Actor Kit Connor is in talks with Marvel to be on board their X Men film. Connor is in talks to portray the mutant, Scott Summers/Cyclops, according to Deadline.
Cyclops is one of the original member of the X-Men, introduced in the first ever X-Men issue published. He was portrayed by James Marsden and later by Tye Sheridan as a younger version of the character in the X-Men film series. Marsden is set to reprise his role as the character in Avengers: Doomsday.
Recently it was revealed that Samara Weaving will portray Emma Frost in the upcoming film. Stranger Things-fame Sadie Sink, whose role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day was long kept secret, was revealed to be playing the mutant Jean Grey. Sink is expected to reprise her role in the X-Men film, but it hasn't been officially confirmed yet.
The upcoming untitled X-Men film will be directed by Jake Schreier, who has previously directed Marvel's Thunderbolts* (2025). Meanwhile, the creator of Netflix's Beef, Lee Sung Jin and the co-creator of The Bear, Joanna Calo, are writing the script. Marvel Studios president, Kevin Feige, is producing the film.
Previous Marvel projects like Ms Marvel and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has featured mutants. Ms Marvel's titular character aka Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) was revealed to be a mutant. Later in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever the character Namor (Tenoch Huerta Mejia), was revealed to be one of the earliest mutants in that universe.
Connor who starred in Alex Garland's Warfare is set to reunite with him on the upcoming fantasy film Elden Ring.
