On September 26, 2018, Turner revealed the first trailer for Dark Phoenix on The Late Late Show with James Corden before Fox released it online. Despite being listed as a producer, Lauren Shuler Donner had no involvement in the film and was only given credit due to contract terms.

According to visual effects supervisor Greg Butler, the story was originally meant to be more cosmic, but that aspect of the Phoenix was meant for the second part of the two-film story. Halston Sage briefly appears as Dazzler in the character's first cinematic appearance, [17] Hannah Emily Anderson appears as Jean's mother Elaine, [18] and Lamar Johnson appears as Match. In May 2016, Kinberg said that the next X-Men film after Apocalypse would be set in the 1990s, advancing one decade, as had been done for each of the previous few X-Men films. Rescuing the crew, Jean is struck by the energy; her psychic powers become amplified, but harder to control as her emotional state deteriorates.It also seems unlikely that he’ll appear in the new season, possibly due to a scheduling clash as he spent the last year busy at work on Netflix’s DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. At the start of August, Chastain confirmed her involvement in the film; [61] she was interested in the story, after turning down roles in other superhero films, due to its focus on female characters. The film continues growing the schism between Mystique and Xavier, with Mystique not approving of some of Xavier's methods, though Kinberg hoped that this would be more subtle in Dark Phoenix than in the previous X-Men films.

Claremont remarked, "My problem with both iterations of Dark Phoenix onscreen, the original by Brett Ratner and the newer version by Simon Kinberg, is, I don't think you can do it effectively in 90 minutes. The character of Jean Grey / Phoenix was instead explored "subtly", with the intention of the full story being adapted in the next film instead. This forces the character to become a leader in the film, [13] as he is the most prominent character who holds on to hope as Jean grows more unstable. Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. It was produced, written, and directed by Simon Kinberg (in his feature film directorial debut) and stars an ensemble cast featuring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, and Jessica Chastain.

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Instead it's just a disappointingly average superhero flick, with a familiar story, disinterested actors, some cool action sequences, and a whole lot of missed opportunities. Filming began later that month in Montreal and was completed in October 2017; the entire third act was reshot in late 2018 after test screenings yielded poor responses. Conversely, Variety's Owen Gleiberman summarized his positive review with, "The X-Men franchise wraps up.Remorseful, she attempts to let Vuk take the Phoenix Force from her, but Scott Summers stops her when Vuk reveals the D'Bari's intent to use the force to conquer Earth. Fox Formalizes Simon Kinberg To Helm X-Men: Dark Phoenix; Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy Back, Jessica Chastain In Talks".

Fox Music and Zimmer's studio company Remote Control Productions released the album on August 5, 2019, which received a fairly positive response. He worked with Kinberg to come up with costumes for the X-Men that were closer to the original comic designs that Kinberg had wanted to see in the films since he first joined the franchise, but had never been in a position to control before. On May 23, 2019, a music video for "Extraordinary Being" by Emeli Sandé was released, which featured footage from Dark Phoenix. Due to the influence of lighting and computer monitors, the physical objects and pictures may be slightly different in color. In May 2016, Kinberg said that Dark Phoenix would be the first in a new trilogy focusing on the younger versions of the original X-Men characters who had been introduced in Apocalypse.Jessica Chastain as Vuk: The leader of a shape-shifting alien race known as the D'Bari, who seeks to capture and destroy the Phoenix. X-Men: Dark Phoenix' ending completely reshot due to 'parallels' with another superhero movie (exclusive)".