Taglines: A Phoenix will rise. The X-Men will fall.
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.
Dark Phoenix (also known as X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is an upcoming American superhero film based on Marvel Comics’ X-Men characters, produced by 20th Century Fox and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. A sequel to X-Men: Apocalypse, it is the twelfth installment in the X-Men film series and the seventh and final installment in the main series.
The film is written and directed by Simon Kinberg, and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, and Jessica Chastain. In Dark Phoenix, the X-Men must face the full power of the Phoenix (Turner) after a mission to space goes wrong.
After X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) erased the events of X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) from the series’ timeline, Kinberg expressed interest in a new adaptation of Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s “The Dark Phoenix Saga” in a future film that would be more faithful than his previous attempt with The Last Stand, which was not well received.
The new adaptation was confirmed as a follow-up to Apocalypse in 2016. Kinberg signed on to make his directorial debut in June 2017, when the majority of the cast was set to return from Apocalypse. Filming began later that month in Montreal, and was completed in October 2017, with reshoots taking place in late 2018. Dark Phoenix is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 7, 2019.
Dark Phoenix (2019)
Directed by: Simon Kinberg
Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, Jessica Chastain
Screenplay by: Simon Kinberg
Production Design by: Claude Paré
Cinematography by: Mauro Fiore
Film Editing by: Lee Smith
Costume Design by: Daniel Orlandi
Set Decoration by: Eve Boulonne, Cyrille Chatelain, Elise de Blois, Elizabeth Wilcox
Art Direction by: Vincent Aird, Ravi Bansal, David Gaucher, Mathieu Giguère, Vincent Gingras-Liberali, Michele Laliberte, Félix Larivière-Charron, Veronique Meunier, Sandra Nieuwenhuijsen, Kimberley Zaharko, Loic Zimmermann
Music by: Hans Zimmer
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action including some gunplay, disturbing images, and brief strong language.
Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date: June 7, 2019
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