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Superhero horror thriller The New Mutants gets a new trailer

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Putting an end to months of speculation about the film’s status, Disney has debuted a new trailer for the long-gestating X-Men spinoff The New Mutants, which is set to finally receive its release this April. Check out the new trailer here…20th Century Fox in association with Marvel Entertainment presents “The New Mutants,” an original horror […]

X-Men spinoff The New Mutants has received a PG-13 rating

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20th Century Fox’s troubled X-Men spinoff The New Mutants has officially received a PG-13 rating ahead of its theatrical release date of April 2020.Comic book creator Bill Sienkiewicz confirmed that the film would have a PG-13 rating on Twitter. According to Sienkiewicz, The New Mutants will be a “scary film at PG-13. The atmosphere, mystery, & […]

The New Mutants trailer coming Monday, director confirms theatrical release in April

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Well, it seems we can finally put to rest any speculation about 20th Century Fox’s troubled X-Men spinoff The New Mutants, as director Josh Boone has confirmed on Instagram that the film is on track for its April 2020 release date, and we’ll be getting a brand new trailer this coming Monday.SEE ALSO: Comic book […]

Bill Sienkiewicz says The New Mutants has a “phenomenal” new trailer

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Despite numerous rumours suggesting that Disney could be looking to dump 20th Century Fox’s long-delayed The New Mutants direct to a streaming service (or shelve it completely), the Josh Boone-helmed X-Men spinoff is still officially slated for a theatrical release on April 3rd 2020, and if legendary comic book artist Bill Sienkiewicz is to be […]

The New Mutants star believes the long-delayed X-Men movie will come out next year

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Charlie Heaton, one of the stars of The New Mutants, says the film will finally be coming out next year.Fox’s X-Men spinoff movie, The New Mutants has had a pretty difficult production history. The film was shot years ago but with numerous delays, planned reshoots that never materialised, and the Disney purchase of 20th Century […]

Comic Book Preview – The New Mutants: War Children

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Legendary writer Chris Claremont and artist Bill Sienkiewicz reunite with The New Mutants next week for the all-new one-shot The New Mutants: War Children; check out a preview of the issue here courtesy of Marvel Comics…Don’t miss this momentous event as legendary creators CHRIS CLAREMONT and BILL SIENKIEWICZ reunite with Magik, Wolfsbane, Cannonball, Cypher, Mirage, […]

Disney isn’t impressed with X-Men: The New Mutants, according to reports

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According to a recent report, Disney isn’t too impressed with some of their Fox acquisitions such as the X-Men spinoff The New Mutants.Along with all the yet to be developed properties and Marvel characters that Disney purchased from Fox, the Mouse House also acquired already produced films like New Mutants. Unfortunately for Disney, they don’t […]

X-Men producer disowns Dark Phoenix, The New Mutants, and Apocalypse

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Lauren Shuler Donner, a longtime producer for the X-Men franchise has publicly disavowed X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Apocalypse, and New Mutants.X-Men: Dark Phoenix isn’t performing as well as its makers would have liked, not hitting the mark with critics or at the box office. The dissatisfaction has gone so far that even a producer for the […]

Ranking Fox’s X-Men Franchise from Worst to Best

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Harrison Abbott ranks Fox’s X-Men franchise from worst to best…With X-Men: Dark Phoenix bringing the curtain down on the franchise, now feels like an appropriate time to look back on everything that Fox’s X-Men series gave us over the past two decades.Granted, there have been peaks and troughs. However, I maintain that the good has […]