We reported on this topic just a few weeks back, but now according to Variety, Bryan Singer has settled on his three younger versions of Cyclops, Jean Grey and Storm for the 1980’s set X-Men: Apocalypse.
Playing Cyclops will be Tye Sheridan, who blew my socks off in Mud and the recent David Gordon Green film Joe.
Taking on the role of Jean Grey is Sophie Turner, who you’ll probably know as Sansa Stark from Game of Thrones.
And finally, Alexandra Shipp will be the new Storm. She’s the name that’s probably the least familiar to audiences, but she recently played the late singer Aaliyah in a Lifetime biopic.
They’ll be joining a cast that includes Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar Isaac. There’s still no word on whether or not Hugh Jackman will return as Wolverine for this film, though the next James Mangold-directed Wolverine sequel is still set for 2017. If he does return, I’ll be curious to see how they handle the Wolverine-Jean relationship, given the big age gap presented now.
All the same, this is an exciting development. X-Men: Apocalypse hits theaters on May 27, 2016.
So . . . Storm is white in this film, huh?
Opportunity, missed.
Actually, Dave Miller-lad, she is bi-racial. Her mom is white, and her father is black.
While Storm is American-African, Halle Berry is bi-racial as well.
Storm is LITERALLY African-American — her dad is American and her mom is from Kenya.
Dave, you are confused…Alexandra Shipp is black, she played Aaliyah, and was in the TV film Drumline 2 A New Beat. I guess from the picture she looks kinda white, but she is not a Caucasian actress.
race is just a social construct
// I’ll be curious to see how they handle the Wolverine-Jean relationship, given the big age gap presented now. //
The gap has always existed; it’s just that Logan didn’t meet Jean until she was a grown woman.
Rafael,
I was referring to the real life age difference between Jackman and Turner.