Lucas Till Cast As Havok In X-Men: First Class
19-year-old actorLucas Till(Walk the Line, Dance of the Dead, Hannah Montana: The Movie, The Spy Next Door, and the upcomingBattle: Los Angeles) has been cast inMatthew Vaughn’sX-Men: First Class. According toEntertainment Weekly, Till is in negotiations to play the role of Alexander “Alex” Summers aka Havok, the younger brother of the X-Men’s Cyclops. But EW warns that some of the role named might actually be part of a misdirection campaign to keep some of the characters a surprise for comic book fans.
Here is more information on Havok thanks to wikipedia:
In case you’re confused, here is the official casting thus far:
And here is a list of the unconfirmed casting rumors:
Previously:Matthew Vaughnbeat out eight directors to take the helm. Bryan Singer was originally attached to return to the X-Men franchise to helm this new film, but his commitment to Jack The Giant Killer at Warner Broswill prevent him from directing. Singer’s treatment was a Str Trek-style reboot/prequel, which will focus on “the formative years of Xavier and Magneto, and the formation of the school and where there [sic] relationship took a wrong turn.” Singer has previouslyadmittedthat First Class would “probably utilize some of the [planned/announced X-Men Origins:] Magneto story because it deals with a young Magneto,” and that “it might supersede” that plan because this new movie would explore “that relationship between a young energetic professor and a disenfranchised victim of the Holocaust.”
Here is the official plot synopsis:
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.
The day afterJamie Mosshanded in his first draft, Fox head Tom Rothman fast-tracked the project. It was at this moment that Warner Bros informed Singer that they would not delay the production of Jack and the Giant Killer. Singer will still produce the project. I’ve heard the script is solid, and everyone who has read it is excited to make it. Fox is scouting locations in West Michigan. The film is set to go into production this Summer, and the studio has set a June 3rd 2011 release date.
