{
  "id": 231945,
  "title": "Marvel Reportedly Taps Heartstopper and Elden Ring Star for Cyclops in Its Upcoming X-Men Movie",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/marvel-reportedly-taps-heartstopper-and-elden-ring-star-for-cyclops",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-06T18:07:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/marvel-mcu-x-men-movie-cyclops-scott-summers-kit-connor/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kit Connor, star of the Netflix series \"Heartstopper\", has been tapped to play Scott Summers, aka Cyclops, in Marvel's upcoming X-Men movie. According to Deadline, Connor will join Samara Weaving, who is set to play Emma Frost, in the film directed by Jake Schreier.\n\nCyclops, one of the founding members of the X-Men, first appeared in 1963's \"X-Men #1\" and is considered the longtime tactical leader of the mutant supergroup. He has powerful optic blasts as a result of head trauma he suffered when his parents were attacked by an alien spacecraft.\n\nThe X-Men film franchise, which began in 2000, has grossed over $6 billion worldwide over nearly 20 years and at least 10 films. Other actors expected to play mutants in the revival of the franchise include Sadie Sink, according to The Hollywood Reporter.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "Marvel Studios' X-Men Movie Casts Kit Connor as Cyclops",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/marvel-studios-x-men-movie-casts-kit-connor-as-cyclops",
        "published": "2026-08-06T16:33:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}