The Long Walk's Ben Wang freezes competition to become Marvel's new Iceman

Cerebro is powered up and hunting for mutants to fill the boots and yellow spandex previously occupied by Fox’s X-Men. Marvel Studios is heading toward its most important film in years, Avengers: Doomsday, while enjoying the public’s renewed interest in the brand thanks to Spider-Man: Brand New Day and a concentrated blast of X-Men casting announcements. Doomsday will presumably serve as the Fox universe’s final appearance in the wider MCU, with Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Kelsey Grammer, and the late Patrick Stewart returning for one last adventure. Amid that fanfare, Marvel began building its new cast, starting with Jean Grey (Sadie Sink) in Brand New Day. Since the film’s debut, the studio has also announced Kit Connor as Cyclops, Asa Germann as Angel, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Maya Boyd as Storm, Christopher Abbott as Professor X, and Adam Driver as Mister Sinister. We can add another to the team.