Update On New Mutants

 

Another spinoff due to arrive in Fox’s vast X-Men universe is New Mutants. First announced back in May 2015 and currently in the early development stages, the Josh Boone-directed film is taking its time reaching production and we’re no closer to knowing when cameras may begin to roll.

Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber will now be writing the screenplay. The pair worked on Boone’s The Fault In Our Stars, further proving their gift for YA screenwriting on Paper Towns and The Spectacular Now. While there’s no doubt that the duo are talented pair, it’ll definitely be interesting to see them step outside their wheelhouse, to mesh teen angst with superhuman abilities. It’s not referred to in the report, but it’s expected that the pair will rework and/or polish up the earlier drafts penned by Boone and Knate Lee.

Based on comments from producer Simon Kinberg, New Mutants plans to capture a whole new corner of the mutant universe, with its own unique voice much like Deadpool‘s. Well, not R-rated and full of politically-incorrect shenanigans, but in terms of staking out its own territory within Fox’s vast X-Men world. While new pastures are great, there’ll still be some familiar faces showing up, as Professor X and Negasonic Teenage Warhead are key characters in the New Mutants comic storylines.