A new poster for the upcoming New Mutants film, featuring the main cast, has been released and it shows Disney's new marketing designs are darker and much improved from Fox's. The film, originally a Fox production, is now being released by Disney after the big acquisition. It's well on its way to its premiere and wide release, and reports say that both Marvel and the cast and team behind the movie are proud of the final product. Director Josh Boone even shared a photo of The New Mutant's cast's recent private screening of the movie.
The cast features plenty of well-known and talented actors, such as Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch), and Alice Braga (Queen of the South). It is directed by Josh Boone, who previously directed The Fault in Our Stars. The film focuses on a small group of young mutants discovering their powers, while also trying to fight their way out of the secret facility they're trapped in. The team of super-powered teens aren't as well-known as a group like The Avengers, but they've been around in the comic universe for quite a while. The story that the film is rumored to be based on is "The Demon Bear Saga," which originally came out in 1984.
The New Mutants Twitter initially shared the new poster (below) and it features the five main character's faces stripped to the bone, with Williams' Wolfsbane at the front, and Mirage (Blu Hunt), Magik (Taylor-Joy), Cannonball (Charlie Heaton), and Sunspot (Henry Zaga) behind. The poster also includes the new 20th Century Studios logo, as Disney has officially removed the Fox name completely. Along with the release of a new trailer early this month, Disney seems to be embracing the dark tone of their upcoming film and putting a lot of effort into marketing as the release gets closer.
New Mutants has faced multiple release date delays, but this might've actually been a surprise boost for the marketing. When the film was at Fox, the delays made it seem like there were disagreements between the director and studio over what the movie should be, and people slowly lost hope in the project. But now that it's at Disney, the delays have brought a new hope to fans. There's added intrigue to see whether The New Mutants ends up being any good. Disney's allowed Boone to go back to his initial vision, which includes the first lesbian couple in a Marvel film, and it is finally on track to come out on April 3rd, 2020.
Disney appears to be proud enough of the project that they are putting effort into shaping the marketing to accurately portray the dark and stylistic nature of the movie. Because of all the bad publicity that came with the acquisition of the film, people already have low expectations, making New Mutants a low risk release for Disney. There have been reports that screenings have gone well. With the great new marketing and the endorsement of the director, cast, and Disney, its looking like The New Mutants might not be a failure after all.
Source: New Mutants/Twitter
