There is actually a chance that this is the final casting news on Matthew Vaughn‘s X-Men: First Class. Deadline is reporting that Mad Men star January Jones has signed on to play the role of Emma Frost, previously rumored to go to Alice Eve (She’s Out of my League). Frost is also the mutant White Queen.
Zoe Kravitz, star of the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road and daughter of Lenny Kravitz, will play Angel. Bill Milner (Son of Rambow) will take on the young version of Magneto, played by Michael Fassbender and lastly Morgan Lily (Flipped, 2012) has signed on for Young Raven.
The rest of the cast is James McAvoy as Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw (who Vaughn recently said “will surprise”), Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Caleb Landry Jones as Banshee, Lucas Till as Havoc, Jason Flemyng as Azazel, and Edi Gathegi as Darwin. Rose Byrne is in talks with Fox to play Xavier’s love interest, Moira MacTaggert. Most recently Oliver Platt is playing the non-mutant only known as the Man In Black.
X-Men: First Class begins production begins August 23 in London and scheduled for a June 3, 2011 release.
What do you think of the final cast announcements?