Our X-MEN mini-series continues as we investigate the trouble YA horror spin-off originally set to be released in 2018, The New Mutants.

When Fox execuitves greenlit three “experimental” X-Men movies, they paid off big time in the form of 2016’s Deadpool and 2017’s Logan. But when it came time to give the same creative freedom to The New Mutants, trouble came in the form of a change in Fox leadership who no longer believed in the direction that director Josh Boone was taking the film. Instead they wanted it to chase the YA adaptation craze, before changing their mind to instead chase the Stranger Things / IT craze, before changing their minds again to be a superhero reboot for the X-Men franchise. Reshoots were scheduled, release dates pushed back, and then the movie went into limbo as the film’s parent company sold itself off to Disney. Eventually, the movie was finally released, incomplete, in the middle of a pandemic, to scathing reviews.

Join us as we discuss the good, the bad, and the two bears behind The New Mutants!

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