After the recently revealed trailer for the X-Men spin-off New Mutants, director Josh Boone has opened up about the possible future of the saga if the new horror path proves to be a hit amongst fans of the franchise.
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In a recent interview with IGN, Boone, who is taking the spin-off in a new direction revealed he pitched a trilogy to 20th Century Fox and that plans for the sequel are already in place depending on the outcome of the first offering.
“We brought it to FOX as a trilogy of films, really all based on that long run by Sienkiewicz, and kind of incorporates some stuff from later issues in the 1980s. These are all going to be horror movies, and they’re all be their own distinct kind of horror movies.
This is certainly the ‘rubber-reality’ supernatural horror movie. The next one will be a completely different kind of horror movie. Our take was just go examine the horror genre through comic book movies and make each one its own distinct sort of horror film. Drawing from the big events that we love in the comics.
It is connected to and a part of the X-Men universe, and will continue to be a part of the X-Men universe and will be a part of that as it opens up in the next movies and all that.”
Boone also went on to try and iron out any complaints the trailer raised in regards to the exclusion of some characters the fans were expecting to see in the new film hinting at the inclusion of two characters arrival in the follow-up.
“We’re going to introduce new characters in the next movie as well. Characters like Karma and Warlock, and all that will be in future movies.”
New Mutants is slated for an April 13th, 2018 release.
