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Like other comic book movies Superman III (1983), Spider-
Man 3 (2004) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), the film
is about a superhero succumbing to his or her dark side
and turning evil. This is the 2nd X-Men movie in which
Jean Grey succumbs to her dark side and transforms into
Dark Phoenix.
The Stakes
Phoenix will feature some of the series’ biggest set pieces
to date, including the X-Men’s first trip to outer space.
It’s also the most sinister, and somber chapter in the
saga and includes a massive twist halfway through that
will irrevocably change the course of the franchise. “This
is probably the most emotional X-Men we’ve done and
the most pathos-driven,” McAvoy says. “There’s a lot of
sacrifice and a lot of suffering.”
The movie becomes a fight for Jean’s soul as Phoenix
threatens to overtake her mind and divide the X-Men,
particularly Jean and her mentor, Charles. “It’s about the
butterfly effect of this thing happening,” says Turner, who
studied schizophrenia and multiple personality disorders
to prepare. “What happens when the person you love the
most falls into darkness?”
The Cast
Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy,
Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Nicholas Hoult and Evan
Peters reprise their roles from previous X-Men movies.
Jessica Chastain joins the series as a mysterious shape-
shifter.
The Shoot
There’s a lot more handheld camerawork and a lot more
close-ups and a lot more of a feeling of intimacy, and with
that comes a certain level of intensity because you feel the
characters’ emotions and anger more than you would in
big wide shots.
don’t think
this movie is a comedy
by any means, nor do I
think it’s a musical by any
means; that’s what I’m
really excited about in
this film, that there’s a
good balance of everything
and Guy Ritchie does an
incredible job at that.
Trivia
01
Hans Zimmer decided to retire from
composing superhero movies after
having worked on scores for Batman,
– Mena Massoud,
Lead Actor
Superman, Wonder Woman, and
Spider-Man, but Simon Kinberg
convinced him to work on this film.
“One of the things I wanted to do with it is to get the
movie outside and make it feel like you’re on location and
put it in real world environments as much as its also in
otherworldly environments. But I wanted it to feel like it
could take place in your neighbourhood,” says Kinberg.
“That particular neighborhood we built from the ground up.
The entire street was a build on the studio up in Montreal,
and it was a massive build. All those houses and the bridge
you see in the distance, all of that was built really not for
the sake of secrecy, but obviously it helped with that. But
more because there’s a lot of action that takes place there.
Houses get blown up, and you couldn’t obviously do that
in a real environment.”
The Director
Simon David Kinberg (born August 2, 1973) is a British-
born American screenwriter, film film and television
02
This will be the first X-Men film to
not feature or reference either Logan/
Wolverine or the actor that portrays
him, Hugh Jackman. This is because
Jackman retired from the role, which
he portrayed since X-Men (2000).
03
This is the fourth movie that James
McAvoy had to shave his head for, the
first three being X-Men: Apocalypse
(2016), Split (2017), and Glass (2019).
04
It’s rumored that Dark Phoenix will
be the final installment of the X-Men
film franchise and that the X-Men film
franchise will be rebooted.
producer. He is best known for his work on the X-Men
film franchise, and has also written many films such as
Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Sherlock Holmes. He has served as
a producer in others including Cinderella and The Martian,
for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Picture. Kinberg makes his directorial debut with
Dark Phoenix, from his own screenplay.
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