In February, Director Singer also announced the inclusion of Smit-McPhee in “X-Men: Apocalypse” as Nightcrawler. McPhee’s entry was announced after the Director also posted that there will be three additions to the cast including Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Alexandra Shipp as Storm, and Tye Sheridan as Cyclops,
Turner, Shipp, and Sheridan will be playing the younger versions of the hero mutants previously played in early “X-Men” movies by Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, and James Marsden, respectively.
Smit-McPhee, on the other hand, will be playing the younger version of Nightcrawler that was previously played by Allan Cummings on “X-Men 2.”
The actors who were confirmed for the casting of “X-Men: Apocalypse” were actually younger versions of the mutants that appeared in previous X-Men films.
There were reports that came out in May that “X-Men: Apocalypse” and “Wolverine 3,” which is due to hit worldwide theaters on March 3, 2017, will paved the way for a new generation of X-Men called “The New Mutants.”
Producer and writer Simon Kinberg confirmed that 20th Century Fox is moving forward with “The New Mutants” which accordingly currently has the working title “Untitled Fox Mystery Marvel Movie” that the studio is eyeing to release on July 13, 2018.