X-Men: Dark Phoenix
James McAvoy saysX - Men : Dark Phoenix ’s original conclusion was reshot because it was too like to another recent superhero movie . The final entry in Fox ’s mainlineX - Menfilms , Dark Phoenixwill bring theX - Menprequel series to a end when it arrives next week . direct by Simon Kinberg ( the enfranchisement ’s longtime author - producer),Dark Phoenixalso mark the second alive - action adaptation of The Dark Phoenix Saga comics after 2006’sX - Men : The Last Stand . In both cases , the storey revolve aroundX - Men Jean Grey and her transformationinto the ultra - powerful , but often destructive Phoenix .
Dark Phoenixwas initially scheduled to get in November 2018 , but was later detain to 2019 ( first February , then to June ) to make elbow room for the film ’s reshoots last year . Kinberg and his gang have already explicate some of the changes they made during the pickup shoots , likeshifting the close ’s setting from outer spaceto a military train so as to give the climactic conflict a more grounded feel . However , allot to Charles Xavier himself , that was n’t the only intellect the original termination got a drastic overhaul during post - production .
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During an audience withYahoo ! Moviesto encourage theX - Menfilm , McAvoy saidDark Phoenix ’s initial closing changed"a hell of a lot"during reshoots , adding that it had to evolve because"there was a lot of overlap and parallel with another superhero movie that came out … a while ago " . However , in the literal video , McAvoy on the face of it part to say"recently"before changing to"a while ago " , leading some to speculate that he ’s mouth about a picture that only came out a few month back .
The obvious defendant here isCaptain Marvel , and for a few reasonableness . It ’s confirmed thatDark Phoenixoriginally finish with a showdown in infinite , which is also whereCaptain Marvel ’s climatic conflict consume place . More than that , the film was already well into production by the timeDark Phoenix ’s reshoots were being plot . Disney had also begin its skill of Fox ’s movie and video assets by that point , so it ’s possible they ( and , by extension service , Marvel Studios ) gaveDark Phoenix ’s creatives a heads - up about the movie ’s similarities toCaptain Marvel , to forfend make too much overlap between them . And asYahoo ! Moviesnoted in their write - up , Kinberg ’s even claimed the visuals effect for Jean ’s Phoenix transformation were alter in stake - production to look more"cosmic"than"flamy " … which , arguably , sounds like another way of saying " less like Carol Danvers ' super - powered state " .
Whatever the case may be , Dark Phoenix ’s third act appear and sound far more ground now than the cosmic finale that was plan to begin with on . It ’s possible that ’s for the skilful ( as McAvoy toldYahoo ! Movies ) , seeing as Kinberg ’s report the rest of the film as being relatively down to earth and"not too intergalactic"since well before the Disney - Fox deal and/or the subsequent reshoots . If so , a showy and more soup - up last might have mat up out of home , compared to everything that transpired up to the third number . Here ’s hope that ’s the case , anyway , andDark Phoenixfares well on its own ( all comparing to other superhero blockbuster aside ) .
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