“We are making a full-fledged horror movie set within the X-Men universe.
Similar to Fox’s recent X-Men outing, the R-rated Logan, New Mutants looks to have a much more intimate and darker tone than most comic book movies being released today.
While just a few years ago, the thought of there being a horror movie about teenage mutants in the X-Men universe, would have seemed outlandish, it’s strikingly less so nowadays.
The long-anticipated spinoff film – which is set to be directed by The Fault in Our Stars helmer Josh Boone – has been in the works at 20th Century Fox for multiple years.