‘New Mutants’ Director Josh Boone Pitched A Trilogy, Talks Demon Bear
By Angie Han/Dec. 16, 2016 3:30 pm EST
Oh, and speaking of that first film, Boone dropped a little hint about what we can expect. Last month we got word Demon Bear was likely to be the villain of New Mutants, and now Boone’s new comments suggest that is indeed the case.
Boone dished on New Mutants during a longer, wider-ranging conversation with Creative Screenwriting. Boone talked about the experience of pitching New Mutants with his co-writer, Knate Gwaltney:
We brought it to [producer] Simon [Kinberg] and he really liked it. We’ve been going for the past year and a half to get it ready, and I’m about to go location scout and we have a release date now.
While Boone hasn’t said too much about what New Mutants will be, he did seemingly offer a clue in that same conversation. The filmmaker spoke about his longtime friendship with Gwaltney, and remembered devouring Marvel comic books together as a kid. Apparently, one title in particular stood out to them.
Boone does not explicitly confirm that Demon Bear is the villain of New Mutants. But between the animatic we saw last month and the fact that Boone apparently really loves the character, it seems likelier than not that Demon Bear will be involved. We’re sure to know much more as the start date approaches. In the meantime, enjoy this very cute photo of Boone and Gwaltney digging into some comics.
We had loved this X-Men spinoff, The New Mutants. We had loved Bill Sienkiewicz’s run with Chris Claremont that had Demon Bear. It was really dark, interesting, and different from the typical X-Men stories that we had read.
