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The New Mutants won’t feature X-Men cameos, confirms director Josh Boone

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Although shared universes have become a staple for superhero movies with the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it seems like the X-Men spinoff The New Mutants won’t have any crossover moments with 20th Century Fox’s previous X-Men universe. In a recent interview with SlashFilm, director Josh Boone has confirmed that The New Mutants won’t feature any cameos […]

Josh Boone reveals why The New Mutants can’t go straight to streaming services

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The New Mutants has garnered a lot of coverage over the last few years for the disastrous mishandling of the movie regarding its release date, and while audiences have debated whether or not Disney should release it on Disney+ or Hulu, director Josh Boone has revealed why the studio has no choice but to pursue a […]

The New Mutants opening scene and Bill Sienkiewicz poster released

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During yesterday’s Comic-Con@Home panel, 20th Century Studios revealed the opening scene from the long-delayed X-Men spinoff The New Mutants, along with a teaser poster from legendary artist Bill Sienkiewicz, whose ‘Demon Bear’ arc serves as an influence on the movie. Check them out here… SEE ALSO: Watch The New Mutants virtual panel from Comic-Con@Home here […]

Josh Boone reveals the runtime for The New Mutants

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While audiences are still unaware of when we will get to view The New Mutants following the disastrous handling of the movie, director Josh Boone has revealed the runtime for the X-Men spinoff. In a recent interview with Collider, Boone revealed The New Mutants has a runtime of around 98 minutes (1 hour and 38 minutes) and confirmed there will […]

Watch The New Mutants virtual panel from Comic-Con@Home here

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Direct from Comic-Con@Home, The New Mutants director Josh Boone is joined by cast members Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt and Henry Zaga to discuss the long-awaited X-Men spinoff. Watch it here… SEE ALSO: Watch the latest trailer for The New Mutants The New Mutants is directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in […]

The New Mutants to invade Comic-Con@Home, new trailer released

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While we wait for the long-awaited, much-delayed The New Mutants to finally see its release, it looks like we’ll get a preview of the action-horror superhero film this month! As part of ComicCon@Home, the 20th Century Studios and Marvel Entertainment project will have a panel on July 23rd. Hosted by the hilarious Ira Madison III, […]

Director Josh Boone still hopes to complete The New Mutants trilogy

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Back in 2015 when director Josh Boone first signed on to direct the X-Men spinoff, the plan was for The New Mutants to launch a trilogy of films centred around the next generation of mutants from Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. Unfortunately, things didn’t go exactly to plan for Boone and company: fast forward […]

New images from X-Men spinoff The New Mutants

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While we await news of its next delay, a new batch of images have arrived online from the X-Men horror spinoff The New Mutants, courtesy of Empire and SFX, which offer another look at Wolfsbane (Maisie Williams), Mirage (Blu Hunt), Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy), Sunspot (Henry Zaga), Cannonball (Charlie Heaton), and Dr. Cecilia Reyes (Alice Braga); […]

The New Mutants gets August theatrical release date from Disney

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Earlier this month, the long-delayed The New Mutants popped up for pre-order on Amazon, prompting speculation that Disney had finally given up on a theatrical release for the troubled X-Men spinoff and would instead send it straight-to-streaming/digital. Well, it seems that isn’t the case after all, as Disney has now announced that the Josh Boone-directed […]