‘The New Mutants’ Director Shades ‘X-Males: Dark Phoenix’

The New Mutants director Josh Boone isn’t above taking cracks at different X-Males movies and took a shot at Sophie Turner’s Dark Phoenix.

Final 12 months, Sophie Turner’s Dark Phoneix was launched into theaters to unfavourable opinions and field workplace indifference. It at the moment holds a 23% approval ranking on Rotten Tomatoes and solely earned roughly $250M on what was reported to be a $200M price range. However apparently the failure of Sophie Turner’s X-Males movie has made The New Mutants director a bit extra assured in his movie.

Throughout a current interview, The New Mutants director Josh Boone couldn’t assist however take a shot on the movie, saying he felt much less strain, having made the primary X-Males movie after Dark Phoneix:

“Look, you’ll be able to solely go up after Dark Phoenix. That’s to not say something unhealthy in regards to the folks concerned, nevertheless it was what it was. Truthfully, I really feel much less strain now that I did forward of [the first stated release date]. As a result of we’ve examined our film so many instances, and audiences have cherished it.”

What do you all make of Josh Boone’s feedback? Can The New Mutants solely be a step upwards from Sophie Turner’s Dark Phoenix movie? Are you trying ahead to the brand new X-Males film? Tell us what you suppose within the feedback beneath!

Right here is the official synopsis for The New Mutants:

20th Century Fox in affiliation with Marvel Leisure presents “The New Mutants,” an unique horror thriller set in an remoted hospital the place a gaggle of younger mutants is being held for psychiatric monitoring. When unusual occurrences start to happen, each their new mutant talents and their friendships can be examined as they battle to attempt to make it out alive.

Directed by Josh Boone from a script he co-wrote with Knate Lee, The New Mutants stars Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Pleasure, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, and Henry Zaga.

The New Mutants can be launched on an undetermined date.

Supply: Empire by way of Comicbook.com