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Bob McLeod, the co-creator of the comedian’s e-book series “New Mutants,” turned to Faceebook on Friday to explain his considerations about the new film, the bleaching, and misspelling of his own call on the credits.
“I was really excited when I found out they were making a movie about the new mutants,” his Facebook post begins. “I think turning it into a horror movie might be an engaging idea, but not at all how the characters will be presented to the general public.”
But as more and more data became available, he began to disagree with the possible artistic choices made through the film crew. He went on to say that he was not happy with the number of characters compared to the comics. Their court cases ranged from erroneous frame types to ignored characteristic hairstyles.
Disney, which released “The New Mutants” after the acquisition of 20th Century Fox, did not respond to Variety’s request to comment on the message.
McLeod noted that he had no challenge with the actors themselves, adding that he enjoyed Maisie Williams. But the casting of the Brazilian character Roberto (Henry Zaga), or Sunspot, many more challenges for the creator.
“I’m especially disappointed that Roberto is small and dark-skinned,” McLeod said. “Another example of white bleaching in Hollywood. There’s just no excuse.”
He noted the upheavals with 4 of the film’s five main characters, adding that idea director Josh Boone had removed them from all the design facets McLeod had put into the comics. He also claimed that he is not credited very well in the film because he lists “Bob Macleod” as co-creator instead.
“They couldn’t even be bothered to check the spelling of my name sometime in the last three years. And that can’t be fixed,” he said. “That will be on the movie forever. I think I’m done with this movie.”
But after someone commented on the message suggesting he was looking to request a replacement for the credits prior to the DVD release, he replied that fellow artist Bill Sienkiewicz seeks to make sure the challenge is resolved.
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