SDCC ’20: ‘The New Mutants’ panel shows off clips, emojis, and chance to see early screening

The New Mutants panel at SDCC’s Comic-Con@Home aired today. What did you miss?

July 23, 2020

Read all our SDCC 2020 coverage here.

The New Mutants got its own Comic-Con@Home panel this year, which sparked many to wonder if the film will get an actual release date. Having been delayed countless times, fans dug into the panel which aired today on YouTube. Moderated by Ira Madison III, writer/director Josh Boone was joined by the cast of The New Mutants, including Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, and Henry Zaga.

Set for release August 28th, 2020, view the panel below.

The panel featured plenty of clips from the film and stories from the creators. It also revealed new emojis of every character. Check those out below:

Comic-Con@Home

The emojis can be activated by using the hashtags #NewMutantsSunspot, #NewMutantsWolfsbane, #NewMutantsMagik, #NewMutantsMirage, and #NewMutantsCannonball.

At the end of the panel, Ira revealed fans have a chance to win a private screening of The New Mutants by tweeting: #NewMutantsComicsConAtHome + #NewMutantsScreeningSweepstakes. Get to it!

20th Century Studios & Marvel Entertainment

The panel was hyped earlier in the day by the New Mutants official twitter account.

Today’s the day. 8 hours until #NewMutantsComicConAtHome. Tune in on the official @Comic_Con YouTube channel. pic.twitter.com/34JsEhpIFL

— New Mutants (@NewMutantsFilm) July 23, 2020

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