January Frost; Larger Class

Mad Men's January Jones has officially been cast as Emma Frost in Matthew Vaughn’s “X-Men: First Class” according to Deadline New York.

Jones snatched the part from Alice Eve who was previously offered the role but couldn't come to a deal.

The telepathic character, also known as the White Queen, started out as one of the X-Men's most dangerous foes to one of its most central members.

Also announced today comes word that there will be some sort of flashbacks showing even younger versions of the characters as Bill Milner and Morgan Lily are set to play younger versions of Magneto and Mystique respectively. Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence play the adult versions of the roles for most of the film.

On Monday, Oliver Platt was added to the roster as the mysterious "Man in Black"

Finally, Zoë Kravitz has joined the cast as Angel, a young mutant with fly-like wings.

They will join: James McAvoy, who will play Professor Charles Xavier, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Jason Flemyng as Azazel, the father of Nightcrawler, Caleb Landry Jones as Banshee, Lucas Till as Havoc and Edi Gathegi as Darwin. who also star in the film

Is anyone else concerned that FC is overloaded with too many characters...?

Meantime writer Jane Goldman confirmed that shooting on the project kicks off in about three weeks with much of the pre-viz work already finished .