The waves of Marvel Cinematic Universe news continues to crash down on the interwebs like a ton of bricks. Yesterday it was confirmed that Michael Douglas would star as Hank Pym in Edgar Wright‘s upcoming adaptation of Ant-Man – which confirms that Paul Rudd will play Scott Lang. Hours later, it was rumored that Johnny Depp was in early talks to star as Dr. Strange.

Now we have our first quotes from Douglas talking about why he accepted the role of Hank Pym, plus Crash star Michael Pena is reportedly in negotiations to play a villain in the film. Hit the jump for more.

Well this was certainly unexpected. Less than 24 hours after taking home the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture for his performance as Liberace in Steven Soderbergh’s HBO bio-pic Behind the Candelabra, Michael Douglas has been announced to play the role of Hank Pym in Marvel Studio’s 2015 feature Ant-Man.

Edgar Wright will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Attack the Block writer/director Joe Cornish.

Edgar Wright, who will be directing and co-writing the upcoming Ant-Man movie for Marvel for a 2015 release, made a quick blog post this morning featuring a single word and image that is sure to cause some major conversation over where the plot of the movie will be going and which character we may see don the Ant-Man costume.

While Paul Rudd has been officially cast as Ant-Man, there has been no official announcement as to which man-behind-the-mask Rudd will play. IMDB currently has Rudd tagged as “Hank Pym / Ant-Man,” and most news sites have also attributed Rudd as playing Pym, but Wright’s update may just change that.

Just a quick update for you this evening: yesterday it was reported that Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues star Paul Rudd had entered into negotiations to star in Ant-Man for Marvel Studios and director Edgar Wright.

Now comes word that the papers have been signed, the ink is drying, and the deal is officially closed. Paul Rudd is Ant-Man.

It’s being reported that Paul Rudd, who can currently be seen in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, has entered into talks to star in Edgar Wright‘s contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant-Man.

Rudd would play Hank Pym, a scientist who discovers a way to change his size, able to shrink down to the size of an insect and even communicate with them.