New Dark Phoenix Poster Revealed Ahead of Trailer
While nearly all the focus in the superhero world has been mostly Captain Marvel-related, there’s another super powerful superhero ready to rise. Fox has released a new poster for writer/director Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix, starring Sophie Turner as the X-Men’s most potent mutant, Jean Grey. The poster hints at Jean’s divided nature, between her controlled self and the uncontrollable Dark Phoenix force.
The two different looks include two specific callouts: on the left-hand side,...
The Fabled Haven Jean Grey Escapes to in Dark Phoenix
Even powerful mutants need a place to unwind. The X-Mansion is possibly the most famous location in the X-Men canon, but the first trailer for Dark Phoenix flashed an initial glimpse at a more peaceful setting. On a tiny island, Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) finds Magneto (Michael Fassbender) in a self-sustaining commune. Director Simon Kinberg recently spoke with Empire magazine and confirmed that oasis is exactly what it seems.
The X-Men comics charts the development of a self-sustaining haven for the mutants...
The X-Men Turn on Each Other in First Dark Phoenix Teaser
Origin stories of an average human becoming a superhero are always fascinating. Maintaining fidelity of a character helps us build an attachment to them and we can better understand their motivations. We just want to love you, heroes. Let us in! However, the origin story of a villain can be even more interesting as there are often dark twists lying in wait. Even more so if we see a superhero turn into a villain as is expected to be the case with Dark Phoenix...
New X-Men: Dark Phoenix Details Reveal Potential Franchise Shattering Twist
There’s a lot of excitement building about Simon Kinberg’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which is centered on Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), arguably the most powerful mutant in the entire X-men canon. What we’ve known about the project thus far was this; the film would explore how Jean Grey develops her immense powers, which have the ability to turn her into the titular Dark Phoenix, a mutant so potent her very life threatens the world. The story is adapted from John Byrne,...
Deadpool 2 & X-Men: Dark Phoenix are a Wrap
There’s a lot happening in the world of mutants. Twentieth Century Fox recently shared the first teaser trailer for the haunting New Mutants, a dark take on the world of mutants from director Josh Boone that promises to be closer to a horror film than your average superhero flick, and that has us pretty excited.
The studio can also celebrate production wrapping on two of their big upcoming titles, David Leitch’s Deadpool 2 ...
What we Know About X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Here’s what we know for certain; super producer and writer Simon Kinberg (a longtime X-Men creative) will be making his directorial debut with X-Men: Dark Phoenix in 2018, which will bring back a lot of the cast from Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse. Deals have been struck with Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult to return to the franchise (their three-picture deals expired after Apocalypse), while the younger stars,...
