The New Mutants is a 2018 science fiction horror film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is the eleventh installment in the X-Men film series but plays up a horror angle.
The film was directed by Josh Boone from a screenplay co-written with Knate Lee, and stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga, Blu Hunt, and Alice Braga.
Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves…
The New Mutants is released by 20th Century Fox on April 13, 2018.
Cast and characters:
- Anya Taylor-Joy as Illyana Rasputin / Magik: a Russian sorceress who “uses teleportation discs to travel.” She is the sister of Colossus.
- Maisie Williams as Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane: a Scottish mutant “struggling to reconcile her religious beliefs with her power to turn into a wolf.”
- Charlie Heaton as Sam Guthrie / Cannonball: a Kentuckian mutant “who can propel himself into the air and is invulnerable while doing so.”
- Henry Zaga as Roberto da Costa / Sunspot: “a Brazilian mutant with the ability to manipulate solar energy.”
- Blu Hunt as Danielle Moonstar / Mirage: a Native American mutant “who has the power to create illusions drawn from the fears and desires of a person’s mind.”
- Alice Braga as Cecilia Reyes: a mentor to the group, and “a medical doctor who has the ability to generate a protective bio-field around herself.”
Filming took place in Boston, Massachusetts, from July to September 2017, primarily at Medfield State Hospital (location for The Box and Shutter Island).
