Opening Nov. 2, X-Men: Dark Phoenix stars James McAvoy as Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Nicholas
Hoult as Beast, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Alexandra Ship as Storm, Tye Sheridan as Cyclops and Kodi Smit - McPhee as Nightcrawler.
While Deadpool is bemoaning this fact, and pointing out how cheap it makes the movie look, the camera cuts to reveal that most of the X-Men — including James McAvoy as Professor X, Evan Peters as Quicksilver, Nicholas
Hoult as Beast, and Tye Sheridan as Cyclops — are in a room behind Deadpool.
He is also seen fighting Nicholas
Hoult as Beast.
Directed by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg, the film stars James McAvoy as Professor X, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven / Mystique, Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse, Nicholas
Hoult as Beast, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, Evan Peters as Quicksilver, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan as Cyclops, Alexandra Shipp as Storm, Lucas Till as Havok, Olivia Munn as Psylocke, Ben Hardy as Archangel, Lana Condor as Jubilee and Kodi Smit - McPhee as Nightcrawler.
When the film opens, the X-Men crew — which features Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, James McAvoy as Charles Xavier, and Nicholas
Hoult as Beast — is a marked change from their usual position as outcasts.
Not exact matches
The roster includes: Jennifer Lawrence
as Raven Darkholme / Mystique; Nicholas
Hoult as Hank McCoy /
Beast; Tye Sheridan
as Scott Summers / Cyclops; Alexandra Shipp
as Ororo Munroe / Storm; Evan Peters
as Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver; Kodi Smit - McPhee
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler; Olivia Munn
as Elizabeth Braddock / Psylocke; Ben Hardy
as Warren Worthington III / Archangel; Josh Helman
as the still - stubborn U.S. military moron William Stryker; Rose Bryne
as CIA agent Moira MacTaggert, plus assorted other support players.
X-Men: First Class stars James McAvoy
as Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender
as Erik Lensherr, January Jones
as Emma Frost, Jennifer Lawrence
as Mystique, Nicholas
Hoult as Henry McCoy /
Beast, Caleb Landry Jones
as Sean Cassidy / Banshee, Lucas Till
as Alex Summers, Kevin Bacon
as Sebastian Shaw, Edi Gathegi
as Darwin, Oliver Platt
as the Man in Black, Jason Flemyng
as Azazel, Rose Byrne
as Moira MacTaggart and Zoe Kravitz
as Angel Salvadore.
It's easy to see
Hoult as a mad scientist type — we've already seen a little of that in his portrayal of Hank McCoy /
Beast in the X-Men movies — and he's tall and handsome like Tesla was.
Nicholas
Hoult's
Beast as the comic relief?
The cast includes X-Men veterans James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Nicholas
Hoult (
Beast), Evan Peters (Quicksilver), Rose Byrne (Moira MacTaggert) and Lucas Till (Havok) along with new additions Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
as Apocalypse, Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones)
as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan (Mud)
as Cyclops, Alexandra Shipp (House of Anubis)
as Storm, Kodi Smit - McPhee (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)
as Nightcrawler, Ben Hardy (EastEnders)
as Angel, Olivia Munn (Magic Mike)
as Psylocke and newcomer Lana Condor
as Jubilee.
Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas
Hoult will reprise their roles
as Magento, Professor X, Mystique and
Beast.
In the middle point of interest is the relationship between the blue (in skin color and demeanor), shape - shifting Raven, aka Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), and Hank McCoy (Nicholas
Hoult), who comes to be known
as Beast due, in part, to his hand - like feet and agility.
Well, to be more specific it's a picture of
Beasts alter - ego Hank McCoy,
as played by Nicholas
Hoult.
Though he appeared in Wah - Wah, Clash of the Titans, and
as the lead in the UK's original version of Skins,
Hoult's true mainstream breakout came in X-Men: First Class, which cast him
as a young version of Hank McCoy, the erudite mutant who'd evolve to sprout blue fur and go by the name of
Beast.
X-Men: Apocalypse is set for release on May 19th, 2016 and will be directed by Bryan Singer with James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Nicholas
Hoult (
Beast), Evan Peters (Quicksilver) and Rose Byrne (Moira MacTaggert) set to star alongside Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
as Apocalypse, Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones)
as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan (Mud)
as Cyclops and Alexandra Shipp (House of Anubis)
as Storm.
The cast includes X-Men veterans James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Nicholas
Hoult (
Beast), Evan Peters (Quicksilver), Rose Byrne (Moira MacTaggert) and Lucas Till (Havok) along with newcomers Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
as Apocalypse, Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones)
as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan (Mud)
as Cyclops, Alexandra Shipp (House of Anubis)
as Storm, Kodi Smit - McPhee (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)
as Nightcrawler, Ben Hardy (EastEnders)
as Angel, Olivia Munn (Magic Mike)
as Psylocke and newcomer Lana Condor
as Jubilee.
Mad Max: Fury Road's Nicholas
Hoult — who has played war boys, zombies, and
beasts — is set to star
as real - life human J.D. Salinger in the upcoming biopic Rebel In The Rye, Variety reports.
Charles (James McAvoy), Erik / Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Raven / Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and Hank /
Beast (Nicholas
Hoult) are joined by young Cyclops, Storm, Jean and others
as the X-Men must fight their most formidable foe yet: an ancient unrelenting force determined to cause an apocalypse unlike any in human history.
We've also seen Jennifer Lawrence take over the role of Raven / Mystique, Nicholas
Hoult as Hank McCoy /
Beast, and Lucas Till
as Alex Summers / Havok.
Nicholas
Hoult (
Beast), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops) and Kodi Smit - McPhee (Nightcrawler) are all returning,
as well
as Game of Thrones» Sophie Turner
as Jean Grey, around whom the whole story will revolve.
The score from Henry Jackman lacks a proper hero theme to send the activities soaring, but the cast is quite energetic, with special attention to Nicholas
Hoult, who makes a fine impression
as budding mutant scientist (and creator of Cerebro), Hank McCoy /
Beast.
But fans of
Beast and Mystique need not fear
as Hoult believes their relationship will be focused on more in X-Men: Apocalypse next year.
Freed from the dour weight of a post-apocalyptic genocidal bummer, McAvoy, Fassbender, Lawrence and Nicholas
Hoult (returning
as Beast from
Freed from the dour weight of a post-apocalyptic genocidal bummer, McAvoy, Fassbender, Lawrence and Nicholas
Hoult (returning
as Beast from First Class) get the benefit of a little levity that lightens the mood and allows the film to breathe.
The cast includes X-Men veterans James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Nicholas
Hoult (
Beast), Evan Peters (Quicksilver), Rose Byrne (Moira MacTaggert), Lucas Till (Havok) and Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) along with new additions Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
as Apocalypse, Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones)
as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan (Mud)
as Cyclops, Alexandra Shipp (House of Anubis)
as Storm, Kodi Smit - McPhee (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)
as Nightcrawler, Ben Hardy (EastEnders)
as Angel, Olivia Munn (Magic Mike)
as Psylocke and newcomer Lana Condor
as Jubilee.
Regardless of who she's playing, Jessica Chastain joins a cast that includes X-Men franchise stars such
as James McAvoy (Professor Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Nicholas
Hoult (
Beast), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), Kodi Smit - McPhee (Nightcrawler), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Evan Peters (Quicksilver).
So far, the only cast member to officially confirm their involvement with X-Men: Supernova is Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), although James McAvoy dropped a strong hint that he'll be reprising the role of Professor X, and now Nicholas
Hoult has said he expects to return
as Beast.
Starring
as R is Nicholas
Hoult who played
Beast / Hank McCoy in X-Men: First Class and Jack in the upcoming Jack The Giant Slayer.
Arriving in theaters on Nov. 2, 2018, director Simon Kinberg's X-Men: Dark Phoenix stars James McAvoy
as Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender
as Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence
as Raven Darkholme / Mystique, Sophie Turner
as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan
as Scott Summers / Cyclops, Nicholas
Hoult as Hank McCoy /
Beast, Alexandra Shipp
as Ororo Monroe / Storm, Kodi Smit - McPhee
as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler, Evan Peters
as Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver, Olivia Munn
as Psylock and Jessica Chastain
as Smith.