'The New Mutants' gets new August release date

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“The New Mutants”, the horror-tinged “X-Men” spin-off, is slated to be launched in theatres on August 28, Disney has introduced.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the much-awaited movie was earlier scheduled for a spring launch however was taken off the calendar because of the coronavirus pemic. Disney inherited the movie upon buying 20th Century Fox.

Directed by Josh Boone, the movie follows a gaggle of younger mutants trapped in a secret facility. It options Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga Blu Hunt.

“The New Mutants”, based mostly on the comedian of the identical identify, was the primary “X-Men” spin-off launched in 1982. The film has had a tumultuous journey to launch which led to intense hypothesis that it could skip theatres go on to streaming, which wasn’t the case.

Shot in 2017, the movie was initially was set to reach in theatres on April 13, 2018, earlier than being pushed again 10 months to February 22, 2019.

The launch date was additional pushed to August 2, 2019, with insiders suggesting reshoots would occur to tweak the movie.

Reshoots by no means befell, the movie stays largely what take a look at audiences noticed again in 2017, however with completed visible results.