{"id":28798,"date":"2015-01-22T20:48:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T04:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=28798"},"modified":"2015-02-09T15:54:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T23:54:09","slug":"x-men-apocalypse-cast-announced-whos-playing-storm-jean-grey-and-cyclops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=28798","title":{"rendered":"Apocalypse Cast: Who&#8217;s playing Storm, Jean and Cyclops?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Director <strong>Bryan Singer<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanSinger\/status\/558437540831567872\" target=\"_blank\">has announced<\/a> a trio of actors for his upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/films\/x-men-apocalypse\/\">X-MEN: APOCALYPSE<\/a>, which finds the X-Men battling the villainous En Sabah Nur in 1983. <strong>Alexandra Shipp<\/strong> (Aaliyah: The Princess of R&#038;B) will play Storm, <strong>Sophie Turner<\/strong> (Game of Thrones) will play Jean Grey and <strong>Tye Sheridan<\/strong> (Mud) will play Cyclops!<\/p>\n<p>The roles were previously made famous by Halle Berry, Famke Janssen and James Marsden, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Filming begins this April in Montreal for a May 27, 2016 theatrical release.<\/p>\n<p><em>I love the choices. What do you think?<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Meet our new and brilliant young mutants: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexShipppp\">@Alexshipppp<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Storm?src=hash\">#Storm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SophieT\">@SophieT<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JeanGrey?src=hash\">#JeanGrey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TyeSheridan\">@TyeSheridan<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cyclops?src=hash\">#Cyclops<\/a>. &#10;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XmenApocalypse?src=hash\">#XmenApocalypse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanSinger\/status\/558437540831567872\">January 23, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>OMG<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sophie Turner (@SophieT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SophieT\/status\/558444955392163840\">January 23, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>My current mood right now <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IM1xR7H8yG\">https:\/\/t.co\/IM1xR7H8yG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexandra Shipp (@AlexShipppp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexShipppp\/status\/558481162495356928\">January 23, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A taste of their acting skills:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hoHrzUWemFw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hg37MLNj16Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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