The New Mutants adapts the monthly comic book series of the same name that launched in 1982.
With The New Mutants movie getting its release date pushed back (AGAIN) to August 2019 from the original April 2018 plan, there was a rumor that the X-Men property could lean into straight horror.
Traditionally, superhero movies are PG-13 other than Logan and the Deadpool movies, and generally, horror films are R-rated, so we’ll see where this one falls.
The feature is expected to be a departure from the sci-fi-action spectacle of other X-Men films and is instead being described as a “Stephen King meets John Hughes”-style horror movie.