MODOK is set to come back to the screen soon after his attempt to make it as an animated series in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

The character, whose name is an acronym for Mobile/Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing, first appeared in Tales of Suspense #93-94 in 1967 and became a recurring foe for Captain America, created by the popular duo of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. After various appearances in comics, video games, and series, MODOK will return to the screen played by Corey Stoll, who gave life to Darren Cross, aka Yellowjacket, in the first Ant-Man movie.

Departing a bit from the canon of the comics, this new version of the character has some very peculiar inspirations, as revealed by writer Jeff Loveness to SFX Magazine:
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“MODOK is maybe my single favorite thing that I got in the movie. Obviously we are very faithful to the comics with the design and the look, but then there is a little bit of extra we put into him. Maybe I’ll get fired off The Kang Dynasty when people see it, but some of my favorite moments come from MODOK and the dynamics there. I’ll just say he was inspired by Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda and Frank Grimes in an old Simpsons episode – this really put-upon, selfish, entitled but then also deeply sad, insecure man who knows that he got a shit deal in life and is trying to make the best of it.”

A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 heist comedy that follows a gang of diamond thieves who double-cross one another to find stolen diamonds hidden by the gang leader. Otto, Cline’s character, is a mean and ignorant weapon’s expert. Frank Grimes, on the other hand, was Homer’s co-worker at the Nuclear Power Plant, who was extremely jealous of the main character’s life and annoyed by his lack of commitment to work.

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What’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania About?

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Superhero partners Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and The Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures, and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible.

Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, and Michelle Pfeiffer are returning for the movie, with Kathryn Newton joining them to play the grown-up version of Cassie Lang and Jonathan Majors as the main villain, Kang.