New Mutants Movie..If Only!

Its already been announced that there will be an X Men first class movie, but we dont know which characters will appear in that movie. Its highly unlikely that it will feature the comics first class team (Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Iceman and Pheonix) and highly probable it will focus on the younger X Men that have already made an appearance in the previous movies (Shadocat, Collosus, Jubilee etc)...So far so boring if you ask me.

No my fellow geeks, i think this movie should be all about The New Mutants. They were the first X Men spin off comic created and written by Chris Claremont, and while the teams earliest adventures were nothing terribly exiting, they really hit ther stride with The Demon Bear Saga. This is the storyline i think the movie should follow, albeit with some significant changes.

The team went through many changes over the years but the characters widely considered to make up the best version of the team are as follows:

Cannonball (Samuel Guthrie), a mild-mannered Kentuckian and eventual co-leader, who became nigh-invulnerable when rocketing through the air.

Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair), a Scot who could transform into a wolf-like creature.

Mirage (Danielle Moonstar, also called Psyche and Moonstar), a Cheyenne and eventual co-leader , who could create visual empathic three-dimensional illusions.

Sunspot (Roberto da Costa), a Brazilian who gained superhuman strength fueled by sunlight and could store solar energy in his body to use his super strength during the night.

Magma (Amara Aquila/Alison Crestmere), a fiercely-tempered native of a secret Roman society in the Amazon who could control lava.

Warlock, an extraterrestrial of the techno-organic race known as the Technarchy.

And finally, one of my favorite ever comic characters..Magik (Illyanna Rasputin)..Collosus little sister and a Demon sorceress

The Demon Bear Saga focuses mainly on Mirage, who is tormented by visions of the demonic bear she believes to have murdered her parents. She confides in Magic, who knows something of the mystic arts but is unable (or unwilling) to ask for help from her teammates, who are still in training to master ther own abilities.
She pushes herself almost beyond her limits in the danger room, taking down images of bears with her bow and arrow until she can take no more and goes out into the snow, calling on the beast to reveal itself. Wolfbane, who shares a telepathic link with Mirage is awakened with images of her friend in trouble and calls the team together to investigate. They find Mirage in the snow, evicerated and near death. They get her to hospital but soon after the bear resumes its attack and the others must protect ther friend or die trying
What follows is a pretty straight forward team bonding story as each character must come to terms with ther initial mistrust of each other as well as ther own powers to defeat a powerfull enemy. But its the great characters that make it special, and i think it would make a gripping first installment of a possible franchise.

For this article ive taken over casting duties from Shaman! But please feel free to rubbish or praise my choices as you see fit

Wolfsbane was the easiest. Kelly McDonald really is something special. She has appeared in numerous British movies and more recently in No Country For Old Men and Choke. she also looks the part and is Scottish! What more can you ask for!