YAHOO POLL: Are you excited about the original X-Men returning?
Avengers: Doomsday just announced its cast in a nearly six-hour livestream and the biggest surprise was the return of the original X-Men from the 20th Century Fox era.
Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellEn (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), James Marsden (Cyclops), and Kelsey Grammer (Beast) have been confirmed to return.
Notably missing from the list, though, is Halle Berry who played Storm – and reprised her role for Days of Future Past – and Famke Janssen who played Jean Grey. That, of course, is a separate story all together.
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When we asked Yahoo Singapore readers last month about whether they're still interested in the MCU, considering how Captain America: Brave New World didn't fare too well at the box office, 39 per cent of the 714 respondents (as of press time) said no.
Interestingly, 16 per cent felt that the MCU needed to do something fast. Well, could this perhaps be the spark to reignite the interest?
We want to hear from you – Are you excited about the original X-Men returning?
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