Olivia Munn has been cast as Betsy Braddock, aka Psylocke, in Bryan Singer‘s X-Men: Apocalypse, the director announced on his twitter account on Monday. Ohhh yeah!!
Excited to welcome @oliviamunn as Betsy Braddock! #Psylocke #XmenApocalypse #XMEN https://t.co/5f42gazret
— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) April 13, 2015
James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, and Nicholas Hoult will lead the cast of X-Men: Apocalypse, which will also see the return of Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, Evan Peters as Quicksilver and newcomers Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Hardy and Tye Sheridan as young versions of Storm, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, Angel and Cyclops. Oscar Isaac is also starring as the film’s title antagonist with Simon Kinberg scripting from a treatment by Mike Dougherty, Dan Harris and Kinberg.
Said to be the conclusion of a trilogy started with X-Men: First Class and continued with X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse is set for release on May 27, 2016.