Celebrity Update Aaron Johnson is rumored to be playing the role of Cyclops in the movie X-Men: First Class. He has been spotted together with X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn in a meeting like scenario.

Aaron has been in movies like Kick-Ass and Nowhere Boy that were launched just this year.

Celebrity Update Alice Eve is reportedly in negotiations to join the cast of X-Men: First Class as the telepathic mutant. X-Men franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner said we’d be finding out “soon” about more casting updates for X-Men: First Class and she wasn’t kidding. With the X-Men prequel set to being production in August and some key characters cast already, we’re just starting to see producer Bryan Singer and director Matthew Vaughn fill out the ranks of the X-Men: First Class roster.

The latest character about to be confirmed is that of Emma Frost (aka. the White Queen) who once fought against the X-Men but later joined them. Emma Frost is a main character in the current X-Men comics and she was mistreated included in last summer’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, leading to the obvious inclusion of her character in X-Men: First Class.

Celebrity Update Micheal Fassbender has been confirmed that he will be playing Magneto in X-Men First Class. According to EW, the rumors regarding Michael Fassbender’s involvement with the film were true! The actor WILL play the role of Eric Lensherr (Magneto) opposite James McAvoy’s Professor Charles Xavier.

“I’m pretty comfortable with this decision. I prefer seeing Fassbender as Magneto playing against/alongside McAvoy’s Charles Xavier. I like both as actors; so I’m pretty excited about this setup.”

Celebrity Update Micheal Fassbender has been confirmed that he will be playing Magneto in X-Men First Class.

Celebrity Update Benjamin Walker is has joined the First Class cast as Dr. Hank McCoy, better known as the blue, furry Beast. He would be joining James McAvoy, who will play Charles Xavier, and possibly Michael Fassbender, who is in negotiations for the role of Erik Lensherr (AKA Magneto).

Those unfamiliar with the comics may not know that despite being big and blue in The Last Stand, Beast (aka Dr. Hank McCoy) originally looked human and his mutant ability has always been strength and agility coupled with a scientific genius. It wasn’t until an unfortunate medical experiment that his physical appearance was permanently transformed.

Celebrity Update Amber Heard could be landing for the part of Mystique, the blue-skinned shapeshifter previously played by Rebecca Romjin.

Pike was previously rumored to play Emma Frost after being spotted with comics of the character outside the offices of the film’s casting agent. The MacTaggert character was played by Olivia Williams in “X-Men: The Last Stand.”

Celebrity Update Rosamund Pike, the British actress who appeared most recently in Surrogates, may be playing Emma Frost, aka the White Queen in next summer’s X-Men: First Class, according to a story at Forces of Geek. ccording to the site, Pike has been spotted in the offices of X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn’s casting director and also seen carrying Emma Frost comic books.

According to Wikipedia, Emma Frost is “an urbane, mutant telepath with a well-noted dry wit initially known as the White Queen (complete with revealing white attire for which she is known), Frost has changed from one of the X-Men’s most dangerous foes to one of its most central members.” Tahyna Tozzi played a younger version of Frost in the 2009 film X-Men Origins: Wolverine.