“The New Mutants,” which comes to theaters Friday, is not as new as you think. Fox’s final X-Men film has been floating around for years, plagued by delays, corporate acquisitions, changes of taste and, the cherry on top, a pandemic. Up until a month ago, there were rumors that its new owner, Disney, would quietly…
The behind-the-scenes story of an X-Men horror movie five years in the making involves The Breakfast Club, penis graffiti, and a whole lot of rewrites. Photo: 20th Century Studios Somehow, the X-Men spinoff The New Mutants has managed to sustain prerelease buzz ever since its first teaser trailer dropped all the way back in 2017…
