'The New Mutants' director Josh Boone promises the unique horror movie is both emotional and scary
We already knew that 'The New Mutants' would challenge our understanding of superhero movies but if comments made by the director Josh Boone are to be believed, we may be in for something truly amazing.
During a press set visit for 'The New Mutants', Boone said that the studio let him get really creative with the movie, which allowed him to create something that "hadn't been done before".
"It’s funny, [the studio] so emboldened by 'Deadpool' and 'Logan' and stuff that they really let us… I can’t believe they’re letting us make this movie," Boone said, according to ComicBook.
"If you knew all the stuff in it, I still am like, ‘Do they know how f***ed up this movie is?’ It is, but we’re trying to make something that would make you scream just as much as it'll grab your heart and make you cry," he shared.
"Truly, I’ve shown a couple of scenes to people where everybody who saw them cried and I was like, 'Oh my God, I’m going to make people cry'. So be excited, because that would be something that hadn't been done before, I think, for most horror movies," Boone added.
Earlier this year, Alice Braga, who plays Dr Cecilia Reyes in the movie, had teased a 'Shutter Island' feel for the movie and revealed that there weren't too many on-set rewrites during production.
"Josh [Boone] prepared so much, him and [screenwriter Knate Lee], beforehand, about the script and all that, so there's not much rewrites happening," Braga told ScreenRant.
"Like, there's more creating the environment on set and the energy on set. The location is so amazing, they shot 'Shutter Island' here, the [Martin] Scorcese film, and you can feel it."
As the last of Fox's 'X-Men' movies, fans have been eagerly waiting for 'The New Mutants' for years now. Its release was delayed a number of times, partly because of the Disney-Fox merger deal.
Despite the constant delays, the movie is expected to finally hit theaters in just a few months and it looks like it's going to be a very unique experience indeed. 'The New Mutants' is scheduled to arrive in theaters on April 3.
