In celebration of what would be Jack “The King of Comics” Kirby’s 100th Birthday, actress Evangeline Lilly tweeted the first picture of her in her Wasp costume for Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp, the follow up to 2015’s Ant-Man. Both films are directed by Payton Reed.
I am honoured to be on set today playing #TheWasp on what would be Jack Kirby’s 100th birthday.
.#ThankYouJackKirby #AntManAndTheWasp pic.twitter.com/EBsV8jTK34— Evangeline Lilly (@EvangelineLilly) August 28, 2017
The original Wasp, Janet Van Dyne first appeared in 1963, andwas one of the many characters that Jack Kirby created for Marvel. Lilly plays Hope, Janet and Hank Pym’s (Michael Douglas) daughter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Ant-Man and the Wasp will be in theatres July 6 of 2018