{"id":807064,"date":"2026-08-08T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/807064\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:00:09","slug":"the-x-men-casting-rumors-just-keep-on-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/807064\/","title":{"rendered":"The X-Men Casting Rumors Just Keep on Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

With three of our new<\/a>, cinematic X-Men<\/a> revealed, everyone\u2019s waiting for Marvel to do a full cast reveal. Many actors have been thrown out, but who\u2019s really in it?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the question that awaits us as D23<\/a> draws near. Ahead of the annual event starting up next week, the Hollywood Reporter dropped some tidbits in its latest Heat Vision<\/a> newsletter. Along with revealing a \u201cstrong interest\u201d for Cooper Hoffman to play Cyclops before scheduling interrupted those plans, the outlet noted Scream 7\u2019s Asa Germann tested for that same role. The part currently seems to be Kit Connor\u2019s<\/a>, but THR teased that Germann might\u2019ve been offered another role instead, similar to how Nicholas Hoult booked Lex Luthor after he auditioned to be both Superman and Matt Reeves\u2019 Batman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking of tests, it was also mentioned that\u00a0Wolf Man\u2018s Christopher Abbott and Task\u2018s Tom Pelphrey tested for Charles Xavier. The latter did not get the part, but THR avoids saying if this means Abbott will be our new Xavier. (One thing it did do was cast doubt on rumors of Bill Skarsgard getting the part.) And finally, the outlet touched on the Adam Driver of it all: instead of acknowledging whether he\u2019ll play Magneto, the outlet suggested he could instead be Sebastian Shaw, previously the main villain of 2011\u2019s X-Men: First Class played by Kevin Bacon.<\/p>\n

Charles, Shaw, and Cyclops are the only X-characters mentioned in Heat Vision, so jury\u2019s out on who\u2019ll play fan-favorites like Rogue, Storm, and Beast. (And whether they\u2019ll even be in this movie.) Assuming the next few days don\u2019t bring us more news, we\u2019ll likely learn more at D23 from Friday, August to Sundary, August 16. And hey, maybe we\u2019ll even get an X-Men\u00a0logo or a look at the future suits.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With three of our new, cinematic X-Men revealed, everyone\u2019s waiting for Marvel to do a full cast reveal.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[77790,88,12761,9616],"class_list":["post-807064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-d23","tag-entertainment","tag-marvel","tag-x-men"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}