Fourth time’s the charm: ‘The New Mutants’ to close ‘X-Men’ saga in August

First delayed from April 2018 to February 2019, then August 2019, and most recently withdrawn from an April 2020 date due to COVID-19 measures, superhero horror The New Mutants is now being lined up for an Aug. 28, 2020 theatrical release.

Though principal photography finished in 2017, and despite suggestions that Disney - having acquired X-Men movie franchise studio Fox in March 2019 - was not impressed with the initial cut, the expected reshoots never took place.

Director Josh Boone, propelled to mainstream recognition for his work on romantic comedy The Fault in Our Stars, explained earlier this year that he felt that reshoots would have been counterproductive: the movie’s young cast had become visibly older.

However, both Boone and lead actress Maisie Williams have spoken positively of the final cut, completed after Disney invited the director back to oversee editing and special effects work.

The New Mutants stars Williams (Game of Thrones) as a Scottish werewolf, Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch, Split) as a Russian sorcerer, Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) as an airborne American, Blu Hunt (Another Life) as a Native American illusionist, and Henry Zaga (13 Reasons Why season one) as a sun-powered Brazilian.

Alice Braga (City of God, Queen of the South) serves as the group’s mentor, though the five superpowered mutants are being held captive in a so-called training complex, struggling to come to terms with their abilities and a terrifying range of manifestations.

Zaga and Boone are working together again on a miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s apocalyptic classic The Stand, in which core X-Men franchise actor James Marsden plays the lead character.

‘Percy Jackson’ live-action series coming to Disney+

Author Rick Riordan announced that the series “Percy Jackson” is getting a live-action remake for streaming platform Disney+. Riordan confirmed the news in a video announcement with his wife, Becky, on his Twitter account on May 12.

“After a lot of hard work, and a lot of support from you guys, Percy Jackson is coming to Disney+,” Riordan said.

The author assured fans it will follow the storyline of the original five-book Percy Jackson series, starting with “The Lightning Thief” for season one.

“Rest assured that Becky and I will be involved in person in every aspect of the show,” he said in a follow-up statement.

“Percy Jackson” is a Greek mythology-based book that follows the story of a teenager named Percy Jackson, a demigod son of Poseidon. He was sent to Camp Half-Blood, where he meets other fellow demigods.

The other books in Riordan’s original Percy Jackson series are “The Sea of Monsters,” “The Titan’s Curse,” “The Battle of the Labyrinth,” and “The Last Olympian.”

If Spider-Man Splits From The MCU, Could He Join The Justice League?

Spider-man and marvel fans were a bit unsettled these days. Unless the spat between entertainment industry’s two behemoths disney/marvel and sony is resolved, the webbed superhero spider-man might be out of the mcu for good. Why is spider-man rumored to be leaving the mcu? The recent row seems to have been sparked by disagreements over future films’ financing ration, as well as profit-sharing scheme. Disney reportedly demanded an even sharing over the financing of future spider-man films, but sony wanted to maintain their current arrangement.

Disney, which acquired marvel entertainment for a cool $4 billion in 2009, struck a deal with sony entertainment in 2015, paving the way for the web shooter to appear in the mcu, such as in “captain america: civil war,” “spider-man: homecoming,” “avengers: infinity war,” “avengers: endgame” and “spider-man: far from home.” but with the breakdown of talks between sony and disney, the superhero is now facing the very real possibility of being away from the mcu for good. Can the super hero then join the justice league? Fans are understandably concerned about what this might mean for the future of spider-man. However, a few imaginative fans are not too overly concerned as they believe that spider-man can just join dc’s justice league.

But spider-main joining the justice league is not that far-fetched at all as marvel and dc crossovers have already been happening for decades. In the seventies, batman and hulk teamed up to stop the villains joker and shaper of worlds. Actually, he sort of applied before Officially, spider-man never applied for a spot in justice league based on official comic releases. However, there was a fan-made comic cover in the past that showed a dejected peter parker after his attempt at joining the justice league was turned down by its members. “basically batman didn't think spiderman was a team player,” was the reason given by batman after spider-man allegedly asked him if he could join the justice league. “justice league is all about teamwork, and spiderman is kinda a sarcastic teenager who does things his way. He does periodically help the avengers, but then again the avengers are basically independent superheroes who every once in a while team up.” But things might still work out for the web shooter in the mcu While the web shooter can definitely carve out a name for himself in the dc universe should he choose to, recent reports seem to suggest that it may no longer be necessary for him to find a new home. Comic book reported that disney might have offered a new deal to sony, one that would keep the superhero in the mcu for quite some time. Under the new terms, it was reported that disney specifically wants tom holland to do six spider-man films more. The report added that the term even comes with an option for a seventh film, which shouldn’t be too surprising considering the money-making potential of the spider-man franchise.