Another actor has joined Ant-Man, the upcoming addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe from director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End).

It’s being reported that Patrick Wilson, star of Insidious, The Conjuring, and Watchmen, will appear in the movie, though who the actor will be playing has not been identified as of yet.

Edgar Wright will be making his full-fledged entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe when Ant-Man begins filming later this year for release two summers from now. The universally-adored Hot Fuzz filmmaker recently announced that he will be bringing a pair of old friends to serve in important roles behind the scenes.

First up, Bill Pope will be Ant-Man‘s director of photography, and his name should be familiar to lovers of fantastic cinema the world over. Pope’s past credits as cinematographer include Army of Darkness, The Matrix and its two sequels, and both Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3. He also served as DP on Wright’s last two films, Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World and The World’s End. Pope is one of the best cinematographers of dynamic action working in the film industry and his experience with capturing large-scale superheroics with vibrant style and color makes him a natural fit for Edgar Wright’s latest splashy extravaganza.

It appears that director Edgar Wright has chosen his actress for the female lead in the upcoming Marvel flick Ant-Man, and that actress is Evangeline Lilly.

The Canadian actress best known for her role as Kate on LOST has entered into early talks for the role, in which she would join the existing cast of Paul Rudd, who will play Scott Lang, Michael Douglas, who is playing Hank Pym, and Michael Pena, who is set to play an unnamed villain role.

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.