THE NEW MUTANTS: New BTS photos and quotes from director Josh Boone.

20th Century Studios’ THE NEW MUTANTS is featured in SFX Magazine and Empire Magazine with new behind the scene photos and quotes from the cast and crew. Fan page @NewMutantsUp has given a preview of what’s inside!

Director Josh Boone confirmed that early drafts of the film took place in the X-Men: Apocalypse timeline and even featured appearances from Professor X (James McAvoy) and Storm (Alexandra Shipp). That eventually was dropped in favor of making the film a standalone in the legendary mutant universe.

Describing the tone of the film, Boone said (via @DrRossGeller_): “In terms of the look and tone, I would describe this film as being like The Breakfast Club meets Firestarter meets The Shining. It’s like a dark version of The Breakfast Club in terms of the dynamic that exists within this group. They have teenage problems to go along with the problems that their powers have created for them. The journey that they take is fun, gory, honest and it’s also really scary.”

The New Mutants is currently slated to arrive in theaters on August 20.

Sources: SFX Magazine, Empire Magazine, @NewMutantsUp and @DrRossGeller_.