This year's edition of the brazilian Comic Con Experience (CCXP17), in São Paulo, had in this afternoon (12-08-2017) hosted a 20th Century Fox panel, with the presence of Robert Rodriguez (to talk about ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL), Dylan O'Brien to talk about MAZE RUNNER last movie and also the presence of Josh Boone, director of the 'NEW MUTANTS' upcoming movie, the screenwriter Knate Lee and the two brazilian cast members Alice Braga, who plays Dr. Cecilia Reyes and Henry Zaga, who plays Roberto Da Costa a.k.a. Sunspot. During the panel, they have shown an exclusive teaser to the audience.
According Josh Boone, that was just for the CCXP audience for now, so we'll just have access to a description written by the editors of 'Omelete' website, organizers of CCXP.
We warn you that the description may have some
SPOILERS, so... You're warned:
The young mutants find a hidden place at the hospital where they're being held. There they found a 'lies detector' and they think it will be fun to use it to get to know each other better.
The first to sit in the chair, Roberto da Costa aka Sunspot, says he has already got many girls. The machine points out he's lying, so he confesses that he never had anyone. Then we see a short frame showing a little bit of his powers. In the panel, Henry Zaga stated that the character suffers an accident still in Brazil and is sent to the hospital commanded by Dr. Cecilia Reyes (Alice Braga).
Then, each character faces the lie detector, and some of their powers are shown. In one passage, Maisie Williams growls as she begins her transformation into Lupine.
The whole scene has a very 'youthful' mood, despite the darker tone in the movie. They're curious and provocative with each other, but piece by piece a sense of 'safe zone' shows up. They seem to understand that they can be themselves with each other, despite their traumas of the past. This is a group of tragic heroes.
However, who stands out in the scene is Magik, character played Anya Taylor-Joy. With sarcasm, she uses the lie detector and says that she's in that place 'cause she killed 18 men. One by one. In a moment of more action, she seems to conjure up her famous Soulsword and attacks Danielle Moonstar aka Mirage.
Other brazilian website, '
Universo X-Men', added some details to Magik's powers displayed. They said that her arm is covered with metal, just as it is in the comics, and the visual effect of this is look-a-like the Colossus powers displayed in the original X-Men trilogy.
So, this is it. We hope to see the next trailer soon. "The New Mutants" is coming out at April 13, next year and it has being sold as a superhero horror movie. During the panel, director Josh Boone also said that movies like
The Shining, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, A Nightmare on the Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Breakfast Club and Stephen King's works were main inspirations for the tone and the character dynamics, without lose the comic accuracy. He also reaffirmed that the Demon Bear saga is the main material source for the movie.
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