Kit Connor in Talks to Play Cyclops in Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ Reboot
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Kit Connor is in talks to play Cyclops, also known as Scott Summers, in Marvel Studios’ planned X-Men reboot. If confirmed, the Heartstopper actor would join a younger generation of mutants being introduced after Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox, marking a significant step in Marvel’s effort to establish the X-Men within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Connor would reportedly appear alongside Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, with Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier attached to direct. The reboot would follow Avengers: Doomsday, due this December, in which actors from the previous X-Men films, including James Marsden as Cyclops, are set to return; Sadie Sink has also joined the MCU as Jean Grey.
- Kit Connor is reportedly in talks to play Cyclops.
- Marvel is preparing a younger X-Men cast.
- Jake Schreier is attached to direct.
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Marvel’s X-Men are a team of superheroes known as mutants: people born with unusual abilities, often facing fear and discrimination from the wider public. The characters have appeared in comics since the 1960s and in several film series, with storylines often centred on identity, belonging and conflict between different groups of mutants and humans.
Cyclops, whose real name is Scott Summers, is one of the group’s best-known members and is often shown as a leader. He fires powerful energy beams from his eyes and usually wears a visor to control them; Jean Grey is a longstanding ally and love interest, while Emma Frost is another prominent mutant with a more complicated relationship to the team.
The X-Men film rights were previously held by 20th Century Fox, which made the earlier films starring actors including James Marsden as Cyclops. Disney’s purchase of Fox brought the characters under Marvel Studios’ control, allowing it to introduce them into the connected Marvel Cinematic Universe alongside characters such as the Avengers.
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