Antonio Banderas Would’ve Been the Villain In THE NEW MUTANTS 2
Mike Sprague
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The New Mutants was recently delayed yet again due to a certain virus. And today we hear that the abandoned sequel would have seen the gang traveling to Brazil to reunite Henry Zaga’s character with his estranged archaeologist mother, whom his father, Emmanuel da Costa, is trying to kill over his own business interests. And Antonio Banderas would’ve played Emmanuel.
Boone tells EW: “We always intended to do New Mutants: Brazil as the second movie. We had always planned to have a tag at the end of the movie that introduced the villain for the next movie. We even had [Antonio Banderas] cast, but because of the merger and because Marvel owns X-Men now and is going to do their own thing.”
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Boone adds: “In our heart of hearts, we hope [The New Mutants] makes a bunch of money so that we can go make the second one. We’re all just bummed at everything that happened. Just the merger and everything else. It had nothing to do with us personally and had an impact on every single movie at Fox at the time.”
New Mutants is directed by Josh Boone and produced by Simon Kinberg, Karen Rosenfelt, and Lauren Shuler Donner from a script by Boone and Knate Lee based on the comic by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod. It centers on five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a facility against their will, who must fight to escape their sins and save themselves.
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It stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Illyana Rasputin / Magik, Maisie Williams as Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane, Charlie Heaton as Sam Guthrie / Cannonball, Henry Zaga as Roberto da Costa / Sunspot, Blu Hunt as Danielle Moonstar / Mirage, Alice Braga as Cecilia Reyes, and (maybe) Jon Hamm.
It was set to be released on April 3, 2020. But now, who knows? Will you still see it when it hits? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!
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