After Marvel teased us with the Ant-size preview Monday it’s time to see the first official trailer for the upcoming big-screen adventure-fantasy ‘Ant-Man’. It premiered in the final moments of the Agents of SHIELD TV spin-off Agent Carter on ABC Tuesday night, in anticipation of the movie’s July 17 opening.
Besides a preview of Rudd as thief-turned-microscopic superhero Scott Lang, the teaser offered glimpses of Michael Douglas as Lang’s mentor Henry “Hank” Pym, the developer of the shrinking technology that gives Ant-Man his power, and Evangeline Lilly as Pym’s daughter, Hope.
“Scott,” Douglas’s Pym says to Rudd’s Lang in the teaser, “I need you to be the Ant-Man.”
“One question,” responds Lang. “Is it too late to change the name?”
Corey Stoll also costars as the film’s villain, Darren Cross, also known as Yellowjacket.
Rudd and Douglas lead an impressive ensemble cast that also includes Evangeline Lilly, Bobby Cannavale, rapper/actor TI, Corey Stoll and Judy Greer.
Filming finished last month (December) with Peyton Reed (The Break-Up) directing after Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) dropped out in May citing creative differences with Marvel.
Summer can’t come soon enough.
Here’s the Full-Length Ant-Man Trailer
