Munnderful news for the OMFG. Olivia Munn has been cast as Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse, the follow-up to last year’s mind bender X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Per his usual social media MO, director Bryan Singer made the casting announced via Twitter and Instagram that the Attack of the Show! and Newsroom alum would be suiting up as the Marvel telepath Betsy Braddock.
Excited to welcome @oliviamunn as Betsy Braddock! #Psylocke #XmenApocalypse #XMEN https://t.co/5f42gazret
— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) April 13, 2015
Munn joins fellow new cast members to the series Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), Ben Hardy (Angel), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Nightcrawler) and Lana Condor (Jubilee) in the ’80s set last chapter of the second trilogy of X-Men films.
Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) will play the titular villain Apocalypse. James McAvoy (Charles Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) and Nicholas Hoult (Beast) will return in what is likely their final contracted appearances in the series.
X-Men: Apocalypse is set for release on May 27, 2016.
SOURCE: Bryan Singer
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