The new film "X-Men: The New Mutants" in the "X-Men" series has been finalized for the fifth time , announcing that the new schedule has been withdrawn to August 28.
The film was ill-fated, with twists and turns during its shooting and release.
The movie was released for the first time in October 2017. The first trailer was scheduled for the first time. During this period, due to various reasons such as Fox's acquisition by Disney, script changes, reshoots, and the new crown epidemic, it underwent four changes .
And now the United States is still facing the troubles of the new crown epidemic, whether the film can be released as scheduled in August may still be debatable.
The film "The New Mutants" is the 11th film in the "X-Men" series, based on the first spin-off comic "The New Mutants" of "X-Men" in 1982.
From the beginning of the rumors of the film, there has been a gimmick of "the first horror superhero film" , which can be traced from the posters and trailers that have changed many times, and the official stills that have been exposed recently are even more. confirmed this.
According to foreign media reports, "New Mutants" director and screenwriter Josh Bone mentioned in a 2017 on-set interview that he initially discussed with Fox about shooting a trilogy, each as a standalone horror movie. .
At the same time, it also said that the biggest influence on "The New Mutants" was the films "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "The Shining" and "On Elm Street 3" and Stephen King, the king of contemporary thrillers.
The film, though rated PG-13, would "push PG-13 to the limit, just like Batman: The Dark Knight pushes that far".
The plot of X-Men: The New Mutants is also uncomplicated. It tells the story of 5 young new mutants who discover their abilities in a secret agency and must fight to protect themselves in order to escape their past sins.
Here are some highlights of the movie.
The story takes place in a whole new place .
The former Xavier School for Geniuses is gone. From the secret agent played by Anya Taylor-Joy, we can know that a place called a hospital with a signboard of "recovering mutant health" in its place is actually a prison.
The trailer begins with a heavy mouth, with five mutant youths dictating their pasts: a lot of disaster due to their inability to control their abilities.
"I thought it was a dream and I lost control."
"I was panicking and someone was injured."
"My girlfriend, I burned her."
"I killed 18 people, one by one."
According to the comics, we can learn the names and abilities of these 5 new mutants:
Moon Star (Bru Hunter): Moon Star occupies most of the space in the trailer, and I believe her role in the film is also the top priority.
(Moonstar in the movie and in the comics)
Her ability is to materialize the fears of others , while being able to project stun arrows and share her senses with others.
Myrk (Anya Taylor-Joy) : Myrk is a wizard warrior who can use black magic to turn her soul into armor and swords, and she can jump in time and space.
And her strongest ability is that she can be immune to a series of mental attacks similar to Professor X's mind-reading technique, and at the same time can achieve "teleportation".
(Mystery in the movie and in the comics)
It is worth mentioning that the secret guest is also the younger sister of the mutant " Colossus" who has previously appeared in "X-Men: Days of the Future" and "Deadpool" .
Sunspot (Henry Zager) : This character has appeared in X-Men: Days of Future Past, but this time with a different cast.
(sunspots in the movie and in the comics)
In the comics, the ability of sunspots is that they can absorb the energy of the sun by changing the color of the body and then convert it into energy radiation . In addition, he is also immune to heat and fire, and he can also fly.
Wolf Venom (played by Maisie Williams) : Friends who have watched "Game of Thrones" should still remember "Er Ya". In "The New Mutants", Maisie Williams played Wolf Venom and Er Ya. Ya, still taking the melee route.
(Wolf Venom in the movie and in the comics)
In the comics, wolf poison can turn into various forms of wolves, with super senses, strength, endurance, speed and strong healing ability.
Cannon (Charlie Heaton) : The ability of the cannon is just like its name, just like a cannonball, it generates an energy field through rapid flight, strikes the enemy, and at the same time generates a huge energy field that makes itself immune to damage.
In particular, he also has a very strong ability, eternal life.
(Cannon in the movie and in the comics)
In addition, there is an important role, played by Alice Braga as Doctor Cecilia Reyes.
(Doctor Cecilia Reyes in the movie and in the comics)
Doctor Reyes in the comics is also a mutant. She can generate a force field related to her own vitality to fight. At the same time, she can generate a strong protective shield and has a very strong defense ability.
There are often some terrifying scenes in the trailer, which are impressive, and most of this may come from the ability of Moonstar: to embody fear.
It can be said that the abilities and experiences of Moon Star and Myrk have promoted the entire movie , which also directly or indirectly led to the birth of the villain.
One of the big villains: The Laughing Man . His appearance is very intriguing, and it is directly related to the past of the secret. In the trailer, he is often shown in the image of flashbacks.
At the end of the trailer, there is a clip of the Magik vs the Demon Bear.
The Devil Bear is another villain of the movie . It originally existed only in the dream of Yuexing, but because of Yuexing's ability to materialize it, the nightmare came true, and the Devil Bear became a real beast. It is amazingly powerful, can teleport and transform, and can absorb the power of humans.
It killed Yuexing's family before, and continues to hunt her down.
Much of the film's dark and oppressive style comes from the Demon Bear and the Laughing Man .
Since "Uncle Wolf" Hugh Jackman bid farewell to the "X-Men" series of movies, the "X-Men" series of movies is like August when the flowers bloomed, as if not as angry as before.
Even if Fox's ultimate move released the highest combat power "Dark Phoenix" in the X-Men, the results were quite bleak . After its release, the global box office was only 240 million US dollars, which was more than half of the previous "X-Men: Apocalypse", and it was the lowest box-office film in the "X-Men" series produced by Fox.
And "The New Mutants" as a movie that started at the same time as "Dark Phoenix" can be said to have a long way to go.
("X-Men: Dark Phoenix" stills)
However, "New Mutants" director Josh Bone is more optimistic. In a recent interview with "Empire" magazine, he mentioned Fox Studio's last year's film "Dark Phoenix", calling "Dark Phoenix" "last year's review". Worst movie ever".
At the same time, he is also confident that he will not hit the streets again this time: they have done many test screenings for the film "The New Mutants", and the fans love it.
"The New Mutants" is a sequel to the "X-Men" IP. Under the premise of "Dark Phoenix" hitting the street, the double success of word-of-mouth and box office is crucial to this film.
It is hoped that the film that will be released as scheduled in August is as expected by the director and will live up to the audience's three-year wait.
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