{"id":41619,"date":"2016-11-24T12:17:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T20:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=41619"},"modified":"2016-11-29T10:18:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T18:18:54","slug":"new-mutants-animatic-and-details-reveal-a-bold-new-direction-for-mutants-on-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=41619","title":{"rendered":"NEW MUTANTS animatic and details reveal a bold new direction for mutants on film."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coming Soon\/Superhero Hype<\/a> has an exclusive animatic from director Josh Boone’s developing NEW MUTANTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The sequence, drawn by artist Ashley Guillory<\/a>, features Magik<\/a> (Colossus’ younger sister in the comics) with the dragon Lockheed<\/a> on her shoulder, fighting against the main antagonist Demon Bear<\/a>. You can also see Dani Moonstar<\/a>, Wolfsbane<\/a> and Cannonball<\/a> in the clip.<\/p>\n

Sources close to production tell the site that the film will be very different from previous X-Men movies and is being described as a \u201cStephen King meets John Hughes\u201d-style horror movie.<\/p>\n

Rumored actors for the upcoming production include Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars) as Cannonball and previously-speculated Anya Taylor-Joy as Magik and Maisie Williams as Wolfsbane. James McAvoy’s Professor Xavier and Alexandra Shipp’s Storm were also rumored<\/a> at one point, though the validity of that still remains unknown.<\/p>\n

Boone wrote the initial script with Knate Lee (Kidnap), which then was updated with his “The Fault in Our Stars” writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber.<\/p>\n

Production is expected to gear up later in 2017 for a possible Spring\/Summer 2018 release.<\/p>\n