By Chris E. Hayner on Dec 15, 2018 03:36 am
The X-Men franchise is a strange beast to keep up with. The timeline is muddled, there's a variety of offshoots that include everything from Wolverine to Deadpool, and the quality of the movies is all over the map. For every X-Men: First Class and X2: X-Men United, there's an X-Men: Apocalypse or X-Men Origins: Wolverine. That's what makes one of the upcoming X-Men titles, The New Mutants, so interesting. For the first time in the franchise, this isn't your typical superhero film. New Mutants is diving deep into horror territory as it adapts a truly scare line of comics. In a franchise littered with movies, New Mutants is trying something new to stand out and, though it's been repeatedly delayed, we can't wait to see how it turns out. That is, if it retains the horror style we've seen from clips and trailers thus far. There are still a lot of things we don't know about New Mutants, which is surprising given that it was originally set to be released in 2018. However, after doing some digging, we've learned quite a bit about this horror offshoot of the X-Men films. Here's everything we know about The New Mutants. Luckily for you, GameSpot has also pulled together information for a bunch of other things you're looking forward to in 2019, including Godzilla: King of Monsters, Captain Marvel, Shazam, Wonder Woman 84, Star Wars: Episode IX, Toy Story 4, and Game of Thrones Season 8.
We have a release date, unless it gets delayed again
Originally, New Mutants was expected to release in early 2018. However, that was then pushed to February 2019 due to reshoots. Still, even that wasn't permanent. Now New Mutants won't be in theaters until August 2, 2019. That is unless it gets delayed one more time. Still, chances are you'll see it before that Gambit movie that's definitely never going to happen.
New Mutants a horror movie
When it comes to the X-Men films, you usually know exactly what you're getting yourself into. New Mutants is going in a very different direction, though. As the trailer released in 2017 shows, this isn't your run of the mill superhero film. Instead, it's a horror movie that happens to be populated with Marvel Comics characters, which is an exciting new direction to take the franchise.
But it has a John Hughes vibe
According to Anya Taylor-Joy, who stars in the film, the director wanted to mix the horror genre with the feel of a John Hughes movie like Sixteen Candles or The Breakfast Club. "And you can really, really feel that," she told Upbeat Entertainment in an interview.
Who is directing this X-Men film?
Josh Boone, most known as the director of the young adult drama The Fault in Our Stars will help New Mutants and also serves as screenwriter on the project. It's his first time tackling the superhero or horror genres, so it'll be interesting to see how it turns out.
It's heavily inspired by the comics
While we haven't seen a superhero horror movie before, New Mutants is sticking very close to the story as it unfolded in the comics. Boone told IGN that his pitch for the film was based on several issues from Volume 1 of The New Mutants. "We were incredibly inspired by the Demon Bear story which is probably the best, well-known New Mutants story," he said. "We also drew on movies like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Stephen King stuff, and even Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors."
The first trailer is seriously scary
When you hear something like an X-Men horror movie is happening, it's hard to imagine it being very scary. The first New Mutants trailer, though, is downright creepy. It shows the young mutants being held in a government facility that looks a lot like a haunted insane asylum and some deeply scary moments. There's no telling how much of the horror tone will remain after the reshoots New Mutants has gone through, but we are hopeful that the movie is as disturbing as the trailer.
This movie is set in the X-Men film continuity, somehow
The X-Men movie timeline is ridiculously complicated and only gets weirder with every single new film that's added. That said, New Mutants exists somewhere in that timeline. Where, exactly, we can't say. It will take place during present day, though, meaning it happens after most of the other X-Men films, save for Logan--and potentially the Deadpool movies.
Don't walk into New Mutants expecting to see the likes of Cyclops, Jean Grey, or Wolverine. Instead, the film will introduce a new group of mutants as they come to terms with their new abilities. Here's the cast that's been announced so far: - Anya Taylor-Joy as Magik
- Maisie Williams as Wolfsbane
- Charlie Heaton as Cannonball
- Henry Zaga as Sunspot
- Blu Hunt as Mirage
- Alice Braga as Cecilia Reyes
Antonio Banderas may appear as a mystery villain
While so much is still unknown about New Mutants, it's been reported by the Tracking Board that Antonio Banderas will appear in a post-credits scene, introducing him as a villain. Originally, it was believed Jon Hamm would appear as Mr. Sinister, though that plan reportedly changed during reshoots.
Marilyn Manson recorded a song for the movie
Manson announced in May that his cover of Gerald McMahon's Cry Little Sister--a song that originally appeared in 1987's The Lost Boys--was recorded for New Mutants. Thanks to the movie's delay, the song was released in June but the film won't be out until sometime next year.
There are already plans for sequels with more mutants
If you love the New Mutants comics and are bummed that certain characters aren't slated for the film, have no fear. Boone is already planning for future movies. Speaking to IGN, he explained, "I will say we're going to introduce new characters in the next movie as well. Characters like Karma and Warlock, and all that will be in future movies."
By Mat Elfring on Dec 15, 2018 02:16 am
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
The X-Men franchise moves forward, and in 2019, the 11th movie in said franchise--including the three Wolverine movies--will hit theaters. Ignoring the fact that the newest line of X-Men films completely messes with the franchise's timeline, the new series of movies, which debut with First Class, has been a blast, filled with more highs than lows. The latest movie, titled Dark Phoenix, tries once again to tell the tale of Jean Grey turning into the Dark Phoenix. This is something 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand tried to do and failed at horribly. From the looks of the first trailer, the movie seems a bit more grounded and less focussed on how much they can cram into a single movie. While we're still months away from its release, there is a fair amount we know about the next X-Men movie, probably because it was originally supposed to hit theaters during the winter, before it was pushed to late spring. So if you can't wait for the next installment in the X-Men franchise and have to take in as much about the movie as possible, we got you covered. Here's everything we know about Dark Phoenix, and if you want to learn more about 2019 movies that we're excited to see, check out our everything we know galleries about Godzilla: King of Monsters, Captain Marvel, Shazam, Wonder Woman 84, Star Wars: Episode IX, Toy Story 4, and Game of Thrones Season 8.
The tricky release date and its delays
As it stands, Dark Phoenix will hit theaters on June 9, 2019, which has been pushed back a few times in the past year. The day after the first trailer's release, the movie was pushed back from February 14 to its new June date. Originally, it was supposed to come out in early November, but Fox kept moving the dates back. However, with Marvel's buyout of Fox coming to a close, movie dates were shifted around for many movies, so the studio wouldn't be competing with itself.
The cast
The latest X-Men movie has all the cast of characters we've fallen in love with in previous movies with a few added extras. The biggest addition to this year's installment is Jessica Chastain as Smith, a very mysterious role, which we'll talk a bit more about in detail later. Here's the cast for the movie. - Jennifer Lawrence is Raven/Mystique
- Sophie Turner is Jean Grey/Phoenix
- Nicholas Hoult is Hank McCoy/Beast
- James McAvoy is Professor Charles Xavier
- Michael Fassbender is Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
- Evan Peters is Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver
- Kodi Smit-McPhee is Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler
- Evan Jonigkeit is rumored to be Mortimer Toynbee/Toad
- Tye Sheridan is Scott Summers/Cyclops
- Alexandra Shipp is Ororo Munroe/Storm
- Jessica Chastain is Smith
Who is directing?
Dark Phoenix will be directed by none other than Simon Kinberg, someone who has a long history with the X-Men franchise. While he was one of the writers of the aforementioned X-Men: The Last Stand--the movie that we all thought killed the franchise--Kinberg was also the screenwriter of Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse. Dark Phoenix will be his feature-length directorial debut.
The plot
Fans of the X-Men comic books have a good idea of what this movie will be about. Obviously, the film revolves around Jean Grey and her becoming the Dark Phoenix. As to whether or not its a cosmic entity is still unknown--we'll get to that--but from what we know, this movie is also very much about rifts growing between the X-Men and all mutants. Obviously, the X-Men will have to face Jean Grey and stop Dark Phoenix from destroying the world, as this franchise loves villains who can destroy the world.
The X-Men go to space, the final frontier… for X-Men movies
While we don't know the extent of how much the mutant team will spend in space, we do know for a fact they will be there. During New York Comic-Con, we got a look at roughly 10 minutes of the movie, where the team heads to space, and Jean Grey ends up becoming the Phoenix. We'll leave out the specifics, but this is an important moment because so much of Phoenix's origin is tied heavily to the cosmic part of the Marvel universe. Will the team head back space any time else during the movie, we're unsure about that at this time.
Rumors around the plot
Obviously, not everything is laid out all nice and fresh for everyone when it comes to the story. There is also Jessica Chastain's role of Smith, and it's hard to tell how she fits into the grand scheme of things, from what we've seen in the trailer. There are a couple theories floating around. One of which is that she's actually Lilandra or someone else involved with the Shi'ar Empire--some folks from space who want to put the Phoenix on trial. Or Smith is actually Mastermind, one of the members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, who manipulates Jean Grey in the comics. The latter seems more plausible. One thing is for sure though, Smith isn't Smith.
Lines drawn in the sand
This movie seems like it's going to drastically affect the X-Men team in future movies. Obviously, the timeline for the First Class run of movies is completely different than the original three X-Men movies from the early 2000s, so all bets are off. In the trailer, we see a greater rift between Magneto and Professor X, where Charles is running his X-Men school and Magneto has founded his all-mutant island/nation/piece of land called Genosha. It doesn't stop there though, as there is a greater rift between Charles and Beast, who are supposed to be the closest characters in this series. This raises the question of what's going to happen by the end of this movie? Will there be multiple X-Men teams, one led by Charles and the other led by Beast?
Hans Zimmer comes out of retirement
Legendary composer Hans Zimmer called it quits on superhero movies after composing Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. However, he will continue to score Dark Phoenix as he found Simon Kinberg came in very prepared and professional, which was a plus in his book.
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