Simon Kinberg Confirms ‘Deadpool 2’ And ‘New Mutants’ Targeting 2018 Release Dates
By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 26, 2017 10:00 am EST
Speaking with Collider, Simon Kinberg first addressed the development of The New Mutants:
“New Mutants we’re waiting on a new draft of the script, which we’re all very excited about. Josh Boone has been prepping that movie. Josh is someone who is a lifelong, hardcore fan of New Mutants, and the plan is to make that movie late spring, early summer of this year, and have it come out next year.”
What about Deadpool 2? Kinberg’s update on that front wasn’t much different:
“Similarly with Deadpool 2, Ryan and the guys have been working hard on the script. We have a really good script for that movie, and we’re into the casting process right now for some of the new characters. There aren’t a lot of new characters, but there are some big ones, as I’m sure you can imagine. And the plan would be to shoot that movie this year as well and have it come out next year. So potentially next year you will have a surfeit of X-Men and X-Men-related movies in theaters.”
Fun Fact: Deadpool actually made his comic book debut in an issue of The New Mutants. I’m not sure if Deadpool 2 and The New Mutants movie will have any connective tissue paying tribute to their history, but we’ll find out next year.
“There’s a long-term plan for what to do with each of these movies, and how these movies could potentially interact or come together in the future. And yet, within each of these films, there’s the freedom for the filmmaker to make whatever movie they want to make.”
