Ant-Man teaser trailer: Watch a super shrinking Paul Rudd in Marvel superhero movie
Anchorman actor following in Chris Pratt's footsteps
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Your support makes all the difference.Dispensing with rakish news reporters and awkward office cubicle workers for the time being, in Ant-Man Paul Rudd plays a con-man with super shrinking ability.
And just look at him being all straight-faced, tucking his daughter in at night in metallic armour and staring at the horizon!
In fairness it does look like there's a bit of Ruddian humour in there (and the screenplay was co-wrote by Edgar Wright after all), with the close of this first trailer seeing Rudd's character Scott Lang ask: "One question, can we change the name?"
The full two-minute teaser follows an 18-second one that went out last week, and aired on US television last night.
Evangeline Lilly also stars, along with Corey Stoll (Pete Russo from House of Cards!) as the sort-of villain Darren Cross/Yellowjacket.
Here's the official synopsis from Marvel:
"Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), 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."
Ant-Man hits UK cinemas on 17 July, 2015.
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