Overview
- Multiple trade reports this week named Kit Connor as Scott Summers/Cyclops, though Marvel and the actor have not publicly confirmed the casting.
- Sadie Sink has already appeared in the MCU as Jean Grey and Samara Weaving is widely reported to be playing Emma Frost, creating a core trio for the reboot.
- Sources say director Jake Schreier and Marvel tested a small group of actors after the Fourth of July before settling on Connor for the Cyclops role.
- Variety reported that Marvel is positioning the film to launch a new ‘Mutant Saga’ and is tentatively eyeing a May 5, 2028 release, a plan that trades describe as unconfirmed reporting.
- Meanwhile several legacy X‑Men performers are set to return in this year’s Avengers: Doomsday, a move trades say will bridge the Fox-era characters to the younger MCU team before the reboot debuts.