10 Biggest Movie And TV News This Week (Jan 18th)

3. Michael Douglas Is Ant-Man

Douglas Ant Man Add another Academy Award-winning actor to the list of those who've starred in a superhero movie, because Michael Douglas is Ant-Man! Well, kind of. On Monday Marvel Studios announced that Douglas has been cast as Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man, in Edgar Wright's upcoming film. As you know, it was previously reported that Paul Rudd has been cast in the titular role, and up until now we had all assumed he would be playing Pym. Now it's been revealed that Rudd will in fact be playing Scott Lang, the second Ant-Man. This casting news raises more questions than it answers and has received a bit of a mixed reaction. On one hand, it's exciting to see Douglas sign on for a film like this and it will be great to see what he does with the character. On the other, some fans are upset that the Ant-Man we'll get fighting alongside the Avengers will be Lang instead of Pym, but we'll just have to wait and see what direction the film takes before passing that kind of judgement.
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