'X-Men: The New Mutants' trivia and fun facts
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'.
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.
Innovation
It is described like a horror superhero film, the first one in the franchise.
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.
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'.
Horrific date
The teaser trailer was released on the horrorthemed date of Friday, October 13, 2017.
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.
Sunspot
This is the second appearance for Sunspot, after having previously appeared in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).
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.
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.
Fanatic director
Director Josh Boone is a major X-Men fan and owns a large amount of their comics.