The planned X-Men prequel is looking more impressive by the minute, as Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Lawrence jump onboard.

Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn’s take on the origins story begins filming this summer, with James McAvoy as a young Xavier and Michael Fassbender as Magneto.

Bacon has been cast as the villain in Jane Goldman’s script, and the part of the young Mystique has gone to Jennifer Lawrence, a 19-year-old who’s already scooped several awards, and was the star in Sundance hit Winter’s Bone. She’ll be the younger version of the blue shapeshifter played by Rebecca Romijn in the trilogy.