After five years of preparations, it has gone through many twists and turns, but in exchange for a piece of chicken feathers, what ruined "New Mutants"?

Christa 2022-01-04 08:02:22

The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is 20%, IMDb has 6.1 points, and it has undergone 5 times of file changes. "The Final Work of the Real X-Men" "New Mutants" . Despite all the efforts, the results are still not satisfactory. .

The foreign media "Vulture" published an article about the behind-the-scenes production of "New Mutants" . In addition to understanding the bitter history of this movie, it can also spy on the ins and outs of a Hollywood production.

The idea of "New Mutants" originated in 2014 and was released in 2014. It was directed by Josh Boone, Shailene Woodley and Laura Dunn and William Dafoe starred in the youth romance film "Fault in the Stars" .

The film swept the American Youth Choice Awards, won the best film, and attracted the attention and love of the youth community.

More importantly, the cost of US$12 million has been exchanged for more than 120 million box office in North America, a direct increase of 10 times. The global box office is more than 300 million.

Such a high reputation and rate of return have won Josh Boone a greater reputation after "Stuck in Love" in 2012 .

As a fan of the X-Men, he was also confident that he found the director of the Fox Pictures "X-Men" series at the time-producer Simon Ginberg.

He hopes to make a youth-themed X-Men movie, following the style of the 1980s youth comedy "Breakfast Club" , trying to replicate the success of " The Wrong in the Stars" .

Simon Ginberg saw that Josh Boone is in good shape in recent years, and "X-Men" really lacks the content of youth, so he agreed.

Simon Ginberg participated in the production of the successful works "X-Men: Reverse the Future" and "X-Men: First Class" . He thought it could be done, and Fox naturally felt that the problem was not big. In 2015, the project was approved and started. Preparation.

So Josh Boone hired a screenwriter named Nate Lee to create the first version of the script, which was completed and submitted in 2015. They envisioned that the old X-Men characters, including Storm Girl, would appear on the stage to assist the young X-Men's growth.

However, their understanding of the old role has seriously deviated from the audience's expectations, and the feeling they came out was different from the original idea.

Of course, Fox did not approve the shooting and returned the revised draft.

But revising the script is the only way for Hollywood movies. Failure to pass the first draft is by no means the end, but it may be a good thing. Because you can polish a better script.

Foss still wanted to work on this project, otherwise he would not find the screenwriters Scott Newstad and Michael H. Weber of "The Fault in the Stars" to help Josh Boone in the revision work. .

By mid-2016, it was revealed that Professor X would appear in "New Mutants" , and the project is expected to start shooting in 2017.

On the surface it seems to excite fans, but behind the scenes, Josh Boone and Foss have reached a deadlock.

Foss hoped that the film could add more horror elements, and then CEO Stacy Schneider even personally went off and directed the screenwriters to write a very scary horror film.

While Josh Boone hopes to focus on comedy elements similar to the "Breakfast Club" style, he and Nate Lee have always insisted on this idea.

Foss recruited more screenwriters who are good at horror films to revise the draft, including the screenwriters Chad Hayes and Kelly Hayes of the "Call of Souls " series, as well as Joshua Zutman ("Robocop") and Seth Graham-Smith ("Dark Shadows").

2017 is the year when the project is expected to start shooting.

Foss began to put pressure on Josh Boone. The specific form was that a group of screenwriters were convened at the script reading meeting before filming, and he criticized his insistence on the version of the script and asked him to make changes.

Josh Boone reluctantly made some concessions.

In June, "New Mutants" came the news of an impending change of roles, and there was chaos in front of and behind the scenes.

From July to September, Josh Boone started filming as scheduled under such chaotic conditions.

It may have been a small-cost project, Flowserve did not intend to postpone it, and wasted the initial investment. At least it costs money to hire a screenwriter.

In October, the film revealed its first trailer.

Probably it is about a group of young mutants who are imprisoned in a haunted hospital, facing a cruel struggle.

Obviously, Josh Boone compromised Fox's horror film plan.

Despite this, Foss is still very dissatisfied with his rough cut version, so dissatisfied, he has to consider whether to hide the film in snow, and find someone else to make a new version of the work.

The schedule on April 13, 2018 is shaky.

Just as Josh Boone’s situation was at stake, Hollywood experienced a massive earthquake.

At the end of 2017, Disney announced the acquisition of Fox Pictures, and the fate of all Fox Films projects will be handed over to Disney.

But it takes time for Disney to enter the game. The project is still in charge of Fox. Because Fox is dissatisfied with the rough cut version, he hopes that Josh Boone will change it again, which corresponds to the news that "the film crew hopes to add more horror elements".

The schedule of "New Mutants" has been postponed to February 22, 2019.

In an interview with British media, Josh Boone made it clear that the film will be PG-13 rated, but he seems to have gotten a chance to make a remake.

Sure enough, in March 2018, the crew announced that they would make a remake in the summer. But at the same time, there were rumors that the movie would be online streaming.

Later, after another round of changes in crew members, including the addition of Antonio Banderas, Josh Boone finally completed the work.

Until the beginning of 2019, Disney will officially take over, whether it is the theater line or the streaming media, there is still suspense.

Fortunately, Disney is more inclined to follow the theater line, "New Mutants" avoids the fate of becoming a "net big".

Unexpectedly, it encountered an epidemic when it was ready to be released, and it has been postponed until its premiere on August 28.

Josh Boone made a name for himself by relying on his independent works, and "The New Mutants" was his first commercial production.

He hopes to stick to his opinions under the big studio system, but when it is clear that he does not agree with the studios, creators are often at a disadvantage.

There are only a handful of lucky people like Nolan. Most directors still have to communicate well at the beginning, which may be more important than the shooting itself.

Even big directors like Ridley Scott will be interfered by studios, let alone Josh Boone.

Before the show, no one knows whose opinion is correct, which can bring box office success.

Studios always use their experience and money to suppress people, while creators want to shoot their own works.

Sometimes the opinions of the studio can bring success, and sometimes the director’s whims are better.

But in any case, the two sides must stand on the same front and have a unified ideological policy, so that the production process can be done in one go without falling into chaos.

The two parties can work together, and perhaps the result is a win-win win-win at the box office, and a successful work that both tastes and appreciates both the popular and the popular.

But opinions differed, and both sides tried to fight for control, and the work would inevitably fall apart during the drag.

"New Mutants" is definitely a negative textbook of a major Hollywood studio system.

It proves that the contradiction between the film crew and the director will eventually lead to the complete collapse of the film and become a feather.

It also allows the public to understand why some Hollywood movies look nondescript.

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Extended Reading
  • Cordie 2022-04-20 09:02:05

    Much weaker than expected.

  • Aron 2022-04-20 09:02:05

    Ge Geer fight Ge Geer

The New Mutants quotes

  • Rahne Sinclair: They aren't prepping us to be X-Men. They're prepping us to be killers.

  • Dr. Cecilia Reyes: All of us here have killed someone.