Well, this was a little surprising on the heels of Samara Weaving (“Ready or Not 2: Here I Come”) landing the Emma Frost part and Kit Connor (“Elden Ring,” “Warfare”) circling the new Scott Summers/Cyclops in Marvel Studios‘ new “X-Men” reboot film; some other rumored names are being supported in the latest Heat Vision newsletter from the folks over at The Hollywood Reporter.
In that trade newsletter published on Friday, THR reveals they believe that former “Star Wars” actor Adam Driver is indeed being courted to play a villain (after folks from Nexus Point News orbit were first talking that up), but seemingly it won’t be Mister Sinister (Jon Hamm is still game to play him, mind you), William Stryker, or the third iteration of Magneto; instead, they’re supporting what my own theory was a while ago: Sebastian Shaw.
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