Tag: The New Mutants
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Superhero Bits: What Is Aim Doing in ‘Marvel’s Avengers’, Another ‘Justice League’ SnyderCut Teaser & More
Are the Talons involved in an upcoming new Batman video game? What is Aim doing in the Marvel’s Avengers video game? Which mutant almost made a cameo in The New Mutants? Are more alternate versions of DC Comics superheroes coming to The Flash along with Batman? Will Marvel Studios end up shifting some of their…
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Superhero Bits: Spider-Man Coming to ‘Avengers’ Game on PS4, ‘Umbrella Academy’ Podcast & More
Did you hear Spider-Man is coming exclusively to the PlayStation 4 version of Marvel’s Avengers? Would you want to see a Joker-style movie based on The Kingpin? What’s the latest rumor that James Gunn debunked about The Suicide Squad? Is The New Mutants release pushed back a bit internationally? Want to watch a short documentary…
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‘The New Mutants’ Director and Cast on Making a Throwback to a 90s Horror Movie
I’m not sure any movie has had so many release dates come and go as director Josh Boone’s The New Mutants. If you’re keeping track, the original release date was April 13, 2018. Then it was scheduled for February 2019. Then they moved it to August 2, 2019. Then it was pushed back to April…
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‘The New Mutants’ Was Inspired by ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 3’
Unlike other X-Men movies, which tend to take place all over the world (and sometimes in space), The New Mutants is mostly confined to a single location: a psychiatric hospital where a crew of young mutants are being held. Considering the film’s horror tone, that’s certainly appropriate. Creepy hospitals are as common in horror films…
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‘The New Mutants’ Was Supposed to Kick Off a Trilogy of X-Men Horror Films, Including an Alien Invasion Story
Back when The New Mutants was in production, it was part of an ambitious slate of X-Men movies that were pushing the franchise in bold new directions. Deadpool was a self-aware comedy. Logan was an R-rated drama for adults. And director Josh Boone‘s tale of young mutants being held in a psychiatric hospital was a…
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‘New Mutants’ Teaser Hints At A Comic-Con Announcement
To say that “The New Mutants” has been delayed is an understatement. We are quickly approaching the three-year anniversary of the first trailer’s debut in 2017. Now, the superhero horror film is scheduled for an August 28 theatrical release. But with the recent projections about cinema closures, that date is beginning to look unrealistic. This…
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Sophie Turner Isn’t Sure What’s Going On With Future ‘X-Men’ Films But She’d “Kill To Go Back”
Not only does the release of “The New Mutants” remain clouded in mystery, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but so does the fate of Fox’s ‘X-Men’ universe. While 2019’s “Dark Phoenix” seems to be the final time that the versions of the characters that began in 2000 with Bryan Singer’s first X-film will be seen…
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Lionsgate’s ‘Saw’ Reboot, Janelle Monae’s ‘Antebellum,’ Pulled From Theatrical Release
Lionsgate has joined the parade of releases pulled from theatrical release due to the coronavirus pandemic, pulling the Chris Rock-Samuel L. Jackson “Saw” reboot, Janelle Monae’s “Antebellum” and Sarah Paulson’s “Run.”Lionsgate made the moves on Tuesday, in the wake of Disney-Marvel pulling its Scarlett Johansson superhero adventure “Black Widow,” from its May 1 slot, The…
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‘Black Widow’ Release Pulled Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Disney’s “Black Widow” is the latest tentpole to shift its release date because of the coronavirus pandemic.The Marvel superhero adventure, starring Scarlett Johansson, was slated to hit theaters May 1. The studio also pulled “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” from its Searchlight banner, and “The Woman in the Window,” a 20th Century title, which…
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‘Frozen 2’ Teases Disney Potential to Rattle the Rigid Windows of Film Biz
Debate just how deep the impact coronavirus will be on the U.S. economy in the coming weeks, but even the best-case scenario is bleak for a broad range of industries.It’s an awful truth that is just beginning to hit home in the movie industry, where audiences fearing contagion are staying away in droves, if the…