Dark Phoenix, the latest addition to the X-Men film franchise, dropped its new trailer yesterday and revealed quite a bit about the film’s intriguing new story. After the Simon Kinberg-directed X-Men film hits theaters in June, fans only have one more 20th Century Fox-produced X-Men film to look forward to, The New Mutants.
After this, the iconic mutants will carve out a new home in the Marvel Cinematic Universe when the historic Fox/Disney deal concludes. Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg was recently talking with Entertainment Weekly about whether or not he’s talked with Disney yet about the franchise’s integration into the MCU. Check out the intriguing quote from Simon Kinberg below.
“I truly don’t know. I haven’t had formal talks with Disney. I know [Marvel Studios President] Kevin Feige very well. But we haven’t had formal talks. because until the merger is official, they’re not allowed to have those kinds of conversations with the folks at Fox or myself.
What’s interesting is obviously I started this move long before Disney purchased Fox, and I approached the movie knowing that it was the fourth movie with our First Class cast and that the Phoenix story for me is the ultimate X-Men story.”
Simon Kinberg continued by elaborating on his approach to the story.
“I approached the movie like it was the culmination in some ways–not that there couldn’t be other movies, but I did approach the movie as if, like, if you spent 20 years of living with this family, this is the movie you see the family truly tested, fall apart, and hopefully come back together. There was something about that sense of closure for the family, that sense of test, that sense of loss. It felt like not this is the end necessarily, but this is it for them.”
We’ll be sure to keep you updated on all news regarding Dark Phoenix as soon as more information becomes available. What did you think of the latest trailer? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Natalie Portman, who returns to the MCU next month in Thor: Love and Thunder, has…
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness offered a fleeting glimpse at Billy Maximoff's potential…
The screenplay for Matt Reeves' The Batman starring Robert Pattinson will have a hardcover release.…
Jurassic World Dominion easily topped the box office in its debut, and Top Gun: Maverick…
The film will also be set in Central City.