Disney Might Be Considering Releasing The New Mutants to its Disney+ Streaming Service

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Image Credit: 20th Century Studios



The film adaptation for The New Mutants has had a rocky road to release. The project signed director Josh Boone in 2015. Come 2017 things were moving along and filming began in Massachusetts. Shortly after this everything would go sideways for the superhero horror film. Initially planned for April 2018 a trailer was released.



For Disney Marvel based superhero movies things have been mostly a sure bet for releases. Even their smaller projects often have impressive revenue numbers such as seen with Captain Marvel and Black Panther. Their partner studios, however, have not always enjoyed similar successes. Both Sony and 20th Century Fox each have seen their own challenges in the modern superhero era. Sony would eventually sign...

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[Burticus]

They should just port it direct to streaming. It's been in limbo for years. It will be weird to see "young" Arya again.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

It's totally ironic. Some sites are reporting the cast is ramping up for Comic-Con. Meanwhile, theaters are still closed and this movie hasn't seen the light of day. They ought to just cut a deal to release it on HBO-Max since that's where the last Fox stuff went and they wouldn't need to worry about the material being to controversial for Disney+.

 

[Grimlakin]

They should just port it direct to streaming. It's been in limbo for years. It will be weird to see "young" Arya again.

Yea actually you have a good point. The movie has been in limbo so long I kind of worry if any special effects will seem dated. Or maybe they will pull a sonic the hedgehog and go back and fix it?

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Sounds like Disney could've saved themselves from some grief if they had released this to streaming. Reviews are not good so far and most are saying they should have.