Elle Fanning, Chloe Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld and Peter Beale from EastEnders are all on the X-Men: Apocalypse shortlist, it seems
Bryan Singer is homing in on new additions to the X-Men cast for his upcoming movie,X-Men: Apocalypse. The film will centre on the X-Men: First Class cast (and pick things up after X-Men: Days Of Future Past), but it'll also be introducing younger versions of characters we've already seen in previous X-Men adventures. As such, the search is on for acting talent to play the young versions of Cyclops and Jean Grey.
So who's on the short list?
For Jean Grey, The Wrap is reporting that Elle Fanning (last seen in Maleficent), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) and Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass) are on the shortlist. Meanwhile, the younger Cyclops could be taking the form of Ben Hardy (Peter Beale in EastEnders, no less), Charlie Rowe (Walking With Dinosaurs) and Timothee Chalamet (Interstellar) are under consideration.
This all remains strictly rumour at this stage, given that we've heard nothing from 20th Century Fox on the casting thus far. Furthermore, the six names we've mentioned here are not apparently the only ones in the mix.
The shoot for the film begins next April, with work underway on building the film's sets in Montreal. You can read everything we know about X-Men: Apocalypsethus far right here.
The film will be released on May 27th 2016.
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