“Do you know what mutants are?” Blu Hunt is asked in a new trailer for “The New Mutants.” The “X-Men” spinoff sees the “Another Life” actress playing Danielle, a young woman who wakes up from a tragedy to be told that she survived it because she’s “a very uncommon girl.” And she’s not alone — not anymore. Danielle is just one of the young mutants being held for psychiatric monitoring at an isolated hospital.
The spot features footage of Danielle meeting her fellow mutants, including Rahne/Wolfsbane (Maisie Williams, “Game of Thrones”) and Illyana/Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy, “Split”), who admits to killing “18 men, one by one.” The latter warns Danielle that they aren’t in a hospital, but rather “a cage.”
It’s not long before Danielle begins to suspect that the mutants aren’t there “to get better” — they are being held captive under false pretenses, and vow to escape before it’s too late.
“The New Mutants” arrives in theaters April 2.
