‘New Mutants’ Isn’t as Great as Some Expected it to Be, Apparently
By George Robbins
As we have been made painfully aware over the past few months that movie theaters have had to shut their doors, we now know that we will see movies in theaters again. Now obviously the reason for their closures was due to the coronavirus pandemic and that it is still a very real danger to the general public. This has made it all the more difficult for theaters given the fact that they have had no revenue over the past few months and there are new restrictions in place they must follow. The biggest restriction which is going to cause them trouble is the one that decides how many people can be in a theater at once. This restriction is what sets the bottom line for theaters who have to try and make up for being closed for so long.
So what would be the best way of making back some lost revenue with what is essentially half capacity or less? The answer is simple, at least in theory, and that would be for theaters to have good movies to show to people that will draw them into the theaters. Movie theaters belonging to chains like AMC or Regal have opened up all over the world, where they are allowed, and now they must draw in the crowds. The problem is that very few movies are actually set to premiere after such a long period of delays and a very short prep time. Among the movies afford for people to go and watch now are ‘Tenet’ and ‘New Mutants.’ The latter of the two movies was the last X-Men universe film being made by Fox when they were bought out.
‘New Mutants’ was in development before Fox studios was acquired by Disney early last year and it was in development even longer before hand. The movie is supposed to be a more horror style approach to the X-Men universe which introduces an entirely new group of mutants that have never been adapted to the screen before. This was all made to be the movie’s selling point and after a number of years in development, the movie has finally been given a release in theaters. It is a standalone film that some people were hoping would give the X-Men a way into the MCU some time in the future. The director even believed that there could be sequels for the film, but that seems less likely now.
‘New Mutants‘ is going to be out in any open theaters tomorrow August 28th and some people have even had the chance to see the film by this point. Unfortunately, those early reviews don’t seem all that great considering that the review said that the movie is “generic” and an “eye-rolling case of déjà vu.” Meaning that they believe this movie is just a generic superhero movie that doesn’t do anything special to set itself apart. This makes the likelihood of this being an entry point for the X-Men in the MCU pretty unlikely, but this review should be taken with a grain of salt considering it was just an early review. The only way to find out how true this is when the film has its full theatrical release.