Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer: Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly suit up in first look at new Marvel sequel

Lilly is promoted to title status for the follow-up to 2015's enjoyable outing

The first post-Avengers: Infinity War Marvel film has a trailer.

Ant-Man and the Wasp - the sequel to 2015's enjoyable Marvel outing Ant-Man - is set to be released later this year with Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly both reprising their roles, the latter being promoted to title status making her the first female superhero to get a title name-check in a film from the MCU.

Michael Douglas will also return as Dr. Hank Pym with his long-lost wife - Janet Van Dyne (mother to Lilly's character, Hope) - showing up in a role played by Michelle Pfeiffer.

Peyton Reed returns as director with scriptwriting duties falling to Gabriel Ferrari, Andrew Barrer, Chris McKenna, Erick Sommers and lead star Rudd.

Marvel fever is in overdrive following the premiere of Black Panther earlier this week, the initial reactions of which have been unanimously positive. A new look at superhero mash-up Avengers: Infinity War - which is rumoured to have a scene featuring over 40 superheroes - is expected to drop at this weekend's Super Bowl.

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