THE NEW MUTANTS Has A Surprisingly Short Runtime, But Deleted Scenes Will Be Released Says Josh Boone

THE NEW MUTANTS Has A Surprisingly Short Runtime, But Deleted Scenes Will Be Released Says Josh Boone

The New Mutants director Josh Boone has revealed that while his movie has a surprisingly short runtime, around twenty minutes of deleted scenes will be shared with fans somewhere down the line...

By JoshWilding - Jul 24, 2020 01:07 PM EST
Filed Under: New Mutants
Source: Collider

We had heard this might be a possibility, but in a recent interview with Collider, The New Mutants director Josh Boone confirmed that the movie will boast a surprisingly short runtime. This doesn't usually bode well for a blockbuster, but the filmmaker actually explained the reasoning behind it. 

"I think it's 98 minutes or something like that," Boone revealed. "It was never more than 104 even at its longest." Apparently, the original cut was around twenty minutes longer. "We put together all the deleted scenes for everybody. It was more just stuff that was too funny or tonally just didn't quite go together, but it's cute character moments that I think fans will like."

Looking at this from a common sense perspective, Disney could have decided to shorten the runtime in order to save money as The New Mutants had unfinished visual effects when they acquired Fox, and depending on how much work was required for these twenty minutes, they could have saved millions of dollars cutting them. 

As for those deleted scenes, we have no idea when and where they will ultimately be released.

Regardless, Boone went on to explain that a big part of the hold up with the movie has been the fact he was only three quarters of the way into editing it, and that Andrew Buckland helped him finish it as original editors Matthew Dunnell and Rob Sullivan were busy working on The Stand (which Boone directed). 

Right now, The New Mutants has a release date of August 28th, but whether it will actually end up playing in theaters is obviously unclear given everything that's happening in the world right now.

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dracula
dracula - 7/24/2020, 1:17 PM
Considering there isn't going to be a sequel, might be a good idea to go up to at least a full 2 hours. This is the only chance people are going to get to know these characters in the foreseeable future, MCU New Mutants would be a LONG way off
Origame
Origame - 7/25/2020, 11:48 AM
@dracula - they arent gonna do that. That costs money and the only reason this will ever see the light of day is that its basically free money.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/24/2020, 1:19 PM
“Surprisingly”
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/24/2020, 1:21 PM
#ReleaseTheBooneCut.
NathanielX
NathanielX - 7/24/2020, 1:25 PM
Josh Boone seems to have an eye for adapting this kind of material and had a very clear sense of where to go with this franchise , reagardles of what happens next, if this end being good maybe he became great candidate to direct other comicbook stuff.
narrow290
narrow290 - 7/24/2020, 1:28 PM
@NathanielX - In all honesty, what do you think the chances are, that if this good, he'll be able to complete his trilogy?
NathanielX
NathanielX - 7/24/2020, 2:43 PM
@narrow290 - I don't think It will, giving that since that Kevin Fiege took over Marvel Entretaintment every proyect not created by him has been massacred in just 1 year, even Deadpool Is having trouble getting a sequel.
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 7/24/2020, 1:44 PM
That last trailer was pretty badass. I'm more excited than before to see this. Wonder if they shot that ending with Xavier (McAvoy) and have it as a deleted scene?
WeaponXCII
WeaponXCII - 7/24/2020, 1:56 PM
I think we already knew the runtime, but it’s interesting that there’s twenty minutes of deleted scenes.
Battabing
Battabing - 7/24/2020, 1:57 PM
Seems like they showed us all the money shots in this latest trailer.
MasterMix
MasterMix - 7/24/2020, 2:13 PM
It's basically a horror movie. Horror movies are short. Unless you're The Shining, most horror themed movies aren't much longer than an hour & a half (hour forty at the most).
bcom
bcom - 7/24/2020, 2:38 PM
There’s nothing “surprisingly short” about a 98 minute runtime. That’s an hour and 38 mins which is about average to normal for most movies.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 7/24/2020, 4:30 PM
A movie like this being cut down to that short length...not usually a good sign.
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