Superhero Horror-'The New Mutants'
Superhero films are usually just action oriented films, but sometimes we get superhero films in a different genre. This time around we are getting one in the horror genre but set in a universe we know. One of the most recent superhero films that is also in the horror genre is Brightburn, a film about a boy with superpowers who uses them for evil. As seen from the title of the film, the movie is meant to be an installment for the X-Men series. It focuses primarily on characters from the comic book series of the same name.
‘The New Mutants’ focuses on a group of five young mutants just discovering their abilities. While in the middle of discovering their powers, they are kept against their will in a secret facility. In the facility, they are forced to fight in order to escape their past sins. This fight is also their only means of survival, since if they don’t try and fight they’ll die. One of the biggest dangers they have to contend with is the powers that they can’t control properly.
‘The New Mutants’ is a movie that has been in production for a number of years now. The film was shot in 2017 with a 2018 release in mind for the movie, but that didn’t work out that well. They instead chose to do reshoots for the film around the time that Disney acquired 20th Century Fox. After Disney’s acquisition of the studio, they decided not to do reshoots for the film and the film was completed in March 2020. They were most recently planning on releasing the film to theaters in April 2020.
‘The New Mutants’ stars Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, and Henry Zaga. It was directed by Josh Boone who came back to the project after the acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Boone as well as Knate Lee are the people who wrote the film based on the comic book story of the same name by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod. Producers of the film include Simon Kinberg (The X-Men Franchise), Karen Rosenfelt, and Lauren Shuler Donner (The X-Men Franchise). Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the film’s release date has become indeterminate and will be discussed at a later date.