The New Mutants

*TurtleTitan97* · 05-13-2015, 02:10 PM

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EXCLUSIVE: Fox has closed a deal with The Fault In Our Stars director Josh Boone to co-write and direct The New Mutants, a standalone spinoff that expands its X-Men movie universe. The series, already part of the X-Men Comics universe, introduces a new crop of mutant characters born with special powers. Boone will co-write with Knate Gwaltney. Simon Kinberg will produce with Lauren Shuler Donner.

It is not surprising that the studio would want Boone to grow into bigger things. He came out of nowhere to direct The Fault In Our Stars, an adaptation of the John Green novel The Fault In Our Stars. The book had a rabid youthful fan base, but Boone showed a strong feel in bringing youthful pathos to the screen, and while Shailene Woodley was already an emerging star, both Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff broke through as new stars on that film. The result was a $12 million budget Fox 2000 film that grossed $307 million worldwide. Boone became a hot director right away off that success, and among the projects he has been linked to are adaptations of the Stephen King novels The Stand and Lisey’s Story. He’s also been mentioned as one of the directors Marvel and Sony have been sweet on for the live action Spider-Man franchise reboot. Next up for him is The Vampire Chronicles at Universal, a reboot based on the Anne Rice novels that were turned into Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. The Stand would go after, so The New Mutants is a couple years away.

Said Kinberg of the X-Men expansion with Boone: “We’re so excited to explore this new part of the X-Men universe, and so excited to do it with Josh, who is uniquely suited to tell this story about young characters.”

Fox has done well mining its X-Men franchise. Ryan Reynolds is playing Deadpool with Tim Miller directing, and Bryan Singer is directing X-Men: Apocalypse for 2016. James Mangold and Hugh Jackman are also doing another Wolverine installment with Hugh Jackman. Behind those is Gambit, a movie that has Channing Tatum attached to star. Those are the current X-Men priorities but it is proactive of Fox to keep new films in the pipeline and to re-engage Boone, who’s repped by CAA and attorney Gregory Slewett. Gwaltney is also CAA.

http://deadline.com/2015/05/the-new-...ox-1201425641/

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 05-13-2015, 02:17 PM

Huh. So what characters are we going to see?

*turtlefanforever* · 05-13-2015, 03:09 PM

will watch.

*TigerClaw* · 05-13-2015, 03:17 PM

a series about a different group of mutants? This happened before, There used to be a series called Mutant X.

I wonder if this new series will have cameos from any of the X-Men?

*TurtleTitan97* · 05-25-2017, 10:05 AM

The film is being described as a horror film and won't be featuring costumes or super villains: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/x-men...stumes-a151392

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 05-25-2017, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

The film is being described as a horror film and won't be featuring costumes or super villains: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/x-men...stumes-a151392

But it WILL feature a demon bear...?

Right? Isn't that a supervillain?

*NinjaPug* · 10-13-2017, 07:12 AM

Looks like they just threw some X-Men characters into an 80s/90s horror movie. Not a fan of this approach.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 10-13-2017, 08:19 AM

On the one hand, it looks horribly generic.

On the other hand, X-Men horror seems quite interesting and a fresh take.

Gonna have to wait to see how it shakes out, I guess...

*Candy Kappa* · 10-13-2017, 08:21 AM

Will humans be the real monsters all along?

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 10-13-2017, 08:23 AM

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Will humans be the real monsters all along?

Deeeeeeeep.

*ZariusTwo* · 01-11-2018, 02:02 PM

Movie won't be released until February 2019

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...-dates-1073560

*NinjaPug* · 01-12-2018, 08:58 AM

Hopefully Fox finally realized it was a dumb idea to make a horror movie that just happened to have New Mutants characters in it.

*plastroncafe* · 01-12-2018, 09:12 AM

I'm thinking the exact opposite, doing stuff WITH mutants is far more compelling than just having mutants doing stuff.

See also:

Legion and Logan.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 01-12-2018, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

I'm thinking the exact opposite, doing stuff WITH mutants is far more compelling than just having mutants doing stuff.

See also:

Legion and Logan.

Agreed. The way to keep a franchise/trope fresh is to explore it in new contexts...

Western; horror; comedy; etc...

*Cure* · 01-12-2018, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

I'm thinking the exact opposite, doing stuff WITH mutants is far more compelling than just having mutants doing stuff.

See also:

Legion and Logan.

Yeah, agreed. ****ing sucks, I was really looking forward to this.

*Andrew NDB* · 01-15-2018, 11:25 AM

http://www.darkhorizons.com/new-muta...to-be-scarier/

Reason for delay: "It tested well, but not great" and "not scary enough." So reshoots.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 01-15-2018, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

http://www.darkhorizons.com/new-muta...to-be-scarier/

Reason for delay: "It tested well, but not great" and "not scary enough." So reshoots.

I have a hard time believing reshoots will be sufficient to truly increase the horror. Still, though, if it helps differentiate this film as not just another X-Men movie...

Egon1982 · 03-24-2020, 04:12 PM

I wonder why they refilmed? not good enough or what?

~~AquaParade~~ · 05-04-2020, 03:14 PM

Bummer for the cast and crew but I'd love to watch this at home as soon as possible.

~~AquaParade~~ · 08-29-2020, 08:26 AM

Worst ever is not a low bar. I'm skeptical that's true because the trailers look kinda cool and Wolverine: Origins is just so bad.

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CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	Huh. So what characters are we going to see? __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

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turtlefanforever Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,098	nice will watch.

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TigerClaw Mutant Tiger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hialeah, Florida, USA Posts: 13,820	a series about a different group of mutants? This happened before, There used to be a series called Mutant X. I wonder if this new series will have cameos from any of the X-Men? __________________

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TurtleTitan97 Space Cowboy Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Speed Force Posts: 7,043	The film is being described as a horror film and won't be featuring costumes or super villains: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/x-men...stumes-a151392 __________________

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CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	On the one hand, it looks horribly generic. On the other hand, X-Men horror seems quite interesting and a fresh take. Gonna have to wait to see how it shakes out, I guess... __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*

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NinjaPug Foot Elite Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,389	Looks like they just threw some X-Men characters into an 80s/90s horror movie. Not a fan of this approach.

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NinjaPug Foot Elite Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,389	Hopefully Fox finally realized it was a dumb idea to make a horror movie that just happened to have New Mutants characters in it.

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Egon1982 Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Planet Mars Posts: 367	I wonder why they refilmed? not good enough or what?

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~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	Bummer for the cast and crew but I'd love to watch this at home as soon as possible.

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~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	Worst ever is not a low bar. I'm skeptical that's true because the trailers look kinda cool and Wolverine: Origins is just so bad.