‘The New Mutants’ Fans Are Convinced That The Film Is Cursed After The Latest Release Date Delay

When No Time To Die became the first movie to change its release date in response to the coronavirus, it was only a matter of time until other films starting following suit. Granted, the tide held for about a week, but once Furious 9 toppled, it’s been dominos ever since.

This series of events has been particularly unfortunate for The New Mutants, which has been struggling to make its way into theaters for almost three years. After a series of delays, the mutant thriller seemed like it’d be a permanent casualty of the Fox/Disney merger, but in a surprising move, director Josh Boone was given a chance to release the film on April 3, 2020. It was finally happening, and for a moment, everything was going great. Fans loved the new trailer, Boone and star Maisie Williams were doing interview after interview, and then, bam, the movie went down, hand-in-hand with Mulan.

With the long-awaited supernatural take on the X-Men almost in their grasps, fans couldn’t believe The New Mutants was getting denied a theatrical release — again.

— Mia Johnson (@MiaJMedia) March 12, 2020

NEW MUTANTS delayed again… pic.twitter.com/XBpjli5mQ4

— Walt (@UberKryptonian) March 12, 2020

It is January 11, 2018. In 5 minutes, New Mutants will be delayed.

It is March 27, 2018. In 5 minutes, New Mutants will be delayed.

It is May 7, 2019. In 5 minutes, New Mutants will be delayed.

It is March 12, 2020. In 5 minutes, New Mutants will be delayed. https://t.co/XOzrYZUNOI pic.twitter.com/RWtXsHxgNS

— Ariel (@AKARELK) March 12, 2020

The New Mutants movie continually getting delayed due to increasingly ridiculous circumstances automatically makes it the most on-brand x-movie ever and therefore the best without any of us ever even seeing it.

— emily (@AngstyX) March 12, 2020

The year is 2099.

The world is ablaze as global temperatures soar past 125ºF.

Antarctica sank.

The last bastion of humanity has taken refuge in the Disney Protectorate, a sovereign nation-state ruled by yet another Bob.

New Mutants has been pushed to the following April.

— Dan Casey (@DanCasey) March 12, 2020

maybe the real new mutants were the friends we made along the way

— Scott Wampler™ (@ScottWamplerBMD) March 12, 2020

It also didn’t take long for the “New Mutant curse” to rear its head, and honestly, can anyone blame fans for thinking the film has dark forces working against it at this point

— maya houston ✨ (@elcincodemaya) March 13, 2020