Writer Knate Lee says THE NEW MUTANTS features many Marvel “firsts.”

Speaking with Empire Magazine (before the Coronavirus outbreak), THE NEW MUTANTS writer Knate Lee says he feels the multiple release date changes might actually help the film.

Lee, who’s a frequent collaborator of director Josh Boone pointed out how the X-Men horror thriller will feature a lot of “firsts” for a Marvel film and the comic book movie genre as a whole.

“In a weird way, I think the delay’s been good for us,” he said. “Last year, I saw the most epic, grand-scale superhero movie ever [Avengers: Endgame]. You can’t go bigger than that. “So, it feels like the perfect time for a superhero movie that’s more intimate and claustrophobic. And we still have so many ‘firsts’: we’re the first Marvel horror, we’re the first to feature a gay relationship. Even though we’re late… we still beat everybody.”

Source: Empire Magazine via Digital Spy