The New Mutants director Josh Boone has already spoken about wanting to introduce Warlock in his X-Men spinoff, but it sounds like the fan-favorite alien came a lot closer to making the final draft than we realized – and Boone even had someone in mind to play him.

During an interview with Nerdist, Boone revealed that he had conversations with none other than Sacha Baron Cohen (Ali-G, Borat, Les Miserables) about potentially coming on board to provide the voice for what would have been a fully CG character. He didn’t say how close it came to becoming a reality, but it wouldn’t have mattered anyway because the studio threw a spanner in the works.

Budget constraints meant that Boone was basically forced to choose between Warlock and the villainous Demon Bear, and obviously settled on the latter.

The New Mutants probably won’t get a sequel (if it performs much better than expected it is possible, but unlikely), so chances are we won’t get to see Warlock make his big screen debut for a very long time. If it were to happen, though, we might just see Doug Ramsay, aka Cypher, introduced alongside his “self friend.”

The New Mutants is set to hit theaters on August 28. No press screenings are being held, which may not be a very good sign – although it could simply indicate that we’ll see a Disney+ release shortly after.

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The Boys features a tonne of great characters, many of whom are larger than life. However, it’s Hughie Campbell and Starlight who serve as our entry point into this twisted world, and their relationship was a huge part of the show’s first year. That looks set to continue in the upcoming season two as well, though we obviously find them in a very different place after everything that’s happened.

They’ve both grown in confidence, but with Hughie now trying to lead The Boys and Starlight becoming a little more devious in how she deals with her teammates, do they risk losing themselves and what they like about each other? That’s the question we put to stars Jack Quaid and Erin Moriarty during a recent roundtable interview, and they shared some big hints about what’s to come.

Moriarty: That’s a really interesting question.

Quaid: That is. Go ahead, Erin.

Moriarty: I think Hughie and Starlight serve as, you know, kind of standard examples of people maybe perhaps from a small town or sheltered world where they’ve been sheltered by their parents, then they leave their home and get exposed to some of the realities of the world and heartbreak and the fact not everyone is to be trusted. I do think it’s very common to momentarily lose yourself as a by product of putting up too thick of a wall. I went through that. You go from being naive to aware, and then almost too distrustful. I think that in the beginning of season two, Annie is in a place of being heartbroken and having such a thick wall up that she’s just on autopilot and has lost a little bit of her core self. A big part of her season two trajectory and journey is finding her way back to herself and a middle ground of not being naive, but still staying true to who she is. 

Quaid: That’s just an interesting tension that our characters go through a lot of the time. You have to be the audience surrogate in a lot of ways, and you do want your character to step up for themselves, but you don’t want them to go too far. That is something I’ve always found interesting about playing Hughie. There are times he steps over the line and recognises it, but whose job is it to pull him back or does he have to pull himself back? I think that’s one of the key aspects to the character that I’ve really enjoyed playing over the past two seasons. It’s been awesome. 

It seems the relationship between Hughie and Starlight will deepen a lot during season two, and taking them down some darker paths will be no bad thing. We just have to hope they’re able to remain the characters we love, though it does sound like that’s something they’ll both struggle with.

The first three episodes of The Boys arrive on Amazon on September 4th, with the following five instalments joining them week by week. We’ll have a review of the former for you next Monday, but for now, you can check out the action-packed trailer for the show’s second season below:
 

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Bill and Ted Face the Music was set to be released in theaters and VOD on the same day this September 1, but it was recently announced that the lovable metal-heads’ latest adventure had been moved up by one week, and will come our way on August 28 – the same day The New Mutants is expected to hit theaters.

Orion Pictures has now sent us over the first clip from the movie, and it introduces the daughter of Bill and Ted’s time-travelling pal Rufus (the late George Carlin). Kelly (Kristen Schaal) drops in on the boys to take them into the future to address a “potentially a very serious problem” while their daughters Billie (Brigette Lundy-Paine) and Thea (Samara Weaving) watch on in concern.

Check out the clip below, and let us know what you think.

“Bill & Ted Face the Music will see the duo long past their days as time-traveling teenagers and now weighed down by middle age and the responsibilities of family. They’ve written thousands of tunes, but they have yet to write a good one, much less the greatest song ever written. With the fabric of time and space tearing around them, a visitor from the future warns our heroes that only their song can save life as we know it. Out of luck and fresh out of inspiration, Bill and Ted set out on a time travel adventure to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony in the universe as we know it. Together with the aid of their daughters, a new crop of historical figures, and some sympathetic music legends, they find much, much more than just a song.”

Will you be checking out Bill & Ted Face The Music in theaters or on demand? Let us know in the comments.

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While we probably won’t believe it until it actually happens, Disney is pushing forward with that August 28th release date for The New Mutants, and tickets have now officially gone on sale. 

To mark the occasion, a new “Special Look” at Josh Boone’s Marvel Comics adaptation has been released, while there are also three new posters from Dolby Cinema, Cinemark XD, and Fandango. The marketing campaign for The New Mutants has picked up a lot in recent weeks, and despite most theaters being closed, it seems Disney is now going all in on getting this one out there.

That’s understandable after all those delays, though there are plenty of fans who remain convinced that the movie will quickly arrive on Disney+/PVOD platforms following its theatrical debut as Disney will have then met obligations made before the merger with 20th Century Fox. 

Despite the negativity that’s often surrounded The New Mutants, there’s no denying that it’s pretty intriguing, and after all these delays, you’d hope that it’s at least a little better than Dark Phoenix!

Time will tell on that front, but if this is all to be believed, there’s only ten days until we found out one way or another…assuming you can make it to your local theater, of course.

Check out the sneak peek and those posters below, and then stay tuned for more on The New Mutants later today. 
 

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The Boys returns to Amazon for its second season on September 4th with three episodes, while new instalments will then be released over the following five weeks. After the show’s critically acclaimed first year, there’s a huge amount of excitement surrounding this next batch of episodes, and after watching the first few chapters, we promise you that you’re in for a real treat. 

You can check out our review next week, but in the meantime, we’re sharing some excerpts from our recent conversations with the cast and crew of The Boys after participating in a series of roundtable interviews last month. Among them were series standouts Karl Urban and Laz Alonso, and after talking about that whale scene, we now have more from the enigmatic actors. 

When season two begins, Billy Butcher has only just returned to the team and there’s a very clear divide between him and Mother’s Milk as they clash with how best to handle Hughie. So, can get they back on the same page and can The Boys make things right moving forward? 

“I think that fracture within The Boys is generated from the events of season one and how everyone was left at the end of season one,” Urban explains. “Season two, especially at the beginning, not only do we have to deal with The Seven and taking them down, but we have to deal with this internal conflict within the group. That very much perceived act of Butcher turning against The Boys needs to be dealt with because he needs them and I guess they all need each other as wanted felons on the run.”

“They have to learn to rely on each other for their very survival, otherwise they’re going to end up incarcerated,” he continues. “Thematically, this season is every bit as much about ripping away the most important thing from every character as it is uniting these characters with what is most important.”

Alonso, meanwhile, has his own way of viewing the unique dynamic his and Urban’s characters share in season two. “You know, Mother’s Milk and Butcher are very much good cop, bad cop when it comes to Hughie. Mother’s Milk tries to bring him along with love, despite what may happen in the first episode, obviously, but then Butcher is the tough parent. He’s the disciplinarian. I love what gets revealed later on in the season. You understand that there’s a method to both of our madnesses in how we approach things, especially with Hughie.”

It sounds like there are definitely some big surprises on the way this year, and that conflict at the heart of this team promises to be a huge part of those early episodes. If The Boys can’t get their sh*t together, they’re going to be in serious trouble, especially with The Seven hunting them down. 

Check out the trailer for season two below:
 

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