The New Mutants Story

During a press conference for the new mutants director josh boone revealed that while he s a big fan of the original comics and the movie adheres to the essence of the characters changes were made.

The new mutants story. While the exact details of the story may only be an influence on the new mutants film you can see how the tale resonates tonally. The new mutants will mark the first time that a same sex relationship has been featured in a major marvel film though in recent years there has been an increase in lgbtq representation in the. The new mutants is a 2020 american horror film in the superhero genre based on the marvel comics team of the same name and distributed by 20th century studios it is the thirteenth and final installment in the x men film series the film was directed by josh boone from a screenplay he wrote with knate lee and stars maisie williams anya taylor joy charlie heaton alice braga blu hunt and. In this case it ran from new mutants 18 20.

Production began july 2017 in massachusetts on the same location martin scorsese used to shoot his insane asylum. While movies with lengthy journeys to the big screen are nothing new the new mutants definitely ranks among the most beleaguered once scheduled for 2018 fox s last x men film has suffered numerous delays over the years as a result of the disney fox merger the new mutants. Like a lot of the most influential x men stories of the late 70s and 80s the demon bear tale made its impact in just a few issues. The set of the new mutants is uncommonly dark at least for an x men movie.

But that was before the studio mulled extensive reshoots which never actually happened and all of fox s film assets including the x men franchise were acquired by disney. Director josh boone and actress blu hunt talk about the movie finally landing and an awkward screen test involving game of. It s been a long long journey to the big screen for the new mutants with the film finally being released into theaters now that they re re opened again following a months long shut down due to the current global coronavirus pandemic. The new mutants will feature an appearance from lockheed who in the comics is a companion to kitty pryde shadowcat however don t expect the little purple dragon s origins to be comics accurate.

It may seem hard to believe now given the oft delayed release of the new mutants but the film was once meant to be the first entry in a trilogy of movies spun off from 20th century fox s x men film franchise. The new mutants is a group of fictional teenaged mutant superheroes in training appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics they have been the main characters of three successive comic book series which were spin offs of the x men franchise. The first team of new mutants characters was created by chris claremont and artist bob mcleod.