The New Mutants -- news, rumors, opix, etc;

Plus, the upside to the Covid situation shutting down/slowing production means that they now have extra time to work on all the new stuff they got from reacquiring the X-Men characters from Fox.

 

And yet the MCU apparently has no plans to use Deadpool within the next five years, so it's pretty hard to imagine a little struggling-to-get-released psuedo horror flick getting any sequel play.

 

I imagine Disney would have just thrown this on Hulu ages ago if they weren't contractually obligated to give it a theatrical release. (At least I think I remember reading something along those lines.)

 

Apparently there's some old pre-signed agreement which means that if New Mutants doesn't get a cinema release, HBO (?) gets it. (IIRC.)

 

They've already indicated that they'll be getting into the multiverse end of things starting with Wandavision & Dr Strange 2, so the means of integrating anything pre-existing they acquired from Fox like Deadpool, New Mutants, or (fingers crossed) X-23 can just be dropped in that way.
Maybe Wanda wishes them into existence, maybe something weird and magical happens is Strange, or maybe Mojo shows up..

 

Read somewhere recently that there is a chance Deadpool will cameo In Dr Strange 2.

 

New Mutants is coming to Comic Con (@ Home?)

 

Yeah, it's from 2:00 - 2:45 pacific time on Thursday, and it will feature writer/director Josh Boone, and cast members Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, and Henry Zaga.

 

I do like that new self-aware tagline.

 

You mean "Nothing Will Stop The New Mutants?" It does feel a bit like a cry of defiance.

 

So Bill & Ted Face The Music, which was due to open in late August as well is going PVOD on September 1st with limited cinema screenings instead. It's probably time to bite the bulllet and just put New Mutants on Hulu or Disney+.

https://deadline.com/2020/07/bill-ted-face-the-music-pvod-theatrical-labor-day-weekend-1202992916/

 

I thought agreements and contracts prevented direct to streaming for any acquired Fox properties, though?

 

It would have to go on HBO first I believe. Not something that Disney wants.

 

Maybe not D+ if that's the case but I'm pretty sure VOD would happen before HBO MAX if they went that route.

 

I'm not sure if they could even do VOD, the TV rights and all of that are at HBO.
On Amazon Video, most of the stuff that is on the HBO apps, can't be bought or rented until they're off HBO.

 

Isn't VOD just like DVD/Blu-Ray, I thought all movies hit VOD before they hit HBO or streaming.

 

Oops, I was wrong, I just double checked, and you can buy them, you just can't rent them.

 

The Comic Con at Home panel just dropped:

 

The panel ends with the opening scene of the film and one last trailer.

I really do hope we get to watch this film on the big screen because it continues to look incredible.

 

Just watched it live, and it was pretty fun.
The biggest thing is that they showed the entire first scene, which also had some other new footage from other parts of the movie after it.