Coming in hot after yesterday’s news and today’s news of Rose Byrne and Jason Flemyng joining, Oliver Platt has been cast in the upcoming X-Men prequel, X-Men: First Class.
The actor, most recently seen on TV in The Big C and on film in Please Give, will be playing The Man in Black. Character details are scarce, but Deadline is reporting that he is not a mutant.
The film, directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass), will feature James McAvoy as Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw (who Vaughn recently said “will surprise:), Alice Eve as Emma Frost, 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 rumored to be in talks with Fox to play Xavier’s love interest, Moira MacTaggert.
X-Men: First Class, which goes into production in three weeks (via CBM), is scheduled for a June 3, 2011 release.
Any idea who The Man in Black is? Are you looking forward to X-Men from Matthew Vaughn?