Charlie Heaton Becomes a Stranger Thing in New Mutants
Ever since we told you that New Mutants is gonna be a full-on horror story, we’ve been buzzing. Today Variety has posted another bit of casting news, and our excitement has grown.
According to the outlet, “Stranger Things” star Charlie Heaton is in negotiations to join the X-Men spinoff for Fox and Marvel as Sam Guthrie, aka Cannonball.
New Mutants is in pre-production and has been set for an April 13, 2018, opening. The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone is helming from a script he co-wrote with Knate Lee about teenage superheroes-mutants.
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, aka Wolfsbane, who can turn into a wolf. Rosario Dawson is in talks to play Dr. Cecilia Reyes.
Simon Kinberg and Karen Rosenfelt are producing. Fox announced last month that it was dating three Marvel movies for 2018 — New Mutants for April 13, Deadpool 2 for June 1, and Dark Phoenix for November 2.
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