We are making a full-fledged horror movie set within the X-Men universe, director Josh Boone says.
There are no costumes.
There are no supervillains.
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Were trying to do something very,verydifferent.
Game of ThronesMaisie Williams has been cast in the role of Wolfsbane andSplitactress Anya Taylor-Joy as Magik.
(Unconfirmed chatter has it that Rosario Dawson is currently in talks as well.)
It felt like Stephen King meets John Hughes.
(Like, say, their teenage years!)
They arent out to save the world theyre just trying to save themselves.
I was raised by very religious parents, says Boone.
Thats how we got through the craziness we grew up in.
When Boone and Lee were 12 years old, they were obsessed with Stephen King and with Marvel Comics.
(Boone hid a copy ofThe Standunder his mattress the way some teens stash pornography.
He later struck up a pen-pal relationship with King and is currently attached to adaptThe Standin the future.)
It proved handy when the duo went to Fox to pitch their idea forThe New Mutants.
We made a comic book with what our vision of the series would be, says Boone.
We love that Fox wants to make all these different X-Men spinoffs as drastically different as they can.
You cant have a bigger nerd or fan making this.
Becausethatkid is what keeps me from becoming a Hollywood whore, he says with a laugh.
I look back and think: Wouldhethink this would be cool?
Would he proud of me?
Did I fulfill the dream we had when we were kids?
Boone lets out another chuckle.
So yeah, you’re free to definitely say Im excited.
The New Mutantsis scheduled to go into production in July.
