Variety reports that “Stranger Things” star Charlie Heaton is in negotiations to join X-Men spinoff New Mutants for Fox and Marvel as Sam Guthrie, a.k.a. Cannonball!
The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone is helming from a script he co-wrote with Knate Lee about teenage superheroes-mutants. Just last week Boone called New Mutants “a full-fleged horror movie.”
Split star Anya Taylor-Joy and Maisie Williams of “Game of Thrones” are already signed up for the project with Taylor-Joy playing Illyana Rasputin, also known as Magik, who uses teleportation. Williams is on board as Rahne Sinclair, a.k.a. Wolfsbane, who can turn into a wolf. Rosario Dawson is in talks to play Dr. Cecilia Reyes.
New Mutants is in pre-production and has been set for an April 13, 2018, opening.
