Ok this concept could work or it could bomb.  Personally I have always liked The New Mutants because I could identify with them when the comics came out....I was around 13 I believe.  So a comic book with teens and powers and all the problems that went along with them resonated with me.  And now I would love to see them on the big screen with todays special effects I am sure they would look awesome.  Guess all I can do is hope for this to happen sooner rather than later. 

The New Mutants were always a favorite of mine and I followed them from becoming X-Force to now reforming as TNM's. You could and should cut the list down though. Storm, Magneto, Angel and  Colossus don't need to be in the movie. The rest of them, with the exception of Magma are pivotal. I would add Warlock.  Colossus could make a cameo just to visit his little sister, Illayana. For a villan I would use Legion. He is a tragic character but also his personalities are severely psychotic which would look pretty good on screen.

I'd hardly consider any of the X-Men characters, including Kitty Pryde, "must haves" for a New Mutants flick. A few cameos would be ok but hardly necessary. The one exception to this is Professor X, who only happened to form the team in the first place, and he's not even on this list which is populated by 6 characters from the X-Men! That's 46& of your list! Lame list. You couldn't even find a spot for founding member Karma or fan-fave Warlock so that you could make room for Storm, Angel & Colossus? Sometimes I wonder if the folks that make these lists even read the comics.

ponyboy76 - I'll be the first to admit the list is too long and a bit unwieldy, but the more I kept writing, the more I realized that certain characters ought to be in to connect the franchises.  For all intents and purposes, this is X-Men 4, so having characters like Storm, Angel and Colossus on the list was done with the intention that they would be cameo characters.  Magneto, on the other hand, was the headmaster at the school in Xavier's absence, so it made sense to me to include him.  It's really sort of an either/or situation between Storm and Magneto.

Legion would make an awesome villain, but I'd still save Warlock for the sequel.  I get where you're coming from though.  He's an important character but I kinda felt like his story would be too complicated to throw into the first film.  Some stuff has to get cut, right?

Ozymandius - Same thing.  Kitty Pryde is there to bridge the gap between franchises and frankly, I think my reasons given are pretty valid.  As filmgoers, it's good to have characters that we can connect with and there's plenty of teenagers out there who find themselves treated like children just as Kitty was.  Also, Ellen Page has stated that she'd jump at the chance to reprise the role and she could be a potential draw. 

As for Professor X - he died at the end of X-Men 3.  That's why Storm and Magneto made the list as teachers.  I wrote the list under the assumption that the film falls into the same continuity as the previous X-Films, therefore Chuck is out and Ororo is in.  I actually mentioned all of these things in the article... sometimes I wonder if the people who read these lists even read these lists.

Where the hell is Boom Boom the blond chick that has the ability to create bombs. She was a early member if the team yet she's not on the list....WTF???

Okay, Ummm...what about Boom Boom AKA Meltdown, AKA Boomer??? She should definitely be apart of this if anything for a love interest for Cannonball.  What about Rictor?  He was a pretty important member of the team in there latter days who should be included.  I wouldn't want that many cameos from the X-Men to be honest as I would try to seperate this move from the current X-Franchise as much as possible.  Kitty Pryde...mmaybe. Professor X...okay he would have to be in it. That's it!

Warpath should make an appearance if anything for an antagonist during his Hellion days. Magik should not be the opening story for this movie.  That could be saved for a sequel. 

I like the rival schools angle, but to do it right requires a massive change to this list. I agree on some of the must-haves, Cannonball, Moonstar, Sunspot and Wolfsbane. I Can't decide if I'd like to see Karma, I never liked the character but she's important to the formation of the team and Cannonball's character development. Add the Hellions, but skip the ones who were just dark mirrors of the New Mutants so Empath and Warpath would remain. The film continuity is very flexible so give Firestar a bigger role and throw Tabitha "Boom boom" Smith into the rival school along with Rusty, Skids, and Rictor. Siryn had a qiuck cameo in X2 so keep her at Xavier's and the romance that developed between her and Warpath would be a great forbidden love plotline. If your paying attention It's easy to see where I would like to see this story go, all the major players are there except two: Trevor Fitzroy and Cable. As a two movie arc Introduce the players and the rivalry in the first movie with all the drama and a little action. Ramp up the action for the second film and add some fodder characters to both teams for Trevor to kill, and in act three have Cable show up, take out Trevor and pick up the surviving pieces of both teams to form X-Force. This not only forces the X-Force spinoff but opens the door to an Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix movie. With some of the lesser known characters this could be prime for equal parts fan service and new fan induction.

I like the idea, but I don't see them ever introducing Cable. His story is way too complicated for Fox to do properly. You know they would leave out a lot of good stuff. I don't think they'll get into time traveling mutants from the future just yet. I'd love to see a Cable movie though, maybe add in Bishop somewhere.

I think this New Mutants movie is going to be a litle more grounded and more about the team getting together. Warlock's story, I guess could be used for future movie, but I think Legion is a must have villan.

I did forget about Boom Boom, Warpath and Karma. The first 2 don't come in for awhile anyway.

I think your concept is spot on. However, having Magneto would be difficult in a movie, since his considred by most to be a terrorist. I don't think that was ever properly explained at the end of X3. I do think it would be interesting if he became headmaster of the school, or if he just got his power back and started trying to form his own team to battle the xavier team. That idea is a bit cleache, but if the government got in on it and picked up Magneto to help train their own mutant team while the Mansion had their team it would make for an interesting movie that had the two teams going toe to toe. I think another interesting idea would be having the New Mutants rescuing the X-Men. One member of the team could be Vulcan, who dies mid way through the film only to reappear angry and ready to take down those who he think abandoned him for the climax.

Please no Magneto.  I am sick of Magneto. Enough of Magneto. He's not the only villian in the Mutants -Xmens world.  How about the Hellfire club to start. I like the rival school idea above for the first movie. think of th e cool "villian" students from that school.  (Empath to name one) Introduce the world and characters to a virgin audience the right way.  Dare I say play it out like a "Twlight" movie. Let's see them dealing with their powers,,getting stronger,boy friend girlfriend crap. It's all good. This is the ulitmate origin story. It has so much more potential than Xmen every did.  (i'm still fuming how they messed up Rogues's character)  Don't get me started.