Prior to the postponement of the New Mutants, Boone spoke with Entertainment Weekly in which he unveiled plans for the film which were later scrapped. Among those was the inclusion of an end-credits tag that would have set up a sequel. Here’s what he said: Boone then went on to state that they had even decided upon the actor who was going to appear in the scene. So, who was it? That individual was none other than Desperado and Pain and Glory actor, Antonio Banderas, who was once in talks to play Emmanuel da Costa, father of Henry Zaga’s Roberto da Costa (aka Sunspot). Interestingly enough, the director also mentioned the character’s ties to the Hellfire Club. The planned sequel was also meant to take place in Brazil as Roberto would reconnect with his mother who is an archaeologist and whom Emmanuel had set his crosshairs on. “We always intended to do New Mutants: Brazil as the second movie,” said Boone. Furthermore, characters from the comics like Warlock (techno-organic alien, not Adam) and Karma (mutant with psionic capabilities) were considered for the sequel. The director also stated that he would be delighted to make a second film if New Mutants is well-received at the box-office.
By the time this gets released, humans would have already developed societies on Mars, John Cena would have reverse-engineered the Invisible Man’s tech to become visible, and the DVD logo would satisfyingly bounce off the corner of the TV screen. But… I still have my fingers crossed for this one. At the very least, New Mutants is bringing something new to the mutant pantheon, and it’s going to be Magik-ally horrifying!
