Learn Which Mutants Are Joining Xavier, Magneto, Cyclops and The White Queen in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS!!

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Nicholas Hoult (who played the title character in “About A Boy”) will play Hank “Beast” McCoy and Caleb Landry Jones (who sold the Friendo guy his shirt at the end of “No Country For Old Men”) will play Sean “Banshee” Cassidy in “X-Men: First Class,” according to Mike Fleming at Deadline Hollywood. Still no Angel or Iceman (who with Cyclops, Beast and Jean “Marvel Girl” Grey were among Xavier’s first students in the original funnybook), which suggests an effort is being made to not entirely scuttle the tortured continuity established by the four X-Men films Fox has fired at us so far. (Maybe that seventyish Patrick Stewart Xavier we saw at the end of “Wolverine” was just an illusion projected by the thrityish James McAvoy Xavier?) As depicted in the illustration above, McCoy didn't acquire his fur until some time after he joined the X-Men. Entertainment Weekly reports Lucas Till ("Hannah Montana: The Movie") could be negotiating to play Cyclops' kid brother, Alex "Havok" Summers, who can expel plasma blasts. I imagine Grey could be the subject of the next casting announcement. I seem to remember Banshee, who can fly and beat people up with his voice, was the Bill Murray of the X-Men, the first new member of the team introduced after the comic started. I could be misremembering. (Banshee also may have started the trend of mixing dirty foreigners like Logan into the team). “First Class” comes to us from the "Kick-Ass" team of writer-director Matthew Vaughn ("Layer Cake") and screenwriter Jane Goldman. The cast so far: Charles Xavier: James McAvoy (“Wanted”) Eric Lensherr: Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds”) Emma Frost: Alice Eve (“She’s Out Of My League”) Hank McCoy: Nicholas Hoult (“About A Boy”) Sean Cassidy: Caleb Landry Jones (“No Country For Old Men”) AICN sources suggest Aaron Johnson, who played the title role in "Kick-Ass," will play Scott "Cyclops" Summers, though the EW story indicates Johnson will not be in "First Class." Fox plans to release "First Class" next June. Find Deadline's stories on the matter here. Follow Herc on Twitter!! Follow Evil Herc on Twitter!!