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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.

 

[Killer Queen]

Day -5

 

[cr0w]

Pretty dang good casting.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Psyched for Anya.

 

[Squire]

I fucking knew that first casting rumor was real.

 

[Pachimari]

Good to see.

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

Nice to see that it's official. Interested to see a new take on X-Men.

 

[SuperStiltzkin]

Stark sisters reunited at last.

EDIT: Oh wait, this is not connected to the one with the young Apocalypse cast?

 

[Magwik]

Glad it's confirmed
All aboard the hype train

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Anya Taylor-Joy is a good get. She's a fine young talent.

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Taylor-Joy will play Magik

That's fucking brilliant.
Foxverse continues to be my favorite.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Quick somebody make a clever GoT joke.

 

[Pachimari]

Stark sisters reunited at last.

EDIT: Oh wait, this is not connected to the one with the young Apocalypse cast?

No. The Apocalypse cast is in X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

 

[broncobuster]

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.

 

[anaron]

Seeing Anna Taylor Joy and Magik, I was gonna be pissed if she wasn't playing her.

 

[The Artisan]

so much for arya as ellie

 

[Magwik]

so much for arya as ellie

That movie ain't happening

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

That's fucking brilliant.
Foxverse continues to be my favorite.

Everything about the foxverse besides the actual main X-Men movies has been great for the last few years.

 

[Shaanyboi]

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

This sentence is utterly hilarious

 

[brandonh83]

This sentence is utterly hilarious

Holy shit lol

 

[- J - D -]

So Anya Taylor joy will concurrently be in two superhero movie franchises.

She's like a female James Brolin.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

What is the religious view on werewolves?

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

This sentence is utterly hilarious

Haha, that's incredible.

 

[Plywood]

Word? In.

 

[aBarreras]

That movie ain't happening

and even if it happens thank god for not maise as ellie, ellie is beautifil, masie looks like freaking quasimodo

 

[Toki767]

Magik?

Going to be interesting to see how they handle her.

 

[Tambini]

They sure love the game of thrones cast

 

[SlimySnake]

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

 

[Volimar]

That's some great casting. Looking forward to it.

 

[CloudWolf]

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.

 

[jon bones]

This sentence is utterly hilarious

thats some comic book shit right there haha

 

[DeathyBoy]

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

 

[Pilgrimzero]

This sentence is utterly hilarious

I don't see the humor.

Wolfsbane is very catholic and has issues with being able to change into a werewolf. Not really a stretch.

 

[shawnbuddy]

Just went from not-that-imterested to a must-see for me. Joy was amazing in Split.

 

[Cpt.Underpants]

Does magik sport a russian accent in the comics?

 

[Bernbaum]

OG Claremont team fuck yes.

 

[Sobriquet]

VVitch girl is perfect for Illyana

 

[Einchy]

That's some good shit!

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Are they going to have Wolfsbane disliking Magik's wicked witchery

FIGHT

and even if it happens thank god for not maise as ellie, ellie is beautifil, masie looks like freaking quasimodo

Prefer 2D to 3D brehs

 

[shira]

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

Are they going to have Wolfsbane disliking Magik's wicked witchery

FIGHT

SHE'S DARK SIDED! SHE'S NOT A CHRISTIAN!

 

[SaintZ]

Yas Anya get those roles in the big franchises!

 

[Indelible]

Fan of both of them, let's see how this turn out.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

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).

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Tilda Swinton as Warlock pls

 

[Busty]

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.

 

[Slaythe]

I thought I was out and they bring me back the fuck in.

 

[Fat Goron]

Which of these sequels is X-23 supposed to be in anyway?

 

[jett]

Funny how the two Stark girls got their big (film) break with X-Men.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

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.