The New Mutants gets a new theatrical release date

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Disney has rescheduled the theatrical release for The New Mutants and Ron's Gone Wrong

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Despite fans hoping The New Mutants would be made available on streaming platforms, Disney is pressing forward with a theatrical release. The much-delayed Marvel movie will debut in cinemas on August 28, following a set of unfortunate setbacks and rumors that it would release on Hulu or Disney Plus. 

The movie – the first trailer for which debuted in 2017 – was first delayed because its initial release date, April 13, 2018, was close to the release of Deadpool 2. It was announced in March 2018 that it would be delayed until February 22, 2019. There were allegedly a bunch of reshoots that added in a new character and to amp up the horror aspects of the film, and soon a new release date was announced: August 2, 2019. 

Somewhere in there another roadblock appeared, and The New Mutants was given a release date of April 3, 2020. As we previously reported in March of this year, Disney announced indefinite delays to multiple projects (including The New Mutants) due to the mounting threat of COVID-19. Rumours then began to swirl that Disney might cut its losses and release The New Mutants on its streaming platform, though that doesn't look set to be the case. 

Disney also announced that the 20th Century Studios animated film Ron's Gone Wrong has been pushed back from February 26, 2021 to April 23 of the same year. Ron's Gone Wrong is set in a universe where robots have become children's best friends. That could, frankly, become a reality by April of next year... 

Here's every movie and TV show delayed due to coronavirus. 

Alyssa Mercante
Alyssa Mercante
Former Features Writer

Alyssa Mercante used to be a features writer at GamesRadar+ and is now a freelance writer and editor. Prior to entering the industry, she got her Masters's degree in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Newcastle University with a dissertation focusing on contemporary indie games. She spends most of her time playing competitive shooters and in-depth RPGs and was recently on a PAX Panel about the best bars in video games. In her spare time Alyssa rescues cats, practices her Italian, and plays soccer.