THE NEW MUTANTS Concept Art Reveals An Early Version Of Cut Character Warlock

The New Mutants was going to include Warlock, but when reshoots didn't happen, those plans were scrapped. Thanks to some newly revealed concept art, though, we see what he might have looked like...

By JoshWilding - Oct 03, 2020 06:10 AM EST

Filed Under: New Mutants

The New Mutants cut Warlock from the screenplay when Fox decided to slash the movie's budget, but planned reshoots were supposed to add him to the movie. That didn't happen thanks to the Disney/Fox merger, of course, but we do now have some idea of what he might have looked like!

Concept artist Deryl Braun has shared some of his early designs for Warlock and, as you can see, it definitely appears as if the plan was for him to look almost exactly like his comic book counterpart.

Sacha Baron Cohen was director Josh Boone's top choice to take on the role of Warlock in The New Mutants, and leaks from earlier versions of the screenplay revealed that the plan was for him to be a sentient computer programme Professor X had discovered (that likely would have changed once it became clear Mister Sinister was pulling the strings from the shadows).

It's probably going to be a long time before we get to see the New Mutants characters return to the big screen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but these designs being taken into account when/if Warlock does eventually make his live-action debut would no doubt be welcomed by many fans.

Check out the concept art below:

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A few years back this gig was my first Movie related work. Thanks again to @ironkladstudios and @jfields217 for this. Will drop some more Concepts soon. #marvel #thenewmutants

A post shared by Deryl Braun (@deryl555) on Oct 2, 2020 at 7:48am PDT

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16 Comments

xfan320 - 10/3/2020, 6:28 AM

Idk much about the New Mutants or Warlock, but I think he looks pretty good there

WeaponXCII - 10/3/2020, 6:39 AM

Looks good- hopefully it serves as inspiration if Marvel uses the character in the future.

bl0odwerk - 10/3/2020, 7:33 AM

Self-friends like?

Eltorodiablo - 10/3/2020, 8:28 AM

Actually looks as much inspired by Danger as Warlock. A little too fluid and smooth for me.

RolandD - 10/3/2020, 8:48 AM

That works at least as a still. I'll bet artists after Sienkiewicz were cursing his name for creating such a complicated character to draw. 😂

RolandD - 10/3/2020, 8:49 AM

@RolandD - By that I mean we can't see what it would look like when in movement. 😉

SummersEssex - 10/3/2020, 1:05 PM

Not sure how Warlock would have worked into this, but would have loved him there. Thanks for not including Cypher, though.

Movie wasn't amazeballs, but it was easily one of the better X-Men movies. Didn't care for the shoe-horned LGBTQ relationship. Shouldn't have had any kind of romantic subplot. Heaven forbid two girls who connect with each other just end up being good friends rather than needing to explore their sexuality. Get those LGBTQ relationships in there, but make them make sense.

blitzkreg - 10/3/2020, 3:51 PM

THAT IS HORRIFYING...BUT IT LOOKSS LIKE HIM.

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