‘Dark Phoenix’: Jessica Chastain To Fight All The X-Men Simultaneously

Academy Award-nominated actress Jessica Chastain will be playing a role in the upcoming X-Men film, Dark Phoenix. The fourth chapter of this X-Men film series that began from 2011’s X-Men: First Class will be a new retelling of the iconic Dark Phoenix Saga comic story with Sophie Turner as young Jean Grey.

Simon Kinberg wrote the film for which he also makes his directorial debut as the franchise takes another stab at the Dark Phoenix saga, the comic book storyline where Jean Grey struggled to control and succumbed to the Phoenix Force within.

The highly-anticipated Dark Phoenix looks to be one of the most action-packed entries in the beloved franchise thus far. Part of this is due to the nature of the original comic book story but we also know that Chastain’s character will be battling against all of the X-Men at the same time. Chastain revealed as such during a CCXP 2018 presentation for the film.

The identity of Chastain’s character in Dark Phoenix remains a mystery, but she is described to be an alien shapeshifter who manipulates Jean Grey and her powers.

In addition to directing, Kinberg is also producing the film with Hutch Parker and Lauren Schuler Donner. Kinberg himself has been involved with the franchise for just over a decade, having written the main installments of the ongoing film series since The Last Stand with the exception of X-Men: First Class. He also produced Deadpool 2 and is producing The New Mutants.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix is directed by Simon Kinberg and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, and Jessica Chastain.

“In DARK PHOENIX, the X-MEN face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey. During a rescue mission in space, Jean is nearly killed when she is hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. Wrestling with this entity inside her, Jean unleashes her powers in ways she can neither comprehend nor contain. With Jean spiraling out of control, and hurting the ones she loves most, she begins to unravel the very fabric that holds the X-Men together. Now, with this family falling apart, they must find a way to unite — not only to save Jean’s soul, but to save our very planet from aliens who wish to weaponize this force and rule the galaxy.”

The film is set to hit theaters on June 7, 2019. Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on the future of the X-Men franchise as we learn it.

Source: CCXP 2018