Kodi Smit-McPhee Joins X-MEN: APOCALYPSE As 'Nightcrawler'

Fuzzy elf fans will be pleased to hear than for the first time since X-Men 2, we'll be seeing Kurt Wagner in an X-movie. Director Bryan Singer just announced that the younger Nightcrawler will be played by The Road's Kodi Smit-McPhee in X-Men: Apocalypse.

By MarkCassidy - Feb 17, 2015 08:02 PM EST

Filed Under: X-Men: Apocalypse

Here's some exciting casting news to wind down your Tuesday evening with. Bryan Singer has announced via Instagram that Kodi Smit-McPhee has joined the already very impressive cast of X-Men: Apocalypse as a younger version of fan-favourite mutant teleporter, Nightcrawler. The character was last seen in the second X-Men movie played by Alan Cumming, and we all wondered if we'd every see the "Fuzzy Elf" return to the franchise. Smit-McPhee was most recently seen in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, but his best performance was arguably in the bleak (but brilliant) adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road.

Excited to welcome @kodismitmcphee to the cast of #XmenApocalypse as young #Nightcrawler. @alexvaughanphoto

A photo posted by Bryan Singer (@bryanjaysinger) on
Feb 17, 2015 at 8:21pm PST

Directed by Bryan Singer, X-Men: Apocalypse also stars Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Nicholas Hoult (Beast), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), with Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), and Oscar Isaac (Apocalypse). The movie reportedly starts shooting this summer and will hit theaters on May 27, 2016.

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DCMarvelFreshman - 2/17/2015, 8:34 PM

Most exciting cast addition so far.

MightyZeus - 2/17/2015, 8:36 PM

I was wondering when they where going to bring Nightcrawler in to this. Man, this makes me so happy.

TheEpicJuicebox - 2/17/2015, 8:39 PM

No idea who he is but he definitely looks the part

BlackPhillip - 2/17/2015, 8:41 PM

YES! Hopefully, he can be awesome as Cumming was.

MrCBM56 - 2/17/2015, 8:41 PM

I can dig it.

Reasonnnn - 2/17/2015, 8:42 PM

OH SHIT!

This is awesome.

Nickk - 2/17/2015, 8:42 PM

finally i hope he is one of the 4 horseman

FirstAvenger - 2/17/2015, 8:42 PM

Oh my God. They do listen!

Reasonnnn - 2/17/2015, 8:42 PM

Check out basically any film where he's able to actually do something (not Dawn of the Planet of the Apes). Great young actor!

FightAs0ne - 2/17/2015, 8:42 PM

Awesome to hear!

Spideyshawn - 2/17/2015, 8:43 PM

Solid casting dude did a great job in Let Me In.

Nickk - 2/17/2015, 8:43 PM

FirstAvenger - 2/17/2015, 8:43 PM

@NerdMan

They basically have that team in this movie. :/

MightyZeus - 2/17/2015, 8:44 PM

He's in the Australian Gallipolli series, i like him in that.

MiniMart - 2/17/2015, 8:46 PM

Wait a second, so is this nightcrawler not the child of mistique and Azazel?

Owlman88 - 2/17/2015, 8:46 PM

he was quite good in "Let Me In", I wonder what will be his origin now that Azazel is dead, will he be JLaw's son still?

OpticBlastWins - 2/17/2015, 8:46 PM

Nice. A much needed return

ALegendaryPanda - 2/17/2015, 8:47 PM

Oh.......OH HELL YES!!

Pedrito - 2/17/2015, 8:47 PM

Awesome.
Maybe there's hope for this movie after all.
DOFP had a serious lack of x-men, other than the gratuitous murder scenes.

MiniMart - 2/17/2015, 8:47 PM

or is there a time jump?

DangerRoom - 2/17/2015, 8:49 PM

This kid was up for the young James Howlett in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Good choice, Singer!

Dingbat - 2/17/2015, 8:49 PM

I could see it. They FINALLY brought Nightcrawler back though. Damn that's awesome!

TheRanger - 2/17/2015, 8:50 PM

They didn't cast a actually blue-skinned guy for this part. [frick] this movie! Give it back to Marvel

RHd2 - 2/17/2015, 8:52 PM

Bamf!

BlackPhillip - 2/17/2015, 8:53 PM

3 of my favorite heroes (Spidey, Deadpool, and Nightcrawler) appearing in the same year.

FrozenDiamondz - 2/17/2015, 8:53 PM

Why are they still calling this X-Men doe?

RHd2 - 2/17/2015, 8:53 PM

Stop posting pictures of cake I'm not able to eat!

DraculaX - 2/17/2015, 8:54 PM

@NerdMan

Well tough shit Fox-Man is here to stat unlike Spidey.

Dinotron - 2/17/2015, 8:54 PM

So we have...
Prof. X
Cyclops
Jean
Storm
Beast
Wolverine
Nightcrawler

This Xmen line u is look nice!
I'm really hoping for some faithful costumes tho, I would rejoice if we see dark blue and gold suits

GhostDog - 2/17/2015, 8:54 PM

He looks the part and is a good actor. Good in dana of planet of the apes

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Kodi Smit-McPhee Joins X-MEN: APOCALYPSE As 'Nightcrawler'

Fuzzy elf fans will be pleased to hear than for the first time since X-Men 2, we'll be seeing Kurt Wagner in an X-movie. Director Bryan Singer just announced that the younger Nightcrawler will be played by The Road's Kodi Smit-McPhee in X-Men: Apocalypse.

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