Josh Boone Decides To Adapt The New Mutants Comic Books (2014)
In 2014, Josh Boone was fresh off the weepy hit teen drama, The Fault In Our Stars, based on the best-selling book of the same name by John Green. The film’s success, both critically and commercially, proved that Boone was ready to move up the ladder. And it was around this time that the director was hoping to make a film adaptation of New Mutants, a comic created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, and Boone commissioned his friend, Knate Lee, to make a comic book in order to illustrate what a potential New Mutants movie would look like. Boone and Lee’s comic was then sent to Simon Kinberg, the screenwriter and producer behind a number of recent X-Men titles. He “really liked it,” and felt it could be a project worth pursing.