Simon Kinberg Will Officially Direct ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’
By Ben Pearson/June 14, 2017 11:06 am EST
OmegaUnderground brought the news about Kinberg directing, and Deadline added the bit about Chastain’s possible involvement. She’s being eyed for a “new role,” but it’s still unclear exactly what that might be. We also now know that the film has an official release date: November 2, 2018. That’s a relatively quick turnaround for what’s sure to be a huge, effects-laden superhero extravaganza.
I’ll be real with you: after the mess that was Apocalypse, I’m not exactly thrilled about Kinberg stepping behind the camera on this one. I sort of consider him in the Bryan Singer camp as a guy who had his shot at telling multiple stories in this world but should maybe step aside to allow some new perspectives to take a shot at these characters. It doesn’t help that the movie in question here is Dark Phoenix, a storyline we’ve already seen play out in this franchise before.
Still, it’s impressive that he managed to get this cast to all reunite once again – especially a superstar like Lawrence, who has looked increasingly bored playing the role of Mystique over the course of this franchise and has intimated multiple times that Apocalypse may have been her last time playing the character. Looks like she has at least one more X-film to go. Filming starts later this month in Montreal.
