Matt Gerald is signed up as an Ant-Man baddie (Picture: Getty Images)

Prolific actor Matt Gerald has been added to Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man as a villain.

While he will be playing a baddie, according to Deadline, it is unknown whether he will be the main villain of the film.

Gerald is no stranger to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having appeared in Marvel One-Shot All Hail The King opposite Sir Ben Kingsley.

He has also starred in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Avatar and Sylvester Stallone-starrer Escape Plan.


Gerald joins Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas – who play Scott Lang and Hank Pym respectively; and Patrick Wilson, Michael Peña and Corey Stoll (in roles yet to be revealed).



Evangeline Lily is rumoured to be playing Janet van Dyne, also known as The Wasp.

Paul Rudd stars as Ant-Man (Picture: Reuters)

Ant-Man is scheduled for release on July 17 2015.

The film will compete with Warner Bros’ Peter Pan project, which stars Hugh Jackman as pirate Blackbeard.