Marvel's Ant-Man: Even More Images Released

Marvel's first release of the year, Avengers: Age of Ultron, has currently grossed $1.32bn across the planet. It's shortly to pass Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 to become the fifth biggest film of all time at the global box office. That's not a bad bit of business.

Few are expecting the firm's second release, Ant-Man, to do quite the same kind of business, but we suspect Marvel is still cautiously optimistic that it has another hit on its hands. Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas lead the cast of this one, with Peyton Reed directing (stepping in, of course, for Edgar Wright). The studio has released a bunch of new pictures from the movie, which includes a first look as David Dastmalchian as Kurt.

UPDATE: a new batch of pictures has just been released by Marvel. So let's start with those...

And here's the earlier batch...

The official synopsis for Ant-Man reads as follows...

The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man.” Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

Marvel’s “Ant-Man” stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne, Corey Stoll as Darren Cross aka Yellowjacket, Bobby Cannavale as Paxton, Michael Peña as Luis, Judy Greer as Maggie, Tip “Ti” Harris as Dave, David Dastmalchian as Kurt, Wood Harris as Gale, Jordi Mollà as Castillo and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym. Directed by Peyton Reed and produced by Kevin Feige, Marvel’s “Ant-Man” delivers a high-stakes, tension-filled adventure on July 17, 2015.

More on the film as we hear it...