PAUL RUDD is ANT-MAN. OFFICIALLY. Welcome to the MCU, brah.

Paul Rudd is going to be Ant-Man. Paul Rudd is going to be joining the MCU. This — this fries my brain with glory, happiness, glee, confusion. Paul Rudd is going to Ant-Man for Edgar Wright. Is this real life? Times are good, man.

Briefly: He’s been rumored for months, and denying the report for just as long. But now The Wrap announces the first details of Paul Rudd‘s now ongoing talks to play the lead in Ant-Man, directed by Edgar Wright. Seems that with Joseph Gordon-Levitt moving towards WB and DC’s Sandman film, Rudd locked down the lead role in Wright’s film.

Wright scripted with Joe Cornish (Attack the Block), and Ant-Man is set for release on July 31, 2015.

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