Michelle Pfeiffer to play Janet Van Dyne in upcoming Marvel flick Ant-Man And The Wasp

She may be best known for her work on 1983's Scarface.

But Michelle Pfeiffer's next project may be her most daring yet. 

The 59-year-old actress has joined the cast of Ant-Man And The Wasp it was revealed by Marvel during their San Diego Comic-Con panel on Saturday.

Super woman! Michelle Pfeiffer (pictured in May) has joined the cast of Ant-Man And The Wasp it was revealed by Marvel during their San Diego Comic-Con panel on Saturday

Super woman! Michelle Pfeiffer (pictured in May) has joined the cast of Ant-Man And The Wasp it was revealed by Marvel during their San Diego Comic-Con panel on Saturday

She will play Janet Van Dyne, the mother of Evangeline Lilly's Hope Van Dyne - aka Wasp - and the wife of Michael Douglas' Hank Pym in the upcoming sequel.

In the comic books, Janet was the original Wasp and a founding member of the Avengers, and continued as a superhero after her husband retired, but she eventually went missing in another dimension and was assumed to be dead.

During the panel, a number of other casting announcements were made, including Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch, Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo and Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Bill Foster.

Stunner: Michelle will play Janet Van Dyne the mother of Evangeline Lilly's character Hope Van Dyne, as she is pictured at the Ant-Man premiere in June 2015

Stunner: Michelle will play Janet Van Dyne the mother of Evangeline Lilly's character Hope Van Dyne, as she is pictured at the Ant-Man premiere in June 2015

Heroic: Hope Van Dyne is Wasp in the film as in the comic books, Janet was the original Wasp and a founding member of the Avengers

Heroic: Hope Van Dyne is Wasp in the film as in the comic books, Janet was the original Wasp and a founding member of the Avengers

Michael Pena will also star in the film, which sees Peyton Reed, who helmed 2015's original Ant-Man, return as director and Paul Rudd reprise his lead role of Ant-Man/Scott Lang.

Ant-Man And The Wasp is scheduled for release in July 2018.

Meanwhile, Michelle has a string of other movies in the pipeline including Mother! and Murder on the Orient Express. 

Shining star: Michelle's character is the wife of Michael Douglas' Hank Pym (pictured right in the original film)

Shining star: Michelle's character is the wife of Michael Douglas' Hank Pym (pictured right in the original film)

However she recently admitted she became 'un-hireable' for a time because having her children Claudia, now 24, and John, 22, made her more 'picky and she was gradually offered less and less work.

The Batman Returns actress - who is married to David E. Kelley - said: 'I've never lost my love for acting. I feel really at home on the movie set. I'm a more balanced person honestly when I'm working.

'But I was pretty careful about where I shot, how long I was away, whether or not it worked out with the kids' schedule. And I got so picky that I was un-hireable. And then ... I don't know, time just went on.'

Star-studded: Ant-Man And The Wasp is scheduled for release in July 2018

Star-studded: Ant-Man And The Wasp is scheduled for release in July 2018

 

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