Way back in March 2016, a report surfaced that The New Mutants director Josh Boone was eyeing both Maisie Williams and Anya Taylor-Joy to play Rahne Sinclair, a.k.a.
All of these mutant characters were first teased as part of The New Mutants from Josh Boone himself, who posted images of these characters on social media last May.
There is no word yet on whether or not Alexandra Shipp will in fact return for The New Mutants.
Illyana debuted in Giant-Size X-Men #1 in May 1975, but she didn’t transform into Magik until New Mutants #14 in 1984.