One would think that - given the connection shared between the New Mutants and X-Force in the comics - the films will somewhat tie-in together. The aforementioned Warpath made his debut in the pages of New Mutants, and Sunspot - much like Proudstar - did the same.
Roberto da Costa made his comic book debut in 1982, and has gone onto feature in the pages of X-Force, X-Men, Generation-X and the Avengers. He also has the innate ability to absorb solar energy and expel it in all kinds of destructive ways, which - as far as mutant powers go - is pretty cool to be honest.
Despite Adan Canto having portrayed the character in Days of Future Past, Fox have opted for Tony Zaga to don the role in New Mutants, which will see himself and his fellow students trapped against their will in a shady government facility. When things end we could, however, have our first X-Force bound mutant - an exciting prospect indeed.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
