Though he’s already been on both the large and small screens ( X-Men: Evolution) before, the character will be reimagined as part of the upcoming Fox/Marvel horror-genre film, New Mutants. Actually, it was during a soccer game, in the midst of a fist fight when his powers first emerged at the age of 14. Born in Rio de Janeiro to a wealthy businessman, and an archeologist from the U.S., Roberto grew to become an Olympic-level athlete even before he began his superhero career. Roberto “Sunspot” da Costa, created by the prodigious Chris Claremont back in 1982, is one of the founding members of Professor Xavier’s first young group of X-Men after the original five. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window).
Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window).Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window).Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window).He was the fire-powered dude you remember flying around and working with Iceman. Sunspot (portrayed by Adan Canto) appeared in 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, working with a team of mutants to hold off the Sentinels in the dystopian future. On Earth-616, da Costa is a hot-headed Brazilian millionaire with solar radiation absorbing abilities that give him thermokinetic powers, increased strength, and the ability to fly. Eclipse, aka Roberto “Bobby” da Costa, was a freedom fighter and tracker who also went by the name Sunspot, linking him to the Roberto da Costa of Earth-616, Marvel’s regular continuity. Earth-11326 actually makes sense for the story The Gifted seems to be setting up, as anti-mutant sentiments were strong in Age of X, and rebel factions broke out all over the place. Eclipse is a mutant from Earth-11326, which appeared in the Age of X storyline in Marvel’s comics.
Sunspot in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past.' 20th Century Fox Eclipseįirst up is Eclipse, who will be going by Marcos Diaz (Teale).
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The series will also star Sean Teale as Marcos Diaz (Eclipse), Jamie Chung as Clarice Fong (Blink), Emma Dumont as Lorna Dane (Polaris), Blair Redford as John Proudstar (Thunderbird), Coby Bell as Jace Turner, Natalie Alyn Lind as Lauren Strucker, and Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.”Īs reported by Collider in January, Nix said X-Men fans “would not be disoriented as to where this fits in the mythology,” meaning there will be a connection between the X-Men films and The Gifted.
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Because you can never have enough mutants, four fan-favorite X-Men will be making the jump to TV in Fox’s upcoming series, Marvel’s The Gifted.Ĭo-created by X-Men alumnus Bryan Singer and Burn Notice creator Matt Nix, the series stars Stephen Moyer ( True Blood) and Amy Acker ( Person of Interest) as “a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers.
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