After playing in the horrible Lifetime Movie Aaliyah, Alexandra Shipp has been casted as Storm for Fox’s upcoming “X-Men: Apocalypse.” Fans have been wondering who will play a younger version of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm since the movie will take place 20 years before the orginal movie.
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Marsden will be replaced as Cyclops by Tye Sheridan, who earned accolades for his work in 2011’s “Tree of Life” and 2012’s “Mud.”
Sophie Turner steps into the role of Jean Grey and will be best known to genre fans as Sansa Stark from HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”
Alexandra Shipp rounds out the new additions to the cast as Ororo Munoe, AKA Storm, and in addition to an extensive TV resume including “Ray Donovan” and “Switched at Birth” will next be seen in the NWA biopic “Straight Outta Compton” later this year.
The casting also sheds more light on the larger cast that will be appearing in “X-Men: Apocalypse,” which will also mark director Bryan Singer’s swan song with Fox’s mutant franchise.
“X-Men: Apocalypse” also stars Michael Fassbender (Magneto), James McAvoy (Professor X), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) and Oscar Isaac as the eponymous villain, and is scheduled for release on May 27, 2016.