X-Men and The Lord of the Rings stars join Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break

Despite recent cuts in TV production, Microsoft has lined up a couple of big movie stars for its upcoming TV and video game crossover, Quantum Break.

Quantum Break developer Remedy Entertainment (maker of Alan Wake and Max Payne) announced via Twitter that Dominic Monaghan and Shawn Ashmore have joined the cast of the Xbox One exclusive series. Monaghan is best known as Merry the Hobbit from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He also played rock star Charlie Pace in the hit TV series, Lost. Canadian-born Shawn Ashmore has played Iceman in the hit X-Men movie series since 2003.