Prompted by the success of Deadpool and Logan, 21st Century Fox gave The New Mutants the go-ahead. Like Deadpool and Logan, the April 13, 2018 release will have very little in common with the mainstream X-Men installments.
We already know that The New Mutants will be set in the present day, so it can conveniently ignore any need to build a connection with X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which will take place in the 1990s. This will allow New Mutants, which revolves around five teen mutants - Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy), Wolfsbane (Maisie Williams), Cannonball (Charlie Heaton), Sunspot (Henry Zaga), and Mirage (Blu Hunt) - to deliver something fresh that may not necessarily conform to the core franchise’s sensibilities.
Director Josh Boone, who described his latest flick as a rubber-reality supernatural horror, told USA Today that New Mutants is more character-driven, grounded, and credible than the X-Men movies have been:
These kids could care less about being X-Men. They're so (messed) up, and have had such horrible things happen, that they're just trying to figure out how to get out of this situation"¦We just tried to pull this back and make it performance and character-driven, and more grounded and credible than X-Men movies ever are.
The article included a brand new photo of the movie’s main characters, including an apparently unconscious Mirage!
The New Mutants standing by the unconscious Mirage (Photo Credit – USA Today/21st Century Fox)
The first New Mutants trailer was launched over two months ago, and some impressive new footage was shown at Brazil's Comic Con Experience 2017. With one hundred-odd days to go until the movie’s theatrical release, Fox is keeping the movie's marketing campaign alive by releasing a number of brief promo videos:
Some walls keep people out. Other walls keep people in. #NewMutants pic.twitter.com/c6jziLVYHH
"” New Mutants (@NewMutantsFilm) December 29, 2017
So what are we going to do? #NewMutants pic.twitter.com/6ZPqFN3l95
"” New Mutants (@NewMutantsFilm) December 24, 2017
They said art would save your soul. They lied. #NewMutants pic.twitter.com/LPTu7e3GvP
"” New Mutants (@NewMutantsFilm) December 22, 2017
Things will only get darker. #WinterSolstice pic.twitter.com/YQfsSkTNWj
"” New Mutants (@NewMutantsFilm) December 21, 2017
Keep your friends close, and your doctors closer. #NewMutants pic.twitter.com/sT8M9XAfoQ
"” New Mutants (@NewMutantsFilm) December 18, 2017
They surround you. #NewMutants pic.twitter.com/phOz6DSgXP
"” New Mutants (@NewMutantsFilm) December 14, 2017
You're definitely gonna need a higher power. #NewMutants pic.twitter.com/QcOKj2SGWb
"” New Mutants (@NewMutantsFilm) December 11, 2017
