It has been a long road finding young versions of Cyclops, Storm and Jean Grey. Originally played by Famke Janseen, James Marsden and Halle Berry in the original trilogy. Now director Bryan Singer took to twitter to officially announce that Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, Mud star Tye Sheridan and Aaliyah: Princess of R&B star Alexandria Shipp has joined the cast of X-Men: Apocalypse. They join the likes of Hugh Jackman as well as the "First Class" cast of James McAvoy, Micheal Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult. According to rumors Channing Tatum might appear as Gambit and Oscar Issac has been cast as the title villain Apocalypse.
Meet our new and brilliant young mutants: @Alexshipppp as #Storm @SophieT as #JeanGrey and @TyeSheridan as #Cyclops. #XmenApocalypse
— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) January 23, 2015