By this point I think we’ve all lost count of the number of delays that 20th Century Studios’ The New Mutants has endured, but while the film seemingly remains on course for its August 28th bow in North America, it has been revealed that UK fans will have to wait a little longer for the X-Men spinoff.
According to an updated listing on Launching Films, the official website of the UK’s Film Distributors Association trade body, The New Mutants is now set to open in the UK on Friday, September 4th. That’s a week later than the U.S. date, and a decision that Disney has presumably taken due to the fact that Warner Bros. has Christopher Nolan’s Tenet arriving in the UK on Wednesday, August 26th.
Well, when we’ve waited this long, what’s another week?
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In the meantime, here’s a couple of new promos from the film courtesy of its official Twitter account:
bad attitudes. big powers. new mutants. #NewMutants is in theaters August 28. pic.twitter.com/GQxd5fAdSQ
— The New Mutants (@NewMutantsFilm) August 7, 2020
there's a reason people believe in magik. meet illyana rasputin. pic.twitter.com/aIuGnXi2po
— The New Mutants (@NewMutantsFilm) August 6, 2020
“In this terrifying, action-fueled film based on the MARVEL comic series, five young people who demonstrate special powers are brought to a secret institution to undergo treatments they are told will cure them of the dangers of their powers.
Included are Danielle Moonstar aka Mirage (Blu Hunt), who creates illusions from other people’s fears; Rahne Sinclair (Maisie Williams), who transforms into the werewolf Wolfsbane; Sam Guthrie (Charlie Heaton), who, as Cannonball, can fly at jet speeds protected by a force field; Roberto da Costa aka Sunspot (Henry Zaga), who absorbs and channels solar power; and Illyana Rasputin aka Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy). The younger sister of Colossus, Magik becomes encased in armor at will and wields a soulsword that amplifies her multiple superhuman and psychic abilities.
Invited by Dr. Cecilia Reyes (Alice Braga) to share their stories about when their powers first manifested, the five “patients” come to understand that they are in a class of people called mutants, who have historically been marginalized and feared. As they relive their origin stories, their memories seem to turn into terrifying realities.
Soon, they question what is real and what isn’t, and it becomes clear that the institution isn’t what it seems. Now the question is — why are they being held captive? And who is trying to destroy them? The tension and horror mount in this white-knuckle thrill ride directed by Josh Boone and co-written by Boone and Knate Lee.”
The New Mutants is directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) and features a cast includes Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) as Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane, Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) as Illyana Rasputin/Magik, Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) as Sam Guthrie/Cannonball, Henry Zaga (13 Reasons Why) as Roberto da Costa/Sunspot, Blu Hunt (The Originals) as Danielle Moonstar/Mirage and Alice Braga (Queen of the South) as Dr. Cecilia Reyes.
Via Comic Book
