You’d think the genre output would have flatlined once Disney acquired 20th Century Fox and yet here we are on the cusp of another horror-tinged release.
Last summer saw the Bride winning a game of hide-and-seek in Ready or Not, while this coming weekend dives deep into Underwater. Next up is the surprising theatrical release of The New Mutants, the Josh Boone-directed horror-themed X-Men spinoff based on the popular Marvel comic book series that’s finally making its way to theaters on April 3, 2020.
Making things official, 20th Century Fox has just released a brand new trailer for The New Mutants in which 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.
This trailer, unlike the first, introduces each of the mutants and their special powers giving it that “dark” X-Men feel we’ve been promised for over two years now. However, the biggest surprise is the reveal of the Demon Bear, which draws his power from negative human emotion. The beast is also capable of teleportation and corrupting souls. Boone has teased the bear’s inclusion but nothing was confirmed until this very moment.
Also, for those wondering, this release is said to be Boone’s initial cut before the film was pulled by Fox for a series of reshoots (which allegedly never occurred).
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 a fresh look at the cast:
