After a delayed release, reshoots and controversial casting choices, the youth-centric scary movie is finally coming out – three years after it was shot
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The X-Men horror The New Mutants has had quite the mutated journey to the screen: several scrapped release dates, abandoned reshoots, a new character who never materialized, issues around colorism in casting, and finally, a corporate acquisition that nearly shelved the project altogether. Now that the dust has settled, a release date has been firmly set for 3 April and this week, a new
trailer launched, does the final product have any hopes of being any good?
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