THR is reporting that Rose Byrne is in negotiations to play Charles Xavier’s love interest, Moira MacTaggart, in the upcoming X-Men: First Class.
The film is expected to begin shooting at the end of this month.
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Rose Byrne for Moira MacTaggart In X-Men: First Class?
Aug 16, 2010
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More X-Men: First Class Casting
Various media outlets are reporting some more casting news for X-Men: First Class.
First off, Entertainment Weekly is claiming that Aaron Johnson is not playing Cyclops, contrary to rumors, but we’ll see what the truth is around Comic-Con time. Apologies for passing along a bad rumor if it’s untrue.
About A Boy’s Nicholas Hoult is now The Beast, which was originally said to be going to Benjamin Walker.
Caleb Landry Jones (The Last Exorcism) is tapped to play Banshee, and Lucas Till of Hannah Montana movie fame is said to be “in talks” to play Havok, the brother of Cyclops, although EW warns that some of the casting announcements could be “part of a misdirection campaign” to lead fans off the trail of who these actors will really be playing. Which would explain some of the rumors we’ve been hearing — including of one actress auditioning to play “Willow,” a Mystique-like character that’s only appeared in the 2099 comics.
Jul 09, 2010
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Has X-Men: First Class Found A Kick-Ass Cyclops?
A new posting from Quint at Ain’t It Cool says that the actor playing Cyclops in X-Men: First Class is no stranger to director Matthew Vaughn or to comic book movies in general – it’s Aaron Johnson, who played Kick-Ass in the movie of the same name.
This has not been officially confirmed by the studio though announcements are sure to come at Comic-Con.
Jul 08, 2010
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Alice Eve To Play Emma Frost In X-Men: First Class? Also, Tommy Lee Jones’ Captain America Role Confirmed
Deadline.com is reporting that Alice Eve (She’s Out Of My League) is “in negotiations” to play Emma Frost in the soon-to-film X-Men: First Class.
Additionally, Marvel has confirmed that Tommy Lee Jones will be playing “Colonel Phillips” in Captain America: The First Avenger. Here’s the press release on that:
Marvel Studios announced today that Oscar® winning actor Tommy Lee Jones has been cast to star as US Army Colonel Chester Phillips in the studio’s highly anticipated movie “Captain America: The First Avenger” opposite Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan and Stanley Tucci. In the early comics, Phillips recruited Steve Rogers to join Project Rebirth, the secret experiment that created the Super Soldier known as Captain America. The character will be updated for the film. Joe Johnston will direct the film penned by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely.
Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige will produce “Captain America: The First Avenger”. Alan Fine, Stan Lee, David Maisel, Nigel Gostelow and Louis D’Esposito will executive produce. The film will be released in the US on July 22, 2011 and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
“Captain America: The First Avenger” will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America.
Tommy Lee Jones’ will next be seen in “The Company Men” and is well known for starring in “No Country for Old Men,” “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,” the “Men in Black” franchise and “The Fugitive” for which he won an Academy Award®.
In addition to “Captain America: The First Avenger,” Marvel Studios most recently released the highly anticipated sequel, “Iron Man 2,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow on May 7, 2010, and will release a slate of films based on the Marvel characters including “Thor” on May 6, 2011 and “Marvel Studios’ The Avengers” on May 4, 2012.
Jun 28, 2010
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