A few years ago, the X-Men film series looked nearly unstoppable, notching a variety of tonally distinct and well-reviewed hits like Deadpool, Logan, and X-Men: Days of Future Past.
The New Mutants was supposed to be another string to the franchise’s bow, a more intimate and YA-inflected horror story about a fresh team of super-powered youngsters.
Multiple release dates and one huge corporate acquisition later, it’s a postscript – a curiosity that Fox (via new owners Disney) is launching into theatres as a mid-pandemic trial balloon.In some ways, this represents a back-to-basics approach.
The very first X-Men movie, released some 20 years ago, had its budget slashed and release date shuffled, forcing the movie to rely on character more than.
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