‘The New Mutants’ Wasn’t Worth the Long Wait to Reach Theaters, Critics Say

Dade Hayes Finance EditorYouTube has rolled out Shorts, a new offering focused on mobile videos lasting no longer than 15 seconds.The explosive growth of TikTok over the past year has gotten the tech world’s full attention. Instagram just launched Reels, a rival offering, in the U.S.

Blake Shelton , 44, and Gwen Stefani, 50, purchased their first home together in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley back in May. But, because of the COVID19 pandemic, they were quarantined in Oklahoma for months.

grossed $53 million, an impressive figure given the fact that some audience members likely steered clear of multiplexes due to public health concerns.When “Tenet” opens in the U.S. this week, it will only be available in markets where theaters have been allowed to reopen.

Editor’s Note: ‘The New Mutants’ was reviewed after a public screening at a drive-in theater. Given the ongoing health concerns regarding COVID-19, we recommend listening to experts and understanding the facts before deciding to go to a theater.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaPoorly recorded, pirated versions of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” leaked online last week. Both are camcorded copies of negligible quality — at least one has Korean subtitles and another has German subtitles.

Despite thousands of theaters both in the U.S. and abroad still closed, the biggest movies of the summer are making big first impressions at the box office, as moviegoing resumes in North America and blockbusters return to the screen.

You would think that after a week of bad press for “The New Mutants,” which included director Josh Boone defending the film’s whitewashing of an Afro-Latino character, reports of Fox nearly throwing the entire thing in the garbage to start over, and reviews calling it “the worst ‘X-Men‘” movie yet, the film would finally find some peace now that it’s finally in theaters. You’d be wrong.

Dave McNary Film ReporterWith North American moviegoing slowly resuming, the X-Men spinoff “The New Mutants” opened with a solid $3.1 million at 2,412 locations on Friday.That first-day figure portends a weekend opening in line with Disney’s forecast of $7 million to $10 million.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticToo late to salvage a summer movie season wiped out by coronavirus, but boldly hoping to bring audiences back to cinemas (or drive-ins at least), a handful of movies are opening widely this weekend — or as widely as they can in a country where many communities are still restricting public gatherings.If time travel were a real thing, one might hope that air-guitar aces Bill and Ted would have warned the world this pandemic were coming.

The Fox ‘X-Men’ franchise is now over. And thank the lord! No, I don’t say that as someone who hates superhero movies and wishes they’d all go away.

Charlie Heaton admits. The «it» in question is, a Marvel movie so long-delayed it has achieved urban legend status, about a band of mutant misfits (played by Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Henry Zaga, Blu Hunt and Heaton) grappling with their newfound powers.The skepticism is understandable: was originally slated for release in 2018.

The New Mutants direction Josh Boone has called the gay kiss in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker “embarrassing”.Discussing his upcoming comic book film with IndieWire, the filmmaker explained how a gay love story that acts as “sort of the spine and focus of some of the character-driven stuff in the film.”The New Mutants will feature a love story between characters played by Maisie Williams and Blu Hunt, which Boone called “probably the first one at Disney for sure” and “one of the first

“The New Mutants,” the long-delayed superhero movie from 20th Century Studios that’s set in the X-Men universe and stars Maisie Williams and Anya Taylor-Joy, made $750,000 in Thursday night previews as audiences returned to the box office in earnest for one of the first times in months.In all, just 62% of the domestic marketplace of movie theaters is open across the country, and “The New Mutants” did not play in California, New York, New Jersey, Arizona (partial), North Carolina, Michigan,

Director Josh Boone isn’t interested in LGBTQ tokenism in movies.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, OnlineLuisa Cocozzelli, a South Florida resident in her 60s, considers herself something of a film connoisseur. In normal times — meaning, before coronavirus swept the globe, shuttering everything from movie theaters to restaurants and causing millions to lose their jobs and hundreds of thousands to lose their lives — she regularly went to her local cinema.

For years now (literally), we’ve discussed the behind-the-scenes drama that has gone on regarding “The New Mutants.” The last remaining piece of the Fox/Marvel puzzle, which was originally supposed to be released in 2018 and is now arriving tomorrow, has been written about time and time again regarding the reports of disagreements between the studio and filmmaker Josh Boone and planned reshoots that were supposed to overhaul the film but never happened.

pandemic. Up until a month ago, there were rumors that its new owner, Disney, would quietly banish the fraught flick to Disney+ or Hulu like junk to a yard sale.Instead it’s one of the first major releases to hit reopened brick-and-mortar theaters — the ideal sacrificial lamb to test out the struggling movie business’ appeal during the coronavirus crisis.

Not only is “The New Mutants” the final piece to the Fox/‘X-Men’ universe puzzle (mainly because of its two-year delay), but the film also marks one of the most diverse and inclusive films in the 20-year-old Marvel franchise, with its LGBTQ+ themes and multi-racial cast. Obviously, that’s something that director Josh Boone wanted to emphasize in his film.

The New Mutants will finally make an appearance on the box office marquee this weekend as more theaters across the U.S. reopen after being shuttered for five months because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.