We learned earlier this year that the New Mutants film got the official green light with a planned April 13th, 2018 release date and the first blush casting for some fan favorite roles. Now, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Rosario Dawson is in talks to join the cast. With some extensive work on the Netflix series for Marvel as Claire Temple, she’s up for the role of Dr. Cecilia Reyes, who has the ability to generate a protective field around herself. She will serve as a mentor to the young mutants on which the movie centers.
It was also revealed in EW that director Josh Boone is looking to work this film more along the lines of the horror genre with a loose adaptation of the Demon Bear storyline from the 80’s comics.
“There are no costumes,” he told EW. “There are no supervillains. We’re trying to do something very, very different.”
Originally we learned that director Josh Boone was co-writing with Kante Gwaltnet while Simon Kinberg and Lauren Shuler Donner will produce. The later drafts brought into play new writers as Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber =boarded the project. Both of them worked with Boone on bringing The Fault in Our Stars script to life, so it’s not terribly surprising.
The cast includes Maisie Williams as Wolfsbane and Anya Taylor-Joy as Magik.
Original concept: Cannonball. Sunspot. Moonstar. Karma. Rahne. Teenagers, thrown together by the one thing they had in common — the X-Factor in their genes that made them different, made them mutants. Relive the adventures of the team that will come to be known as X-Force… if they survive.
