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Michael Douglas Joins Cast of Marvel’s ANT-MAN as Hank Pym

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What a difference a day makes.

Sunday night, he’s a Golden Globe winner. Today, actor Michael Douglas is scientist  Hank Pym.

According to Marvel (http://marvel.com/), the two-time Academy Award-winning actor will join director Edgar Wright and Paul Rudd in Marvel’s ANT-MAN. as Hank Pym, who first appeared in TALES TO ASTONISH #27 (Jan. 1962), with Rudd starring as Scott Lang in the film.

Dr. Henry “Hank” Jonathan Pym is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber and penciler Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #27. Pym’s character, a scientist that debuted in a standalone science-fiction anthology story, returned several issues later as the superhero Ant-Man, with the power to shrink to the size of an insect. Pym is eventually given a crime-fighting partner and later wife, Janet van Dyne and goes on to assume other superhero identities, including the size-changing Giant-Man and Goliath; the insect-themed Yellowjacket; and briefly the Wasp.

“With Hank Pym’s rich history in the Marvel Universe, we knew we needed an actor capable of bringing the weight and stature to the role that the character deserves,” said Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige. “We felt incredibly relieved when Michael Douglas agreed to step into the part with the charm and fortitude he brings to every character he inhabits, and couldn’t be more excited to see what he will do to bring Hank Pym to life.”

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Having won a Best Actor Oscar for playing Gordon Gecko in WALL STREET, Douglas also served as producer on ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST for which he also won an Academy Award for Best Picture.

Most recently, Douglas earned a Golden Globe and his first Primetime Emmy Award for his role as legendary entertainer Liberace in the HBO original film “Behind the Candelabra.”

ANT-MAN will be in theaters July 31, 2015.

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