Wiki News/Ben Linkin stars as Young Cyclops in 'X-Men First'?

Ben Linkin, 17, was officially casted to play as Cyclops in upcoming X-Men: First Class, alongside James McAvoy, Lucas Till, Alice Eve, Kevin Bacon, Meagan Good and Taylor Lautner which hit theaters on June 3, 2011.

The Jane Hoop Elementary hunk is thrilled to play as a younger character of James Mardsen who portrayed him from the original X-Men films. Replacing Josh Hutcherson and Aaron Johnson, Linkin will be much better to play as this major character in the film about humans being trained to become heroes.

"I think playing this character will be awesome." Linkin said. "When I'm done with Jane Hoop Elementary, now I'm ready to move on to my next franchise. This is my next level. And hell yeah I'm ready."

Linkin, will also release other movies in 2011 with Sonic X: The Final Stand as King Lydio (in theaters May 11, 2011) Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush: Part II as Alec Gutzwiller (in theaters July 8, 2011).