Josh Boone, ‘TFIOS’ Director, To Direct ‘The New Mutants’

Josh Boone, director of The Fault In Our Stars, is set to write and direct The New Mutants for Fox as an expansion of the X-Men franchise.

Boone will co-write the adaptation of Marvel’s The New Mutants comic-book series, released in the 1980s, with Knate Gwaltney, and Simon Kinberg and Lauren Shuler Donner have signed on as producers. “We’re so excited to explore this new part of the X-Men universe, and so excited to do it with Josh, who is uniquely suited to tell this story about young characters,” sad Kinberg.

Who Are The New Mutants?

The New Mutants focused on a younger, new generation of genetically gifted individuals – a class of crime fighters in training. What set New Mutants apart from The X-Men was its diverse cast of main characters, featuring many international heroes.

First there’s Sam Guthrie, an American who discovered his mutant powers as a teenager and later grew into his superhero identity: Cannonball. Cannonball has the power to, essentially, turn himself into a human cannonball and propel himself forward with the force of a rocket. He can also control some forms of energy, creating explosions and protective shields. Danielle Moonstar, aka Mirage, a Native American young woman who could manifest people’s deepest fears and communicate with animals rounded out the Americans on the team.

The other original members were all international: Roberto da Costa, aka Sunspot, grew up in Brazil and learned to harness his power to absorb solar energy and transform it into super strength, Xi’an Coy Manh, aka Karma, immigrated to the US with her younger siblings from Vietnam, had the power of mind control, and, finally, Rahne Sinclar, aka Wolfsbane, a shapeshifter/werewolf from Scotland. Cannonball, Mirage, Sunspot, Karma and Wolfsbane were the original members of The New Mutants and were later joined by Magma, Cypher, Warlock and Magik.

The film is currently in early stages of development, and no details have been released on the script or what heroes will be heading to the big screen. Meanwhile, fans will get to see The X-Men on screen in X-Men: Apocalypse to be released on May 27, 2016.

Article by Olivia Truffaut-Wong

Olivia Truffaut-Wong was born and raised in Berkeley, California, where she developed her love of all things entertainment. After moving to New York City to earn her degree in Film Studies, she stayed on the East Coast to follow her passion and become an entertainment writer. She lives on a diet of television, movies and food.