Michael Pena in Talks for Ant-Man

American Hustle actor offered unknown role in Marvel film.

Please see some updates at the bottom of this report.

I guess it’s an Ant-Man kind of week -- and it’s only Tuesday! After the news broke yesterday that Michael Douglas will be playing Hank Pym in the Edgar Wright film, word has come today that Michael Pena is in talks to join the cast as well.

According to The Wrap, the American Hustle actor has been offered a role in the Marvel film and wants to join the project for its May production start. (Marvel, as always, has denied the report.) It’s not clear at this point who Pena would play in Ant-Man.

Paul Rudd will star as Scott Lang, who was the second Ant-Man in the Marvel comic books. Douglas’ Pym was the first to bear that name in the comics (and possibly in the movie as well). Wright, who co-wrote the film with Joe Cornish (Attack the Block), hinted on Twitter yesterday that Ant-Man could flash-back to the 1960s at some point to depict a younger Pym in action... though Pena doesn’t really seem like a young Michael Douglas, does he?

Michael Pena, looking for Pym particles

Ant-Man will be released on July 31, 2015.

Update #1: The Hollywood Reporter has slightly more info on what could be Pena's role, saying that "Marvel had been on the lookout for what insiders describe as a 'tough Latino' who has to be ready for a lot of physical play. The studio looked at actors ranging from Javier Bardem to Clifton Collins Jr."

Update #2: This is Infamous claims Pena is playing "Castillo," a Latin American dictator in the vein of Fidel Castro: "Castillo will be the film’s villain in the beginning, which takes place in the 1960s. It is here that we’ll get our introduction to Ant-Man – the Hank Pym version – which Marvel readers will get from the character’s work as a spy fighting against Communism. From there, Ant-Man will move into the modern era, with a an aging Pym, recently filled by Michael Douglas, and the beginning of the Scott Lang story arc, which will eventually get Scott Lang in as Ant-Man. Lang will encounter this second villain along the way, who will serve as his primary villain, but what we’re hearing is that Peña will wind up playing a larger role as the film develops, much more than just the opening to establish Ant-Man."

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