New Mutants Trailer Looks Like A Legit Horror Film

Frantz: Okay, the hype train is leaving the station on New Mutants! Picks up speed with original presentation. I’ve noticed the last few years how Marvel has elected to fit its comic book movies into existing genres. So when I hear New Mutants, set in the 80s, as a horror film, the hype train goes Back To The Future III with wheels that flip up and hover-mode! Setting this off, using the Claremont/Sienkiewicz run as the basis of the movie means this joint might be Freddy 3 on steroids. This might work out. I was skeptical at first, mostly because the first trailer dropped before Disney acquired Fox. Now I’m full of hope for future projects so there’s absolutely no stakes at all if this movie fails! In representation news, director Josh Boone made it a point to cast a Brazilian actor as Sunspot and scored powerhouse Alice Braga as…Dr. Cecilia Reyes. Wait, Cecilia Reyes from The Bronx, Cecilia Reyes? AfroLatinx Cecilia Reyes with the locs..or the braids, depending on the artist really. Turned down the ‘Xavier’s dream’ invite to the X-Men twice, Cecilia Reyes? If we’re losing that representation, Braga better bring it! AND she better have them powers on deck!*Gets off hype train at next stop* Oona: To quote ProZD, “What is with this ‘Saw’ shit?!” It looks creepy, I’ll give them that. But put enough shots of dark hallways/corners with Michael Myers-esque music and you can make anything perturbing. I am a fan of both Maisie Williams and Charlie Heaton (Rahne Sinclair and Sam Gut…