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"The New Mutants" featur three major ton for the LGBTQ+ reprentatn superhero films, cludg the first gay kiss the genre.

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THE NEW MUTANTS’ BLU HUNT SAYS THE MOVIE’S GAY ROMANCE IS A LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT STORY

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It’s a notable cln for the film om a big picture perspective, but particularly great to see given that the new release is the last of the origal Fox-produced X-Men movi, which is a anchise that arguably built s foundatn on stori that n be analyzed as gay rights parabl (se pot: the “Have you tried not beg a mutant?

Exactly how substantial the gay relatnship is the film isn’t somethg that is known yet given that The New Mutants has not been screened, but we’ll know soon enough as the movie is fally landg theaters this Friday, Augt 28th. Marvel's Avengers: Endgame saw Joe Rso (one of the directors) play an openly gay man Steve Rogers' support group who briefly mentned gog on a date wh another man, while Thor: Ragnarok was forced to downplay Valkyrie's (Tsa Thompson) bisexualy, relegatg any nfirmatn of to a scrapped scene. However, looks like thgs might be changg the MCU gog forward, as not only has Marvel Studs Print Kev Feige himself nfirmed that Valkyrie will have an LGBTQ storyle the upg Thor: Love and Thunr, but The Eternals, another eventual MCU film, will feature an openly gay uple among s team of hero, wh the movie also pictg a same-sex kiss between them, a first for any Marvel movie.

HOW "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" INSPIRED THE QUEER ROMANCE "THE NEW MUTANTS"THE NEW SUPERHERO MOVIE "REALLY CHANG THE GAME FOR QUEER REPRENTATN," SAYS STAR BLU {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY IAN CARLOS CRAWFORDNOVEMBER 16, 2020/10:15 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3840PX;WIDTH:4945PX;}TWENTIETH CENTURY FOXMAISIE WILLIAMS AS RAHNE SCLAIR AND BLU HUNT AS DANIELLE MOONSTAR 20TH CENTURY STUDS’ THE NEW MUTANTS. 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IT’S AN TENSE, CHAOTIC SCENE WH LOUD EXPLOSNS THAT ENDS WH DANI WAKG UP A HOSPAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RT OF THE MOVIE, BEFORE ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE, IS FAIRLY MUTED BUT A WAY THAT GIV THE CHARACTERS ROOM TO GROW. THE FILM HAS A FAIRLY SMALL ST FOR A SUPERHERO MOVIE: HUNT’S DANI IS JOED BY ANYA TAYLOR-JOY’S ILLYANA, CHARLIE HEATON’S SAM, HENRY ZAGA’S ROBERTO, MAISIE WILLIAMS’S RAHNE, AND OUR RELUCTANT VILLA, ALICE BRAGA’S DR. REY. THEY ARE SECLUD A VERY LARGE, ABANDONED STUTN—ASI OM THE MONSTERS HNTG THEM, THAT IS.TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILMMAISIE WILLIAMS AS RAHNE SCLAIR, HENRY ZAGA AS ROBERTO DA COSTA, BLU HUNT AS DANIELLE MOONSTAR, CHARLIE HEATON AS SAM GUTHRIE AND ANYA TAYLOR-JOY AS ILLYANA RASPUT 20TH CENTURY STUDS’ THE NEW MUTANTS. PHOTO BY CLAIRE FOLGER. © 2020 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATN. ALL RIGHTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW MUTANTS MARKS HUNT’S FIRST APPEARANCE A FEATURE FILM. “I FEEL LIKE I WAS HONTLY NERVO THE WHOLE TIME UNTIL ME OUT,” THE NATIVE-AMERIN ACTRS TOLD NEWNOWNEXT OVER A ZOOM LL ONE MORNG OCTOBER. “THE DN PROCS TOOK FOREVER. FROM THE IAL DN TO THE LAST DN, I THK WAS ALMOST A SIX-MONTH PROCS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOVIE SELF ALSO TOOK FOREVER TO E OUT. THE RELEASE WAS ORIGALLY SLATED FOR APRIL 2018. THE TEAM FISHED FILMG SEPTEMBER 2017, WHICH ZAGA CELEBRATED WH AN INSTAGRAM POST. THE MOVIE WAS PHED BACK UNTIL AUGT 2019 SO WOULDN’T NFLICT WH THE RELEAS OF DEADPOOL 2 AND X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX. DISNEY THEN BOUGHT FOX AND PHED THE RELEASE TO 2020... WHEN THE PANMIC, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL LIVG THROUGH, H. THE NEW MUTANTS WAS LAYED A FEW MONTHS BUT EVENTUALLY RELEASED WHATEVER THEATERS WERE OPEN THIS PAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WAS REALLY WEIRD FOR ME. I MEAN, BEE I REALLY TOOK THE PANMIC SERLY, AND I THK COVID REALLY, REALLY AFFECTED NATIVE AMERINS AND RERVATNS MORE THAN THEY AFFECTED A LOT OF OTHER PLAC,” HUNT SAID. “I HAD BEEN GOG THROUGH MY OWN THGS, LIKE BEG QUARANTED ALONE FOR A LOT OF . AND THEN [TO] JT SUDNLY START DOG ZOOM PROMOTNS FOR THIS MOVIE I MA THREE YEARS AGO—THE WHOLE THG JT FELT SO ABSURD, BUT I THK I WAS MOSTLY JT HAPPY FOR TO BE G OUT. I THK WAS A LTLE SAD I DIDN'T GET TO PROMOTE LIKE A NORMAL MOVIE, BUT NOTHG ABOUT THIS MOVIE HAS EVER BEEN NORMAL, SO I GUS KD OF F.”TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX BLU HUNT AS DANIELLE MOONSTAR 20TH CENTURY STUDS’ THE NEW MUTANTS. PHOTO URTY OF 20TH CENTURY STUDS. © 2020 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATN. ALL RIGHTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE MOST OF DIDN’T HAVE TO JUMP ON ZOOM LLS TO PROMOTE OUR BIG-SCREEN BUTS DURG THE HEIGHT OF QUARANTE, HUNT STILL F TIME TO DO WHAT A LOT OF WERE DOG: BGE-WATCH TV SHOWS. “I'VE BEEN REWATCHG A BUNCH OF IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY PHILALPHIA. I WATCHED A TON OF CURB YOUR ENTHIASM, REAL HOEWIV. I'VE SERLY WATCHED EVERYTHG. I WATCHED ALL OF THE SOPRANOS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW MUTANTS MIGHT BE BASED ON THE X-MEN IC BOOK OF THE SAME NAME, BUT IS FELY MORE HEAVILY HORROR-FLUENCED THAN SUPERHERO-FLUENCED. WHICH, TO BE FAIR, IS TE TO THE DEMON BEAR STORY ARC OM THE ICS, WHICH THE MOVIE TAK OM. “I WENT AND GOT THE DEMON BEAR IC BOOK REALLY SOON AFTER THE DN, ONCE I REALIZED KD OF WHAT WAS," HUNT RELLED. "AND I END UP GETTG ANY IC BOOK I ULD FD THAT HAD DANI ON THE VER OR .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOVIE ALSO HAD ANOTHER BIG FLUENCE: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. THE ST IS PICTED WATCHG THE SHOW THE REC ROOM MORE THAN ONCE, AND THE DVDS ON THEIR SHELF ARE BUFFY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANI’S FIRST TERACTN WH HER LOVE TERT IS WHEN SHE WALKS TO GROUP THERAPY AND LOCKS EY WH WILLIAMS’S RAHNE. THE SCENE IS SHOT THE EXACT SAME WAY INIC LBIAN WCH WILLOW AND TARA FIRST MEET BUFFY. “THAT WAS ON PURPOSE BEE JOSH, THE DIRECTOR, LOV BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. SO HE WAS LIKE, ‘I WANT TO BE LIKE BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER,'" HUNT EXPLAED. "I THK 'S SO CUTE. THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORE PARTS OF THE WHOLE MOVIE."TWENTIETH CENTURY FOXMAISIE WILLIAMS AS RAHNE SCLAIR AND BLU HUNT AS DANIELLE MOONSTAR 20TH CENTURY STUDS’ THE NEW MUTANTS. PHOTO BY CLAIRE FOLGER. © 2020 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATN. ALL RIGHTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM'S MA ROMANCE IS A QUEER ONE BETWEEN DANI AND RAHNE. IT’S DONE WELL AND HANDLED WH SUCH RE—THE CHARACTERS NEVER E OUT, BUT SLOWLY FALL LOVE AND EVEN KISS ON SCREEN. IT’S A FAR CRY OM OUR UNNAMED GAY CHARACTER CAPTA AMERI’S GROUP THERAPY SCENE AVENGERS: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK REALLY CHANG THE GAME FOR QUEER REPRENTATN, THAT THE KDS OF RELATNSHIPS N REALLY BE ANY KD OF MOVIE ANY KD OF WAY," HUNT ADD. "IF A MOVIE LIKE X-MEN, THE MA ROMANCE N BE BETWEEN TWO WOMEN AND ALSO, AND... THEY DON'T NECSARILY HAVE TO E OUT TO ANYONE, WHICH I THK IS SOMETHG, G OUT IS SOMETHG THAT PEOPLE ARE RETHKG NOWADAYS, THAT G OUT IS AN ONGOG PROCS. SO I THK THE MOVIE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB REPRENTG THAT, AND I THK MORE MOVI WILL FOLLOW THIS TREND—NOT TREND, BUT THIS REPRENTATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOVIE WAS PLANNED AS A SERI BUT STILL HAS A STRONG ENDG. THE ST NEVER GETS THE X-UNIFORMS, BUT THEY DO AT LEAST GET A SEMI-HAPPY ENDG. THANKFULLY, NO GAYS ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK WOULD HAVE JT BEEN REALLY NICE TO NTUE ON [DANI'S] RELATNSHIP WH RAHNE,” HUNT SAID. “I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN HER A SUPERHERO STUME AND TO SEE HER REALLY GET A HANDLE ON HER POWERS AND FOR HER RELATNSHIP WH RAHNE TO EVOLVE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW MUTANTS IS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 17 ON DIGAL AND BLU-RAY. 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" X-Men New Mutants The New Mutants | Official Trailer | 20th Century Studs | Cred: 20th Century Studs While news about this kd of reprentatn feels like a big moment for blockbter movi, even as Marvel's The Eternals readi to feature a gay uple, LGBTQ dienc are more skeptil.

‘THE NEW MUTANTS’ CONFIRMED TO HAVE A GAY ROMANCE

"I remember watchg My Own Private Island [1991] when I was 11 or 12 and beg like, 'Maybe the people at church are wrong about gay people. However, as the X-Men universe, the characters are part of is not currently a part of the Marvel Cematic Universe (MCU), the MCU is still whout LGBTQ+ first gay character ma a blk-and-you'll-miss- appearance a group unselg ssn attend by Capta Ameri (Chris Evans) Avengers: Endgame. The first LGBTQ+ superhero, meanwhile, are reportedly gog to be a gay male character the upg Eternals and a trans character a yet-to-be-revealed Marvel movie.

'THE NEW MUTANTS' ST TALK X-MEN SPOFF’S LONG LAY, FILM'S GROUNDBREAKG GAY ROMANCE

Speakg of the very brief gay kiss Star Wars Episo IX: The Rise of Skywalker, the director said to TooFab: "It was jt somebody the background and [the filmmakers] were like, 'We'll put out articl as if this is somethg you should pay attentn to.

‘NEW MUTANTS’ TRAILER: DO WOLFSBANE AND MIRAGE HAVE GAY ROMANCE?

Both Deadpool 2 and Avengers: Endgame technilly had LGBTQ upl, and Marvel Studs also tends to have a gay relatnship Eternals. It’s a far cry om our unnamed gay character Capta Ameri’s group therapy scene Avengers: Endgame.

Thankfully, no gays are buried. It’s now been officially nfirmed, after enormo amounts of speculatn, that the much anticipated upg X-Men film The New Mutants will ed feature a gay romance between some of the film’s ma characters.

Maisie Williams then went on to expla that the gay romance at the center of The New Mutants between her character and Blu Hunt’s character seems to be a very natural part of the movie. [iame allowfullscreen="" class=^{{"giphy-embed"}}^ ameborr="0" height="480" width="480"]The send teaser for the X-Men spoff film—which has a stacked st that clus Game of Thron star Maisie Williams, The Wch and Spl's Anya Taylor-Joy, Stranger Thgs' Charlie Heaton, The Origals actrs Blu Hunt, and 13 Reasons Why's Henry Zaga—featured an embrace between characters Wolfsbane (Williams) and Mirage (Hunt); an embrace that seems to nfirm mors that the movie would be featurg some actual LGBTQ+ reprentatn, reports Gay Tim.

‘NEW MUTANTS’ DIRECTOR, MAISIE WILLIAMS TOUT GAY LOVE STORY BETWEEN MA CHARACTERS

The Fox X-Men films were certaly no stranger to queer subtext, and the ics have often been seen as allegoril to the stggle for gay rights (among other stggl). So, probably subtle enough that Disney n succsfully slip by some untri’ censorship boards, as they did wh the blk-and-you’ll-miss- lbian kiss Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker  Cha, and LeFou’s ty gay moment  Bety and the Beast.

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‘New Mutants’ Director Touts First Gay Superhero Love Story – IndieWire.

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