Film New Mutants was to have its premiere April 13, 2018 year. However, it was postponed several times. Ultimately, the picture is expected to hit theaters on August 26, 2020. So it's time to meet our New Mutants!
Roberto da Costa / Sunspot
Roberto da Costa is the son of the Brazilian millionaire Emmanuel da Costa and the American archaeologist Nina. His powers were revealed when he was fourteen. Then, during a football match, two opposing players who hated da Costa because of the color of his skin, first foul him violently and then started kicking him. His body and clothes burst into flames, and he threw the attackers far away. All the players and viewers fled in panic then, and only the boy’s father and girlfriend, Juliana Sandoval, came to his aid. As with Cannonball, Donald Pierce, the then leader of the Hellfire Club, learned about Roberto’s power. However, he decided not to recruit the boy to his group, but to kill him. To this end, he kidnapped Juliana and set a trap for da Costa. Charles Xavier found out about the whole action and, together with Karma and Psyche, went to the rescue. In an attempt to free the hostage, a shootout ensued, during which Sandoval took a bullet intended for her lover and died. Then Bobby swore revenge on Pierce. To this end, he agreed to join the team formed by Professor X. At the Institute for Talented Youth, he quickly learned how to control and use his powers. He also made friends with Sam Guthrie. During his many adventures, he was injected with a virus and attacked Cloak and Dagger as well as Colossus. He was cured only by the Magician. He visited Asgard with the other New Mutants, studied under Magneto and was controlled by Psylocke. In addition to New Mutants, he also belonged to X-Force, X-Corp, Gladiators and Fallen Angels.
Roberto da Costa, or Sunspot, drew his powers directly from solar energy. He transformed her into superhuman strength. Thanks to her, he could also fly. He can also store this energy and store it in his body until needed. Therefore, his abilities can also be activated at night. When using them, his body is shrouded in darkness as he removes any external light from his skin. Sunspot is also incredibly fast, has superhuman reflexes, increased endurance, can cause thermokinetic shocks or generate strong blasts of hot wind. It is completely resistant to fire and high temperatures, but also to cold – even being outside the Earth’s atmosphere does not impress him. Interestingly, his body is able to produce its own food.
In New Mutants , Roberto will be played by Henry Zaga, who you could see as Josh Diaz in Teen Wolf: The Teen Werewolf . It is worth adding that we could watch Sunspot on the big screen once. He appeared in the movie X-Men: A Past To Come . Then he was played by Adan Canto.
