Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIt used to be that multiple delays to a movie’s release date were a sign that something was wrong with the project.
But in the case of Josh Boone’s “The New Mutants,” it’s the fact that even a global coronavirus pandemic isn’t forcing the movie to budge from its drop-dead Aug.
28 opening (after multiple postponements back when moviegoing was thought to be safe for one’s health) that looks like a red flag.
Why would Disney, which acquired the project when it bought Fox last year, dump this orphaned X-Men spinoff into theaters mere days before launching “Mulan” on its proprietary streaming platform?The answer: because Disney couldn’t keep delaying it forever, but also because this inclusive, female-empowering,.
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