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The New Mutants Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Everyone Has Demons.

Amy Renner Amy Renner

May. 15, 2020

The New Mutants

Release Date: Friday, August 28, 2020 Nationwide

Simon Kinberg, Blu Hunt, Maisie Williams, Charlie Heaton, Josh Boone, Anya Taylor-Joy, Alice Braga, Henry Zaga, Karen Rosenfelt, Scott Neustadter, Lauren Shuler Donner, Michael H. Weber

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot
A new group of teenaged mutant superheroes which includes include Native American Danielle Moonstar, Scots girl Wolfsbane, Brazilian ladies man Sunspot, a Kentuckian code-named Cannonball and Russian teen Magik all train at the Xavier Institute.
Cited as modified plot formulation from hollywoodreporter.com
Action Sci-Fi Spin-off Superhero

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The New Mutants.

Crew Behind the Film

The The New Mutants behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Josh Boone last directed The Fault In Our Stars and Stuck in Love. The film's writer Josh Boone last wrote Pretenders and Stuck in Love.

Director
Josh Boone
Producers
Lauren Shuler Donner
Simon Kinberg
Karen Rosenfelt

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for violent content, some disturbing/bloody images, some strong language, thematic elements and suggestive material
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Everyone Has Demons.
Also known as
X-Men: The New Mutants

Language
English

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Production Details

What we know about the The New Mutants movie production.

Key Facts

  • Charlie Heaton will play Sam Guthrie, also known as Cannonball, a teen who propels himself into the air and is invulnerable while doing so (Hollywood Reporter, 5/31/17).
  • Rosario Dawson will play Dr. Cecilia Reyes, a medical doctor who has the ability to generate a protective bio-field around herself and serves as a mentor for the young superheroes (Hollywood Reporter, 5/25/17).
  • Anya Taylor-Joy is playing Illyana Rasputin, code-named Magik, a girl who has learned sorcery and uses teleportation discs to travel. Maisie Williams is Rahne Sinclair, aka Wolfsbane, a girl struggling to reconcile her religious beliefs with her power to turn into a wolf (Hollywood Reporter, 5/25/17).
  • Spinoff of the X-Men franchise. Based on the Marvel Comics series first created by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod.

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Production

The film was tagged as Production. Shooting starts July 2017 in Boston, MA.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production. Headed toward an early July 2017 start.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Development

The film was tagged as Development. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (The Fault in Our Stars) are working on a new script.

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

The New Mutants was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, August 28, 2020. There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including Fatima, Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe and Still Here.



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Follow the Updates

Fri., May. 15, 2020

  • Set film release to Nationwide

  • Changed the US film release date from April 3, 2020 to TBA 2020

  • Set film release to Nationwide

  • Set the MPAA rating to PG-13 for violent content, some disturbing/bloody images, some strong language, thematic elements and suggestive material

  • Added a link from instagram.com

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