10 Biggest Implications Of Marvel's Massive Phase 4 Delay
1. The New Mutants Remains Stuck In Limbo
While The New Mutants isn't set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it is a Marvel movie, and the final chapter in Fox's divisive X-Men saga. Originally, it was supposed to be released this past week, but after inevitably being hit by a delay, it's among a number of undated, upcoming blockbusters.
Surprisingly, there was no mention of it last night. While other Fox (sorry, Twentieth Century Studios) films like Free Guy and West Side Story have confirmed places in Disney's release calendar, the studio has made no mention of what's to come for its only non-MCU Marvel movie coming out in 2020. The marketing campaign was really starting to heat up too, so why not just put it on Disney+?
Well, it's not quite as simple as that.
Before being acquired by Disney, Fox signed a deal with HBO for its new movies - like Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants - to head there before anywhere else. That's in place until 2022, so means this is either going to have to debut in cinemas as planned or just go straight to traditional Digital platforms.