Marvel's Ant-Man debuts in teaser trailer

Comic book fans got their first normal-sized look at the newest addition to the Marvel CinematicUniverse last night with a teaser trailer for Ant-Man.

The trailer, which runs for a little under two minutes, introduces Scott Lang, played by Paul Rudd, a convicted criminal who is offered the chance to become a superhero by donning a suit that allows him to shrink to near-microscopic size.

Michael Douglas also makes an appearance as Dr. Hank Pym, the scientist who developed the bizarreAnt-Man suit. Corey Stoll and Evangeline Lilly also show up briefly,playing Yellowjacket and Pym's daughter Hope Van Dyne, respectively.

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The trailer debuted Tuesday night during the ABC premiere of Marvel's Agent Carter, which stars Hayley Atwellas the titular 1940s spy Peggy Carter previously seen in 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger.

Marvel has had some cheeky fun in the lead-up to the full trailer's release. They launched a shrunken, 100-pixel teaser video on Friday, and released a postershowing what looked like an ant-sized Ruddon a blank, white background.

Ant-Man is scheduled to hit theatres on July 17, only a month after the second Avengers film, Age of Ultron, which will feature characters more familiar to movie-going Marvel fans such as Iron Man and Captain America.

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