Actor Rosario Dawson is in talks to join X-Men spin-off X-Men: The New Mutants.
Dawson, who has already played Claire Temple and Night Nurse on Marvel and Netflix’s series including Daredevil and Luke Cage, is in talks to join the X-Men spin-off , reports aceshowbiz.com.
Dawson will play Dr Cecilia Reyes, a trauma surgeon who has the ability to generate a protective bio-field around herself. After she was outed as a mutant by a government Sentinel programme called Operation: Zero Tolerance, she serves as a mentor for the group of fledgling heroes.
Newcomers Blu Hunt and True O’Brien will play Danni Moonstar and Mirage respectively.
Maisie Williams will play Wolfsbane, who is a girl struggling to reconcile her religious beliefs with her power to turn into a wolf.
Anya Taylor-Joy, will essay Magik, a sorcerer who uses teleportation discs to travel. She is also the sister of Colossus, a mutant who appeared in Deadpool.
New Mutants movie will centre on the adventures of a group of teens with different nationalities, which include Danielle Moonstar, Scots Wolfsbane, Brazilian Sunspot, a Kentuckian code-named Cannonball and Russian Magik. There will also be an alien named Warlock in the mix.
{{/usCountry}}New Mutants movie will centre on the adventures of a group of teens with different nationalities, which include Danielle Moonstar, Scots Wolfsbane, Brazilian Sunspot, a Kentuckian code-named Cannonball and Russian Magik. There will also be an alien named Warlock in the mix.
{{/usCountry}}Director Josh Boone has confirmed that his adaptation of the Marvel comic books will be “a full-fledged horror movie set within the X-Men universe.”
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