Sadie Sink and Adam Driver to star in new X-Men movie

Sadie Sink and Adam Driver to Star in Forthcoming X‑Men Film Marvel Studios announced its cast for the upcoming X‑Men reboot at Disney’s D23 event in the United States on Friday. The presentation revealed that Stranger Things star Sadie Sink and acclaimed actor Adam Driver will join the project. Sink told the assemblage it was "so wonderful" to beryllium determination and to "finally speech astir the quality aft months of speculation". She will play Jean Grey, a character she previously teased in a recent Spider‑Man: Brand New Day appearance. Driver appeared via video link to disclose that his role is Nathaniel Milbury, also known as Mr Sinister. He told fans he'd been talking "for years astir possibly joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and I deliberation we yet recovered the cleanable movie astatine the cleanable time". Additional casting includes Kit Connor as Cyclops, Christopher Abbott as Professor Charles Xavier (or X), Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, and Maya Boyd as Storm. Patrick Stewart, who has previously portrayed Professor X in films such as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, will reprise the role in the forthcoming Avengers: Doomsday before Abbott assumes the part in the X‑Men movie. The untitled X‑Men picture, slated for a May 2028 theatrical release, will be directed by Jake Schreier. The last installment, Dark Phoenix, featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Sophie Turner, premiered in June 2019 under 20th Century Fox; Disney’s acquisition of the franchise preceded that release. Speaking at D23, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said determination was a batch much X-Men casting quality to come.