'X-Men: The New Mutants' trivia and fun facts

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Veteran

This will be the 4th appearance of James McAvoy playing Charles Xavier. He is too his 2nd movie with co-star Anya Taylor-Joy who appears with him in 'Split'.

Fanatic director

Director Josh Boone is a major X-Men fan and owns a large amount of their comics.

Group members

This film features four members of the original New Mutants group (Cannonball, Mirage, Sunspot, Wolfsbane), with Magik being a member from the second roster.

Jon Hamm erased

Jon Hamm was cast to portray Nathaniel Essex / Mister Sinister, with filming for the role completed, though his role has reportedly been cut from the film as a result of an extensive reshoot process that is changing elements of the film.

Smiley face

A villain in the film wears a smiley-face mask. In the comics, the New Mutants faced off with a mutant supremacy group known as the Right, who wore smiley-face masks.

Starring on the Iron Throne

Maisie Williams is the fourth "Game of Thrones" actor starring on X-Men world. Her friend Sophie Turner playing Jean Grey's character, Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) was the villain on 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' and Richard E. Grant (Izembaro) was Dr. Zander Rice in 'Logan'.

Horror film

The filmmakers said the film is like "a haunted-house movie with a bunch of hormonal teenagers," and they confessed their inspiration were Stephen King's horror storytellers and teen drama filmmaker John Hughes.

Innovation

It is described like a horror superhero film, the first one in the franchise.

Sunspot

This is the second appearance for Sunspot, after having previously appeared in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).

Horror influences

The filmmakers cite the films 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, 'The Shining' , 'The Breakfast Club' and 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors': as an influence on the film's production design, due to the closed-in settings each film used for dramatic purposes.

Horrific date

The teaser trailer was released on the horrorthemed date of Friday, October 13, 2017.