Rosario Dawson is in
talks to double down on her Marvel roles. The actress, who plays a key part in the
Marvel/Netflix universe (Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Iron First) has
entered negotiations to join Fox's upcoming X-Men spinoff New Mutants.
Created by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod, the New Mutants comic series was
launched in the early 1980s by Marvel.
The movie will focus on a group of mutant teens that include Magik,
Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Danielle Moonstar, and Cannonball. Joining them will be an
alien named Warlock.
Dawson will play Dr. Cecilia Reyes, a doctor and former X-Men who has the
ability to generate a force field that is tied to her life force. The character
assumes a mentor role for the group of teen heroes.
The actress joins Split's Anya Taylor-Joy, and Game of Thrones star Maisie
Williams.
Williams will play Wolfsbane, a Scottish teen struggling to reconcile her
religious beliefs with her ability to turn into a wolf.
Taylor-Joy will play Magik, a Russian girl who has learned how to use
sorcery and uses teleportation disks in order to travel. She is the younger
sister of the Colossus, an X-Man that has appeared in both the X-Men film
franchise and in Deadpool.
Scheduled for a July
start of production, and April 13, 2018 theater release, New Mutants will be
directed by Josh Boone ("The Fault in Our Stars"), who wrote the
script with his writing partner Knate Lee.
Simon Kinberg and
Karen Rosenfelt are producing New Mutants.
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