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Troublesome ‘New Mutants’ Bumped Even Further Into Oblivion
While Wolverine has always been my favorite mutant, I had also collected every single issue of “New Mutants” and “X-Force”. The “X-Men” spinoff was my everything that transcended greatness near its end as artist Rob Liefeld introduced us to Deadpool, Cable, and Domino, all three of who are appearing in this summer’s Deadpool 2. In regards to the timeline, “New Mutants” preludes everything else, although the cinematic universe doesn’t have to match. Still, I expected 20th Century Fox’s New Mutants feature film to arrive before the Deadpool sequel, and was hoping there were plans for it to all crossover in a future film, possibly X-Force.
Digressing, Fox is confidently pumping Deadpool 2 into theaters this May. It was supposed to be primed by the Josh Boone-directed New Mutants, which was slated to arrive mid-April, before a vicious bump all the way to Feb. 2019. If that weren’t bad enough, the studio has just shifted Simon Kinberg’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix to Feb. 14, 2019, which has had a ripple effect on New Mutants, forcing it out to a ridiculous August 2, 2019, release. Fuck.
Prior to this double whammy, several sources have indicated to me that New Mutants was in serious trouble. Even so, I tend to turn a blind eye to such information because films often times can be fixed with new editing, additional photography, etc. (A perfect analogy would be that a studio ends up with either Justice League or Wonder Woman, two troubled productions that had wildly different receptions.) So, it came as no surprise to me that Boone would be getting back behind the camera, presumably to fix the movie and now allegedly add a new character.
Update: Collider has more information. We can confirm their report that, after a recent test screening, the film was deemed not “scary” enough. It gets even more troubling:
“The reshoots that the studio wants are now even more significant. We’re hearing that at least 50% of the movie may be reshot, and they’re adding one or two new characters who will be present throughout the entirety of the film—this isn’t simply adding a cameo. Moreover, Boone has been having some creative differences with the studio over the requested changes to the movie, so the reasons for the New Mutants delay are more complex than why Dark Phoenix is being pushed.”
While I won’t judge until I can finally see it on screen, this delay is more than troubling. Not only does it imply the studio has no confidence it can even be fixed, but it also shows that the studio may be hiding it from Disney, who is in the midst of acquiring the company. For those who follow me on Twitter, I made this bold prediction: New Mutants will never see a theatrical release and will be the first major motion picture released on Disney’s planned OTT service sometime in 2019. As a fan of the franchise, it’s probably best to pretend it hasn’t even been filmed yet and to act surprised when it finally comes out, which won’t be easy as I reshare the excellent trailer…
In the film, “five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.”
The cast includes Henry Zaga as Roberto da Costa a.k.a Sunspot, a mutant with the ability to absorb and channel solar power; Blu Hunt as Danielle Moonstar, the Native American telepath also known as “Mirage”; Alice Braga as Dr. Cecilia Reyes, a medical doctor who has the ability to generate a protective bio-field around herself but also has more going on than she lets on; Anya Taylor-Joy as Illyana Rasputin, also known as Magik, who uses teleportation; Charlie Heaton as Sam Guthrie, a.k.a. Cannonball; and Maisie Williams as Rahne Sinclair, a.k.a. Wolfsbane, who can turn into a wolf.
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‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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