Cool NEW MUTANTS Movie Animatic Reveals That Demon Bear Is the Villain
We know that director Josh Boone has been developing a feature film adaptation of Marvel's New Mutants for Fox. There hasn't been a lot of information released on this project, in fact, the studio hasn't really given any official announcements. There have been a few casting rumors that say Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) could be cast as Wolfsbane, Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) could play Magik, and Alexandra Shipp (Stright Outta Compton) might reprise her role as Storm.
Thanks to Comingsoon, we have a cool storyboard animatic and piece of concept art that was created for a scene in the film, and it reveals that Demon Bear will be the main villain! He's a big bear with super strength, and he draws his power from negative human emotion. He can also teleport and corrupt the souls of people.
The report goes on to reveal that the movie will be "a big departure from the sci-fi-action spectacle of other X-Men films and is instead being described as a 'Stephen King meets John Hughes'-style horror movie."
They also say that The Fault in Our Stars star Nat Wolff is being eyed for the role of the mutant Cannonball. The studio is looking to release the film in spring 2018. Check out the animatic below and let us know what you think about the new information we've learned about the film.