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R-R-R-Rumor-Breaker: James McAvoy Reportedly Won't Be In New Mutants, And Neither Will Nat Wolff

Published Thu, 11 May 2017 17:25:24 -0500

Last updated Thu, 11 May 2017 17:31:09 -0500

Following up on news this afternoon confirming the long-rumored casting of Maisie Williams and Anya Taylor-Joy as Wolfsbane and Magik in Josh Boone's New Mutants, THR reporter Borys Kit took to Twitter to dispel another longstanding rumor:

On NEW MUTANTS: other rumored castings – James McAvoy as Prof X – not true. He is not in movie, per sources.

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) May 11, 2017

And another one as well:

On #NewMutants: other rumored casting – Nat Wolff as Canonball – not happening either.

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) May 11, 2017

That means we'll need to wait to see who will play Cannonball, Danielle Moonstar, Sunspot, and Warlock. And also, if James McAvoy won't be in New Mutants as Professor X, what does that mean for the story? No Professor X? A different Professor X?

Or maybe now that the rumor has been dispelled, Josh Boone will decide it would actually be a good idea and they'll both end up in the movie after all. It's hard to tell, folks. We're out of rumor territory here and into anti-rumor rumor territory.

We'll find out before the movie hits theaters in April 2018.

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