Created by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod, "The New Mutants" first appeared in 1982 and focused on a group of teenage mutants as heroes in training. The film is set to feature a new roster of super-powered teens, including Magik, Wolfsbane, Dani Moonstar, Cannonball, Sunspot, and Rosario Dawson (Marvel’s Daredevil) will play a mentor figure to the group.
I don't think that my expectations of this movie could be any lower than they were. There is clearly a reason why this movie has been getting delayed for over three years. Or maybe I should say several reasons. Yes - it kept getting rewritten and shot by 20th Century Fox. Yes - there was the sale to Disney. Yes - there was Covid 19. But the movie is also pretty much garbage so there was no rush to put it out there regardless. They wanted to kind of make it a horror movie but there was zero scares. And the movie kept the special effects budget in an X-Men movie crazy low so that didn't help either. The second the movie is over it doesn't stick with you at all.
I wouldn't really recommend anyone bothering with this. Glad that it finally came out at least. And now Marvel can officially move on from this and start rebooting the X-Men under their umbrella.
