Marvel has found its Angel. Asa Germann, the 28-year-old who broke out in Amazon's Gen V, has been cast as Warren Worthington III in Jake Schreier's X-Men reboot, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which first broke the story on Thursday.

Variety and Just Jared both confirmed the casting outright. TheWrap, however, described Germann as being in "final talks," not yet a done deal. Small distinction, but worth flagging, because it's the only wrinkle in an otherwise unanimous report.

Angel is a founding member of the X-Men in the comics, first drawn by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby back in 1963. Feathered wings, flight, the works, until Apocalypse gets his hands on him and swaps those wings for metal ones that shoot projectiles. Whether the film goes there is anyone's guess at this point.

The character has had a rough run on screen. Ben Foster played him in X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006, and Ben Hardy took over as the villainous Archangel in 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse. Neither performance got much room to breathe. Germann inherits a role that's been more subplot than centerpiece twice now.

A crowded mutant team

Germann slots into a cast that's been assembling in pieces since Kevin Feige revealed the core lineup at D23 last month. Sadie Sink is Jean Grey, fresh off her Spider-Man: Brand New Day debut. Kit Connor plays Cyclops. Christopher Abbott is Professor X. Samara Weaving is Emma Frost. Maya Boyd plays Storm. Inde Navarrette, who'd publicly campaigned for Mystique, ended up as Rogue instead.

Then there's Adam Driver as Mr. Sinister, a casting Driver himself teased at D23. "Kevin and I have been talking for years about me joining the MCU," he said, according to TheWrap. "Now I feel like we've found the perfect film, at the perfect time, with characters I care deeply about." His name had floated around Marvel projects for years, Mister Fantastic among them, before Pedro Pascal landed that one.

Behind the camera, Beef creator Lee Sung Jin and writer Joanna Calo are reportedly working a new draft of the script, per TheWrap. Schreier, who directed Thunderbolts*, remains attached.

For Germann, this is the jump from streaming ensemble to tentpole lead. Gen V got cancelled after two seasons earlier this year, and Scream 7 gave him a horror-franchise credit, but Angel puts him inside the biggest superhero relaunch Marvel has on its books. The film lands May 5, 2028. Casting announcements for the rest of the team, if there's more team left to announce, presumably keep coming before then.