Michael Douglas has officially signed on Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man. And now Marvel is revealing that he’s playing Hank Pym, which means Paul Rudd (the lead and younger Ant-Man of this story) is the other comic book iteration of this hero Scott Lang. But wait, there’s a twist. Spoilers ahead.
Variety is reporting that Douglas is 100% in to star as the retired scientists Hank Pym who invented the serum that turned himself into a superhero (with the abilities to change his size). After Pym retired he then bestowed the Ant-Man title to Lang. However it seems that there is more to this story than meets the eye. Movie critic Devin Faraci spied this change in the Variety title.
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Which makes even MORE sense when you really think about it. Why else would Douglas sign on, he was either going to be a very bit cameo part (which would most likely have been kept under wraps by Marvel as a surprise) or he’s a very important character. Villain makes a whole lotta sense. Also who doesn’t love a bitter, retired superhero that goes from good to bad?
UPDATE: Director Edgar Wright addresses the villain rumors on his twitter account and said they were false.
@spinlighter @IMDb No. This is a bit of misreporting.
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) January 13, 2014
