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Ben Wang enters talks to play Iceman in Marvel's X-Men, joining Sadie Sink's Jean Grey
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping actor is negotiating to play Bobby Drake in the first X-Men film under the Marvel Studios umbrella, due May 5, 2028.
Wang in talks for Bobby Drake
Ben Wang is in negotiations to play Bobby Drake, aka Iceman, in Marvel's X-Men reboot. [1] Deadline first reported Wang's potential involvement in the project. [1]
Wang has entered talks to play Iceman in Marvel Studios' new X-Men movie, according to sources who spoke to Deadline, ahead of the release of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. [2] Marvel Studios could not be immediately reached for comment on Wang's casting. [1]
Who is Iceman
Iceman is a founding member of the X-Men, from the comic book series created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. [2] He first appeared in The X-Men #1 in September 1963. [2]
His mutant power is cryokinesis, the ability to generate and control ice and cold. [2] In the X-Men films of the 2000s, Iceman was played by Shawn Ashmore. [2]
What Wang has done so far
Wang plays Wyatt Callow, a District 12 tribute, in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. [1] He is perhaps best known for starring in Karate Kid: Legends. [2]
Wang has also starred in Lionsgate's The Long Walk, Francis Lawrence's adaptation of the Stephen King classic. [1] He is next set to appear in the sixth and final season of Apple TV's For All Mankind. [2]
The rest of the X-Men cast
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige revealed the new X-Men cast at the D23 convention in August. [1] The announced cast includes Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Cyclops, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Maya Boyd as Storm, and Asa Germann as Angel. [1]
Christopher Abbott is cast as Professor X and Adam Driver as Mr. Sinister. [2] Sink's Jean Grey debuted in the blockbuster Spider-Man: Brand New Day before the X-Men announcement. [1]
Her Jean Grey is a deep-cut comics character who first appeared in the 1999 miniseries X-Men: Children of the Atom as an anti-mutant activist. [3]
The film and the competition for the part
The X-Men reboot is the first since the 2019 Fox film X-Men: Dark Phoenix and the mutant team's first outing under the Marvel Studios umbrella. [1] Jake Schreier is directing from a script by Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Calo. [1]
Kevin Feige is producing the film, which is slated for theatrical release on May 5, 2028. [2]
Other actors who tested for the Iceman part include Gabriel LaBelle, Jackson Kelly and Rhenzy Feliz, though this is unconfirmed. [2] Wang is repped by Stewart Talent, Artists First and Schreck Rose Dapello. [1]
What this means for you
If you follow the X-Men casting, Wang's role is a negotiation, not a done deal: he is in talks, and Marvel Studios could not be immediately reached for comment. [1]
If you want to see Wang before the film arrives, he is in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as Wyatt Callow, and he is next set to appear in the final season of For All Mankind. [1][2] The X-Men film itself is set for release on May 5, 2028. [1]
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