So, during the week the second trailer dropped for The New Mutants, the final X-Men spinoff produced by 20th Century Fox before the Disney merger.
It took two years to arrive and it reportedly is still the horror-themed movie that was planned all along.
But what is interesting is that in the trailer (watch it here) the idea seems to be that no-one in the real world knows what mutants are, which is unusual since in the X-Men movies it was established several times that the X-Men were well established in the world, having become something akin to The Avengers.
But is there a reason for this?
Eyebrows raised late last night when Disney’s official newsletter for the D23 fan club was sent out to fans and said that The New Mutants will be set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
“There’s a seriously electrifying new addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it comes in the form of the latest from Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment,” read the message (below).
“The New Mutants is an original horror thriller set in an isolated hospital, where a group of young mutants is being held for psychiatric monitoring. When strange occurrences begin to take place, both their new mutant abilities and their friendships will be tested as they battle to try and make it out alive.”
Honestly, I reckon this is a mistake and apparently the newsletter has since changed what it says, but… could it connect to the MCU?
Well, yes, easily. If the mutants haven’t been established in the MCU yet – and they haven’t – then why not just have this little story set somewhere in the MCU? The mutants will reportedly be a product from the events of Infinity War and the upcoming Eternals movie, so this could function just fine as a side pocket in the MCU.
What say you all? Typo or unexpected twist?
Let me know…
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