Los Angeles June 1 (IANS) Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton is in negotiations to join X-Men spinoff New Mutants.
If the deal is sealed Heaton will join the film as Sam Guthrie aka Cannonball reports variety.com.
New Mutants is in pre-production and has been set for an April 13 2018 opening.
The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone is helming New Mutants from a script that he co-wrote with Knate Lee about teenage superheroes-mutants.
Actors Anya Taylor-Joy and Maisie Williams have already signed up for the project with Taylor-Joy playing Illyana Rasputin also known as Magik who uses teleportation.
Williams is on board as Rahne Sinclair a.k.a. Wolfsbane who can turn into a wolf. Rosario Dawson is in talks to play Dr. Cecilia Reyes.
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Charlie Heaton in talks for X-Men spin-off
