Evangeline Lilly for ANT-MAN?

Avengers Origins: Ant-Man & The Wasp courtesy Marvel
Avengers Origins: Ant-Man & The Wasp courtesy Marvel

Has Marvel found a leading lady for Paul Rudd in Ant-Man?

 

Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) is in talks for the female lead according to Variety.

 

Michael Douglas is playing Hank Pym. Rudd is Scott Lang. The story includes a theory that Lilly would play Pym’s daughter and Lang’s love interest. Continue reading Evangeline Lilly for ANT-MAN?

Michael Douglas on Joining ANT-MAN

Avengers #25 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #25 courtesy Marvel

Michael Douglas reveals some of the motivation for joining the cast of Ant-Man. The Oscar-winning actor will play Hank Pym, creator of the Pym particles that allow someone to shrink to insect size.

 

“I’ve been dying to do a Marvel picture for so long,” Douglas told Reuters. “The script is really fun, the director is really good. Dylan (the actor’s 13-year-old son) will love it. He’ll have a picture he can see.” Continue reading Michael Douglas on Joining ANT-MAN

Who Are The ANT-MEN

Ant-Man on Avengers Finale cover courtesy Marvel
Ant-Man on Avengers Finale cover courtesy Marvel

The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn’t exactly following comic book continuity but you never know what parts of a character’s origins might make it to the big screen.

 

Hank Pym was a founding Avenger and inventor of Ultron but he won’t be featured in Joss Whedon’s sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron.

 

Now we know Oscar winner Michael Douglas will play Hank Pym and Paul Rudd will play Scott Lang in Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man which hits cinemas right after Avengers: Age of Ultron.

 

Here’s what you might want know about the first two men (there’s a third guy, too) to wear the Ant-Man helmet: Continue reading Who Are The ANT-MEN