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Marvel’s ‘New Mutants’ Will Be a “Full-fledged Horror Movie”!
Director Josh Boone is clearly a huge horror fan. He had once battled for the rights to Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Chronicles”, which is now being developed into a television series, while also developing new adaptations of Stephen King’s “The Stand” and “Revival”, neither of which have come to fruition. So, when it was revealed last November that his New Mutants would be a Stephen King-style horror film, it wasn’t all that shocking.
The New Mutants, an “X-Men” spinoff, is a group of teenaged mutant superheroes-in-training created by Chris Claremont and artist Bob McLeod. Much like the other “dark universes” being adapted, “New Mutants” was always crossing that line for Marvel. Boone has finally gone on record with his plans for the adaptation, which is not only going to be a horror film but will be set in the X-Men universe.
“We are making a full-fledged horror movie set within the X-Men universe,” Boone tells EW, “There are no costumes. There are no supervillains. We’re trying to do something very, very different.”
“Game of Thrones‘” Maisie Williams has been cast in the role of Wolfsbane and Split actress Anya Taylor-Joy as Magik. Sources close to the production say that Henry Zaga, seen most recently in 13 Reasons Why, will soon be announced in the role of Sunspot. (Unconfirmed chatter has it that Rosario Dawson is currently in talks as well.)
What will it be about? The site is told:
“Held in a secret facility against their will, five new mutants have to battle the dangers of their powers, as well as the sins of their past. They aren’t out to save the world — they’re just trying to save themselves.”
Production is slated to begin this July with a release slated for Spring 2018.
Having not kept up since the 90s, Wiki explains that the second “New Mutants” series, launched in 2003, featured a new group of teenage mutants. Unlike the original “New Mutants”, they were part of a huge cast of students at the Xavier Institute. In 2004, it was relaunched as “New X-Men: Academy X”, after which the central group was formally dubbed the “New Mutants.” In the aftermath of the “M-Day” crossover storyline in late 2005, the remaining students were merged into one junior team, the New X-Men. A third “New Mutants” series, reuniting most of the original team, was launched in May 2009.
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‘Curse of the Where Wolf’ Bites Into August Release With Trio of Werewolf Theatrical Screenings [Exclusive Preview]
Larry Chaney‘s hairy misadventures are continuing in the sequel graphic novel Curse of the Where Wolf from creative team Rob Saucedo, Debora Lancianese, and Jack Morelli, and its author is celebrating with a trio of horror’s greatest werewolf films.
The Curse of the Where Wolf hits shelves on August 7 from Encyclopocalypse Publications.
That coincides with the launch of a theatrical screening event in Houston, Texas, featuring a trio of seminal werewolf flicks turning 45 this year: The Howling on August 7, Wolfen on August 14, and An American Werewolf in London on August 21.
Each screening features a “werewolf in film” presentation as well as a book signing from Where Wolf author and River Oaks Theatre artistic director Rob Saucedo.
In the new graphic novel, “Being a werewolf sucks. Reporter Larry Chaney wanted to be a hero. Instead, he became a werewolf. Now, caught between incredible new powers and a desire to eat everything (and everyone) in sight, Larry must find a cure for his curse. Or die trying.”
“With Where Wolf, I wanted to tell a whodunit set in a furry convention, so the story was pretty contained within a very specific setting and genre. With Curse of the Where Wolf, I wanted to celebrate everything I love about the possibility of comic books. Curse of the Where Wolf is a funny book, in every sense of the phrase, but it’s also an earnest look at a person’s struggle to become a better version of themselves, especially when the alternative is to become a literal monster,” Saucedo says of Curse.
The original graphic novel was previously serialized as the first webcomic hosted on Fangoria before being collected by Encyclopocalypse Publications in 2023 and has already been optioned for film, podcast, and television development ahead of launch by producers James Fino (“The Freak Brothers” for Tubi, “Rick and Morty” for Adult Swim) and Charles Horak (First Date for Magnolia Pictures).
Expect Larry to find himself in even weirder situations in the 362-page full color sequel; Saucedo has provided Bloody Disgusting with exclusive art pages from the upcoming graphic novel that showcase lupine humor.
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