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Yellowjacket, played by Corey Stoll, is the main villain in the upcoming Ant-Man movie. Marvel Comics

The first image of Yellowjacket, the Villain in the upcoming Ant-Man movie, have surfaced online.

The image was posted by MoviesBook on Twitter.

No further information is given of the image's origin.

Yellowjacket will be played by Corey Stoll. At San Diego ComicCon, Stoll said that the character is a protégé of Hank Pym's who comes into possession of a next-generation Ant-Man costume.

In the comics, Yellowjacket is a persona taken on by Pym following a psychotic breakdown. He is bolder and more confident than Pym, but is sociopathic and comes to represent Pym's dark side.

The film combines Yellowjacket with another Ant-Man villain, Darren Cross: a rival scientist and industrialist in the comics.

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Hayley Atwell as Agent Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger. Marvel Studios

According to a report in ScreenCrush, Hayley Atwell from Captain America: The First Avenger and the upcoming ABC Agent Carter TV show will appear in Ant-Man.

This supports earlier unconfirmed reports that Carter would appear in a flashback alongside Howard Stark, Armin Zola, Alexander Pierce and Hank Pym at Shield.

Agent Carter will premiere on ABC Tuesday, 6 January at 9pm ET in the US (7 January, 2am GMT).

Previously, Marvel Studios unveiled a brief footage from Ant-Man during the airing of Marvel: 75 Years, From Pulp To Pop on ABC.

The clip saw Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas working together in a laboratory. Douglas, who plays Hank Pym, is explaining something to Rudd's character, Scott Lang, and in the next scene we see Lang trying to steal the Ant-Man suit.

Ant-Man opens in theaters on 17 July 2015.

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