After collecting dust for the past two years, Fox’s dark, horror-tinged adaptation of The New Mutants could finally see the light of day.
Directed by Josh Boone, this X-Men spinoff has been trapped in the middle of the Fox-Disney merger and also executives who don’t share the same vision as the filmmakers. There have been rumors of reshoots, which I personally shot down, and the idea that the adaptation would eventually arrive directly on Hulu (or some other streaming service) was being floated around as well.
After the acquisition was approved, Disney had announced that they’ll release The New Mutants in theaters on April 3, 2020. With that came no confidence and no confirmations from anyone behind the scenes, while our own sources have continually confirmed the date.
With 2020 arriving in just over a week, the promotional window is here and fans have been asking, “Where’s the trailer?” Well, according to Boone, the brand new trailer is coming next month!
Below is a screencap from Instagram of an exchange between Boone and @NewMutantsUp in which the fan account asked where the trailer for New Mutants is. Boone replied, “Soooooon. January.”
There we go: A brand new trailer for #NewMutants is set to debut online in January! pic.twitter.com/091rLTLHP4
— New Mutants Updates (@NewMutantsUp) December 21, 2019
In addition, New Mutants illustrator Bill Sienkiewicz appeared on the Fatman Beyond podcast with Kevin Smith, confirming he’s seen a work-in-progress trailer that Boone shared with him.
“I don’t know if I’m even allowed to mention any of this, but I will say that The New Mutants film, if you’ve heard anything about it the last couple years… two days ago, I heard from Josh Boone, the director. And he sent me a new trailer. They’ve been working on it, and it is phenomenal. I got chills. It looks like, because of the whole Disney-Fox merger, takeover, whatever… it’s got the blessings of Marvel. And it feels more Marvel in terms of what they’re doing, but also the horror elements of the film are in place.”
While the release plans are unclear, and Sienkiewicz echoes this, our own sources tell us that, as of this writing, a theatrical release is still planned. It’s a bit surprising considering all of the behind-the-scenes drama, but I can’t express how exciting this news is.
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.
Here’s the original trailer from 2017.