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Movie Review – The New Mutants (2020)

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The New Mutants, 2020. Directed by Josh Boone. Starring Blu Hunt, Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga and Alice Braga. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenage mutants are housed and observed within a purpose-built hospital as they learn to control their dangerous powers. Moreso than Tenet or Bill and Ted or any of the […]

X-Men spinoff The New Mutants opens with $7 million at the U.S. box office

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It’s not often that Hollywood finds cause to celebrate a $7 million opening topping the U.S. box office, but in these crazy times that’s the case this past weekend with the long-delayed X-Men spinoff The New Mutants. The long-delayed Fox superhero movie, which was originally slated to open back in 2018, grossed $7 million across […]

The New Mutants co-creator slams the X-Men spinoff for white-washing and misspelling his name

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Having gathered dust for a couple of years on 20th Century Fox’s shelf, the studio’s final X-Men movie The New Mutants finally saw the light of day this weekend courtesy of Disney, and perhaps rather unsurprisingly the movie isn’t exactly setting the world alight. It’s been met with a mixed response from fans (to put […]

The New Mutants tracking $10 million opening as new poster, promo and character featurette unveiled

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After several years of delays, The New Mutants has finally made its way into theaters in North America today, with box office analysts projecting that the X-Men spinoff is set to top the box office over the weekend with a gross of between $7 – $10 million. The New Mutants is screening at 2412 locations […]

Marvel’s X-Men event X of Swords: Creation gets a trailer

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This September, ten X-Men will join forces to defend the mutant nation of Krakoa from mysterious new enemies in Jonathan Hickman’s House of X follow-up X of Swords, and Marvel has released a trailer for the launch title X of Swords: Creation #1 which offers up a first taste of the action along with artwork […]

The New Mutants TV spot offers a first glimpse of Lockheed

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Yesterday we seen a batch of character posters and a TV spot for The New Mutants, and now with the movie set to arrive in U.S. cinemas this coming Friday, another promo has been released for the X-Men spin-off which offers a glimpse at Illyana’s companion, the alien dragon Lockheed; watch it here… SEE ALSO: The […]

The New Mutants gets five character posters and a new TV spot

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With just five days to go until the release of The New Mutants, five character posters have arrived online for the X-Men spinoff featuring Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy), Wolfsbane (Maisie Williams), Sunspot (Henry Zaga), Mirage (Blu Hunt), and Cannonball (Charlie Heaton); check them out below along with a new TV spot for the movie… SEE ALSO: […]

The New Mutants TV spot teases Maisie Williams’ Wolfsbane transformation

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This past week, 20th Century Studios has upped the promotional campaign for The New Mutants with new posters, a cast featurette and the first clip from the movie, and now another TV spot has been released for the X-Men spinoff which offers a look at Rahne Sinclair’s (Maisie Williams) transformation into Wolfsbane; check it out […]

Anya Taylor-Joy is Magik in first clip from Marvel’s The New Mutants

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Following yesterday’s posters and cast featurette for The New Mutants, the first clip has debuted from Josh Boone’s X-Men spinoff which sees Illyana (Anya Taylor-Joy) prepare to take on Demon Bear in order to protect her friends; watch it here… Twentieth Century Studios in association with Marvel Entertainment presents “The New Mutants,” an original horror […]