Evangeline Lilly being eyed to join Marvel's Ant-Man?

Evangeline Lilly is reportedly being eyed to join the cast of Marvel's Ant-Man.

The actress is in talks for the lead female role in director Edgar Wright's comic book adaptation, according to Variety .

Lilly's casting would see her star opposite Paul Rudd as the Scott Lang version of Ant-Man, while Michael Douglas will play Lang's predecessor Hank Pym.

Sources told the publication that Lilly could play Pym's daughter, and thus emerge as a love interest for Lang.

Ant-Man is being written by Wright and Joe Cornish, the pair who previously produced the science fiction hit Attack the Block .

Marvel will release the movie on July 17, 2015.

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