoll joined the MCU as the villain for 2015's "Ant-Man," playing Darren Cross, aka Yellowjacket, in the fun adventure.

He spent most of the film trying to perfect the Yellowjacket technology, along with replicating Hank Pym's shrinking particles so he could power his exosuit.

Darren ultimately ended up in a visually inventive fight with Scott Lang that jumped from the Pym Technologies laboratory to a helicopter and a miniature train set.

But Cross is seemingly killed when Scott decided to go subatomic to destroy the villain's suit, shrinking between the metal plates and crippling it from the inside. The malfunction caused Darren to shrink uncontrollably, seemingly being crushed and sucked into a tiny molecule. 

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