Ant-Man Cast Grows With Judy Greer, Bobby Cannavale and Tony Starks Dad

My unwarranted earlier reaction to Peyton Reed being chosen as the director of Ant-Man feels hideously narrow-minded in retrospect. The dude not only has a lot more beloved works under his belt than a forgettable Jim Carry vehicle, and I'm super sorry for saying such poor words way back when. I'm way more confident in the film now, thanks not only to the phenomenal artistic success of Marvel Studios recent movie Guardians, but also Reeds hideous treatment by fans on the internet and at Comic-Con. The movie starts filming today, and already has dynamite cast that includes Paul Rudd playing Scott Lang, who is the titular superhero, Michael Douglas as his mentor, Evangeline Lilly as the mentors daughter, Corey Stall as the anatgonist and Michael Pena.

The cast has expanded today, in a clumsily written report by Deadline that notes of numerous additions to the movies cast. The new actors they reported are Bobby Cannavale, David Dastmalchian (who I thought had already been cast, but whatever), Abby Ryder Fortson, Wood Harris, T.I. and Gregg Turkington. The two additions that really caught my eye though are Judy Greer (who will be super busy in Summer 2015 considering she also has roles in Jurassic World and Tomorrowland) and John Slattery, who will be reprising his Iron Man 2 role of Howard Stark, Tony Starks father.

Aside from Slattery, none of the new cast members were given specific roles in this announcement (Penas roles is also a mystery at this point), though it's a safe bet that Fortson is playing Scotts daughter Cassie Lang. Prepare for plenty more information on the film as it's release date of July 17, 2015 approaches.