6 Marvelous New Mutants We Gotta See Onscreen

[CBR News]

With a "New Mutants" feature film now in the works at Fox, here are the six teen heroes that audiences definitely need to meet.



Full article here.

[NewMutant]

Karma, Cypher, and Warlock are on the list but not Cannonball. Way to become invalid quick.

[LoganAlpha30X33]

I have no problem with Dani and Magik, the others I could care less about...Rictor's on there because he's gay...odd that I didn't notice them mentioning that about Karma...I guess it'd all depend on how far they go with the team, whether the team that becomes X-Force and the later members like Warpath and Tabitha and Shatterstar would show up...

[Yahnoos]

They're Mutants. They'll already be experiencing "real world" prejudice. I don't care if it's an all new roster, a roster with some overlap, or members drawn from the original comic roster. I just want those members to be done "right". Mystique had little in common with her book version, but she was still great. And any list without Sam Guthrie is just a personal list not a "we gotta see" list.

[nx01a]

6 New Mutants we need on screen? In addition to their leader, Cable, we need...
Magik
Cannonball
Dani Moonstar
Karma
Cypher
Warlock

I could do without the Sunspot/Magma drama, and Wolfsbane is just annoying.

[Perfection/Emma 2]

6 New Mutants we need on screen? In addition to their leader, Cable, we need...
Magik
Cannonball
Dani Moonstar
Karma
Cypher
Warlock

I could do without the Sunspot/Magma drama, and Wolfsbane is just annoying.

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[NewMutant]

I'm always shocked by Karma fans. No hating on the character, but she was barely in the series. The only major roles she's had was the New Mutants vol. 3 (?) relaunch and Liu's Astonishing X-Men, with wallpaper appearances in Fractions run.

[norj]

6 New Mutants we need on screen? In addition to their leader, Cable, we need...
Magik
Cannonball
Dani Moonstar
Karma
Cypher
Warlock

I could do without the Sunspot/Magma drama, and Wolfsbane is just annoying.

Dani is the leader of the New Mutants not Cable, never got why that gun toting temporal headache is so damn popular.

[Luck911]

Dani is the leader of the New Mutants not Cable, never got why that gun toting temporal headache is so damn popular.

Watch a Terminator movie

[Rickbarry]

Cannonball not on this list grinds my gears. Other than that? I want an adorable scene between Magik and Colossus. Then they can go do New Mutant stuff.

[Sardorim]

6 New Mutants we need on screen? In addition to their leader, Cable, we need...
Magik
Cannonball
Dani Moonstar
Karma
Cypher
Warlock

I could do without the Sunspot/Magma drama, and Wolfsbane is just annoying.

Cable cannot exist as the old man badass without Rachel sending him to the future and Maddie to birth him, besides why would he be their initial Leader anyway?

[nx01a]

Cable cannot exist as the old man badass without Rachel sending him to the future and Maddie to birth him, besides why would he be their initial Leader anyway?

Who else would be their leader/trainer? Xavier? Magneto? Emma Frost? All of those options are out the window in the current timeline, especially with Emma bring dead and the other two's contracts being up. A mysterious benefactor who saves and trains the New Mutants to be his soldiers would work perfectly for later reveals as to his history/future.

As for Warlock... How about making him a mutant whose body is composed of organic circuitry?

[Hypestyle]

Mirage- bring back her original powers, but have the manifest with the psionic bow and arrow- it’s a better visual gimmick than just generic gesturing or an eye-glow thing.

Cypher- He’s an intriguing character, and I hope they put his language skills to good use. Also computer hacking, I guess. No friendship with Kitty, who officially hasn’t shown up yet.

Warlock- My favorite member but high risk of becoming the Jar Jar Binks of the movie. I predict he will not be involved.

Karma- have her speak Vietnamese- Claremont always had her making exclamations in French, which, pragmatically, made no sense unless she grew up rich, which Xi’an did not.

Wolfsbane- Originally, Rahne was about 13. I predict she will be made older if she is used. Also, I predict that she will probably not go full-wolf, even though she should.

Cannonball- Lucas Black is too old at 32, but a college-aged version of him would be a good candidate.

Magik- her origin would have to be severely altered. There’d be no time to get into being kidnapped by Belasco for 9 years or however long it was. She’d have to simply be a few years behind Piotr in age. Of course, we don’t see teen Piotr until the first X-Men film. Of course her stepping discs allow her to move forward or backward in time and not just space—we’ll see. No friendship with Kitty, who officially hasn’t shown up yet.

Sunspot- well, we’ve seen him in the distant future, so he’s not on the table, right? Oh well.

Skids- Nice simple power to display. There could also be a teen version of Cecelia Reyes.

Rusty Collins- he can be the human torch without flying.

Shatterstar- I’m not sure how he’s handled regarding his traditional origin. Not a huge fan.

Rictor- at this point he’d be seen as biting Skye’s powers, but I guess he’s as legit as anyone else. Not a huge fan.

Magma- I would rather see her in the “quake powers” role compared to Rictor, though the Nova Roma origin angle is very top-heavy unless you make it a major part of the movie plot.

Thunderbird- it would be interesting if they made this the “original” Thunderbird, thereby legitimizing the future presence of Warpath in DOFP.

Sunspot’s non-involvement leaves no black male characters as options (yes, nitpickers, I know very well his Brazilian/Latin status) unless you also include Generation X characters like Synch, or juvenilize folks like Bishop and Shard. On that note, some of the characters might end up getting that treatment- watch out:

Sunfire- again, we’ve never seen him on film, and his tenures on the teams have been super-minimal.

I don’t have much of a frame of reference for the post-2000s and 2010s-era newer teen mutants, but I really am not that impressed with what I’ve seen. There’s some walking pink glob, a girl with a shark’s head, and a “Thing” rock-guy of some kind?

[Mutant God]

6 New Mutants we need on screen? In addition to their leader, Banshee, we need...
Cannonball
Dani Moonstar
Wolfsbane
Karma
Cypher
Sunspot

Referencing First Class, Banshee becomes field leader while Moira briefs them on Muir Island. Prediction about the villian, New Mutants battle Moira's son/step-son/patient Proteus who can't control his powers.

[MasterOfMagnetism]

I found it strange that this article mentioned Rictor's sexuality but not Karma's. It's way more likely that Karma, an attractive Asian lesbian, would have her sexuality referenced over Rictor whose history with sexuality and relationships is long and complicated.

But as for who actually ends up in the movie I'm hoping that they include some gay, lesbian or bi character, with all the current superhero movies and tv series they really need to diversify the characters. It would be fitting if the first openly gay, lesbian or bi superhero was in one of the X-Franchise movies.