Don’t expect to seeThe New Mutantspop up on Hulu or as a Premium VOD. 20th Century Studios pulled the long-delayedX-Menmovie from its planned August 02, 2025 release date in March over COVID-19 concerns, opting not to announce a new release date right away. This led many to speculate that the film might be released on Hulu (which Fox/Disney owns) or released as a PVOD title like Universal Pictures did withTrolls: World Tour,and speculation only further intensified when the film went up for pre-sale on Amazon last week.
The film was taken down shortly thereafter, andTHRreports that sources tell themThe New Mutantsis still being planned for a theatrical release come hell or high water. The journey to releasing this movie—which at this point I’m only 90% sure exists given all the delays—has been kind of insane. Production took place in 2017, with directorJosh Boonecrafting a horror-tingedX-Menspinoff about a group of younger mutants being held in a mental health facility. The intention at that time was forThe New Mutantsto be as distinct in the Fox Marvel universe asLoganandDeadpool, but after production wrapped, Fox decided it wanted to do some reshoots to amp up the horror elements it was originally scared off by and to add some connective tissue to theX-Menuniverse at large—namely a cameo byJon Hammas Mister Sinister and/orAntonio Banderasas the father of Sunspotto set up a Brazil-setNew Mutantssequel. To do so, they pushed the movie off of its original April 2018 release date.
But Disney bought Fox before these reshoots took place, and the film continued sitting on the shelf as Disney decided what to do with it—either burn it off like they didX-Men: Dark Phoenixbefore an MCUX-Menreboot, or find a way to integrate it with their existing MCU plans.
It’s still unclear ifNew Mutantsis being burnt off or will play a role in the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it’s kind of hilariously devastating that the film’s release was once again thwarted and now remains in limbo. Indeed, while Disney has announced new release dates for delayed films likeBlack WidowandMulan, officiallyNew Mutantsis still “undated.”
