Nicholas Hoult is "Jack the Giant Killer"

Bryan Singer gets his leading man. The star of UK's television series hit "Skins", Nicholas Hoult, finally announced to play Jack in Singer's upcoming project "Jack the Giant Killer". He won the role by beating other strong candidates like Logan Lerman ("Percy Jackson") and Andrew Garfield ("The Social Network").

This is such another great leap of Nicholas' career. Apart from the "Skins" fame, he had a role in "A Single Man" and supporting one in "Clash of the Titans". We also might catch him in "About A Boy" when he was little. This year, he will appear in "X-Men: First Class" (watch the trailer here!) as Hank McCoy aka Beast. He's been signed to play a role in "Mad Max: Fury Road" which starts filming next year. And he's dating "Winter's Bone" actress (and his co-star in "X-Men: First Class") Jennifer Lawrence.

Nicholas will play alongside Stanley Tucci, Bill Nighy, and John Kassir. The filming will begin in March, and due to be released next year.