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Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams Set to Star in 'X-Men' Spinoff 'New Mutants'

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Fox’s long-awaited X-Men spinoff New Mutants is finally getting casting up.

Anya Taylor-Joy, the star of The Witch and Split, and Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams have signed on to star in the project, the ensemble young adult super hero movie being directed by Josh Boone.

The movie is headed towards an early July start and is armed with a script by Boone and his writing partner, Knate Gwaltney. Simon Kinberg and Karen Rosenfelt are producing.

New Mutants, created by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod, was the first X-Men comic spinoff, launched in the early 1980s as the franchise began two decades of dominating the comic book industry.

The movie will focus on the angst-driven adventures of a diverse group of teens that include Native American Danielle Moonstar, Scots girl Wolfsbane, Brazilian ladies man Sunspot, a Kentuckian code-named Cannonball, and Russian teen Magik. Also in the mix will be an alien named Warlock.

Taylor-Joy will play Magik, a girl who has learned sorcery and uses teleportation discs to travel. She is also the sister of Colossus, an X-Man who appeared in Deadpool.

Williams will play Wolfsbane, a girl struggling to reconcile her religious beliefs with her power to turn into a wolf.

Boone has been eyeing the actresses since last year but was only able pull the trigger on them once the movie was greenlit earlier this year. The movie has a April 13, 2018 release date.

The studio is making serious efforts to find ethnically appropriate actors, conducting wide searches for a Native American to play Moonstar and a South American for Sunspot.

Taylor-Joy broke out with the 2015 award-winning period horror movie The Witch and starred with James McAvoy in M. Night Shyamalan’s surprise hit, Split. She is repped by CAA, Felker Toczek and Troika in the UK.

Williams plays Arya Stark in Thrones, which launches its seventh season in July. She is repped by WME, Jackoway Tyerman and UK's Louise Johnston Management.
 

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Anya Taylor-Joy is a good get. She's a fine young talent.
 
She's great in The Witch and Split. Maisie Williams is another good addition.

Haven't seen Fault in Our Stars to know if the director is a good choice, but the cast is shaping up.
 

SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
yeah became a fan of her after watching Split. i hear she hooks up with Obama in that netflix movie. need to watch that.
 

CloudWolf

Member
Maisie Williams playing a girl who can change into a wolf, eh? How original.

Anyway, Anya Taylor-Joy is awesome. Great to see her becoming this big star.
 

DeathyBoy

Banned
I really hope we get Cyclops Xtinction Squad on film someday. Baddest superhero team ever. Stared down a Celestial army all "suck the punch dimension, you broke ass bltcjes
 

shira

Member
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It is no secret that I despise Fox's X-Movies with a passion, but this casting is very solid.

Please please please do good with the New Mutants, they were my favorite book as a kid (with Excalibur).
 

Busty

Banned
Ahhh yes, the non Deadpool X universe will come to define 'middle of the road' in every possible way.

Who is this for? The last McAvoy lead X film didn't exactly set the world alight and now Fox are doubling down on it probably at great expense.

If there is indeed a comic book film bubble it's going to be stuff like this and that Venom film from Sony that bursts it.
 
Ahhh yes, the non Deadpool X universe will come to define 'middle of the road' in every possible way.

Who is this for? The last McAvoy lead X film didn't exactly set the world alight and now Fox are doubling down on it probably at great expense.

If there is indeed a comic book film bubble it's going to be stuff like this and that Venom film from Sony that bursts it.

In the last few years it's anything not made with Bryan Singer's involvement (after DOFP) that's proven to be hugely successful. It seems like Fox is slowly but surely letting people run with the franchise in more varied directions (Deadpool, Logan) than rely on the same core teams, stories, and aesthetic.
 
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