Vin Diesel has fuelled speculation that he has landed a role in the Marvel universe by revealing that he has had a meeting with studio executives.

The actor posted a picture of himself in front of a poster of the character Ant-Man along with the message: "Marvel meeting today... Only the people in the room can tell you what was discussed... P.s. Thanks to Our page, for pushing to make it happen... you know I get tunnel vision with my work... and after that meeting today... wow!"

Marvel's panel at Comic-Con next week is expected to feature more details about the Ant-Man film, which has been scheduled for a November 2015 release.

As yet a lead actor has not been confirmed, although speculation is now rife that Vin Diesel will be named in the role during the panel. Vin Diesel is already due to attend Comic-Con to promote action sequel Riddick.