After battling it out in the arena in “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” and leading the latest “Karate Kid” installment, Ben Wang is circling another major franchise: Marvel Studios’ “X-Men” reboot.
\n\nWang is in negotiations to play Bobby Drake, aka Iceman, who was one of the founding X-Men. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in “The X-Men #1” in September 1963.
\n\nIf the deal closes, Wang would join a sprawling cast that features Sadie Sink (as Jean Grey), Kit Connor (as Cyclops), Samara Weaving (as Emma Frost), Inde Navarrette (as Rogue), Maya Boyd (as Storm), Asa Germann (as Angel), Christopher Abbott (as Professor Charles Xavier) and Adam Driver (as Mr. Sinister).
\n\nMarvel Studios chief Kevin Feige revealed the new “X-Men” cast at the D23 convention in August, after Sink’s Jean Grey debuted in the blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” The upcoming movie reboots the mutant team for the first time since the 2019 Fox film “X-Men: Dark Phoenix” and for their first outing under the Marvel Studios umbrella. Jake Schreier, who oversaw last year’s “Thunderbolts,” is directing the film from a script by Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Calo. “X-Men” is set for…
Original source: https://variety.com/