There was a report online last week that Marvel Studios is lining up X-Men to potentially shoot at the end of 2025. As a result, online rumors over the potential cast have gone into overdrive.
Latest names listed over at Dark Horizons include Julia Butters (The Fabelmans) as Kitty Pride, Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) as Jean Grey, Harris Dickinson (Babygirl) as Cyclops, Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) as Mystique, and Tom Glynn-Carney (House of the Dragon) for an unknown role. These are not confirmed.
What we do know is that Denzel Washington will be in Ryan Coogler’s third Black Panther movie, but nobody knew what role he would be playing. During an instalment of The Hot Mic podcast, Jeff Sneider made an appearance and said his sources are telling him that Washington will appear in both Black Panther 3 and X-Men.
Furthermore, he will be a famous X-Men villain. It didn’t take long for conclusions to be jumped to. The dots have been joined to make some declare that Washington will be Magneto.
Washington, now 70, had previously said he was close to retirement. A nice, cushy green screen number with decent pay and guaranteed return fees could be just what he wants at this stage of life.
In other X-Men news, MyTimeToShineH says that Javier Bardem is being considered for the role of villain Mister Sinister/Nathaniel Essex. Bardem was set to be Galactus in The Fantastic Four: First Steps until diaries couldn’t be worked out. Mr. Sinister is rumored to be in several films.