Amy Acker and More Join Fox's Untitled X-Men Series
The Untitled X-Men series set up at Fox is rounding out its cast. The Matt Nix-created series cast Stephen Moyer earlier this week, and now THR reports that Amy Acker, Emma Dumont, and Percy Hynes White have signed on to the show.
Of course, fans of Joss Whedon will be familiar with Acker, who had significant roles in Angel and Dollhouse and brought down the house as Beatrice in his Much Ado About Nothing. She also spent several seasons on Person of Interest. Acker will play Kate Stewart, “a woman who is struggling with her separation from her husband, Reed (the aforementioned Moyer), and her increasingly challenging teenage children. When her family situation takes a dark turn, she finds that she's stronger than she thinks.”
I’m sure you all remember Dumont as a ballerina/roller derby girl on Bunheads, because GeekTyrant readers were definitely among the ten people who watched that show. If you missed out on that, you probably recognize her from Pretty Little Liars. No? Weird. Anyway, she will play Lorna Dane/Polaris, “a strong-willed, brave and loyal mutant who has the ability to manipulate magnetism.”
Percy Hynes White is a literal child, but his past projects include Night at the Museum 3 and 11.22.63. He has been cast as Andy, “a sensitive kid and bit of a loner, who keeps to himself to avoid the turmoil he faces at school and at home.”
I am pretty excited about the talent this series has attracted. I think it has the potential to be really great, as long as Fox doesn’t cancel it after two episodes (RIP James Wolk's “next Tom Hanks” status). In addition to Nix, Moyer, Acker, Dumont, and White, Bryan Singer is directing the pilot and producing, and the other executive producers include Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb, and Jim Chory. Jamie Chung, Blair Redford, Sean Teale, and Natalie Alyn Lind all previously joined the cast as well. In case you forgot, here’s the brief synopsis we have to go on:
The action-adventure project focuses on two ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.