Donner denies Pocock's 'First Class' claims

X-Men producer Lauren Schuler Donner has dismissed Tim Pocock's claim that he has already been cast in prequel First Class.

The 23-year-old was featured as the younger version of Cyclops (played by James Marsden) from the original trilogy in X-Men Origins: Wolverine earlier this year.

He had written on his Twitter account last week that he is cast in the forthcoming X-Men: First Class, which is to begin production after February 2010.

Donner has now stated that no actors have been signed for the superhero project about the early days of Professor Xavier's school for mutant youth, adding that the production date is also not scheduled, Slash Film reports.

However, she did reveal that there is an X-Men 4 movie in development, which has yet to be pitched to the studio.

Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz was reportedly hired last year to pen First Class.