Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse is down one Colossus and up one Nightcrawler, as Daniel Cudmore will not be returning to the franchise as Piotr Rasputin, and Kodi Smit-McPhee has been cast as Kurt Wagner. Singer announced the casting, as he likes to do, through his Instagram account. Kodi will play a younger Nightcrawler in the upcoming sequel.
Doug Jones, famous for playing Abe Sapien and the Silver Surfer amongst others has reportedly joined the cast of Arrow. Jones will portray Jake Simmons, aka Deathbolt, a character with “the ability to harness and weaponize plasma energy”. He will make his debut with episode 19, Broken Arrow. It is notable that this will be the first time a fully powered villain has made their debut on Arrow.
Variety brings more television news, as Jim Starlin’s Dreadstar heads to the small screen. Universal Cable Productions and Benderspink are developing the series with Starlin set to executive produce. The series will follow Vanth Dreadstar, the lone survivor of the Milky Way Galaxy, and his rag tag crew as the fight against The Church of the Instrumentality and The Monarchy.
“Jim Starlin’s cosmic space opera is a great read, and it’s time for Vanth Dreadstar to make his television debut,” said Dawn Olmstead, exec VP of development at UCP, which is part of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment.
