Paul Rudd's Ant-Man, Michael Douglas' Hank Pym Land 'Empire' Magazine Cover! [PHOTOS]

Before arriving in theaters in July, Empire Magazine is promoting the summer blockbuster, Marvel's Ant-Man on its cover. Take a sneak peek at the photos of Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) himself, Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) in the upcoming issue.

We previously mentioned, Scott Lang (Rudd) is an ex-con and rehabilitated thief who meets Dr. Hank Pym (Douglas), a brilliant scientist. His latest invention allows a man to shrink down to the size of an ant and increase his strength proportionally. Pym becomes a mentor to Lang, but Darren Cross aka Yellowjacket (Corey Stoll) wants the secret to Pym's technology for his own maniacal purposes.

As we mentioned before, Boardwalk Empire actor, Bobby Cannavale, described the superhero movie, "the actual work - the scenes with me and Paul Rudd, and Judy Greer and Michael Pena - felt like an indie film. It felt like fun. [Director] Peyton Reed [and the studio], they weren't mercurial about the script. They weren't mercurial about the humor, at all. They let us be in charge of that. We improvised a lot. Judy Greer's very funny. Paul's very funny - he's a great improviser. The rewrite of the script that Paul did with McKay - and I've worked with McKay before - lent itself to that."

According to Empire online, Corey Stoll can be seen in his Yellowjacket suit, in one of the images (you just have to squint). In the film, Cross, the former protege of Pym, plans to use the Ant-Man tech for military purposes. The Yellowjacket suit is an updated version of old-school Ant-Man outfit, which includes the blasting lasers you have seen in the trailer.

We also mentioned, Paul Rudd will be retuning as the Marvel superhero in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War. 

Check out the exclusive photos from Empire here:

The new issue of Empire, with Ant-Man, on the cover, arrives in stands on Thursday, May 28.

Readers, are you excited to see Ant-Man hit theaters on July 17?