The Next ‘X-Men’ Sequel Will Shoot This Year, According To Sophie Turner
By Angie Han/Feb. 13, 2017 1:30 pm EST
Hey U Guys caught up with Turner at the BAFTAs red carpet last night. Asked what projects she had coming up next, Turner answered:
The next X-Men movie will jump ahead to the 1990s, in keeping with the same bizarre pace established by the past three films. (First Class was set in the ’60s, Days of Future Past in the ’70s, and Apocalypse in the ’80s, though for some reason none of the characters seem to have aged more than five years across all those decades.) It’s rumored to be titled X-Men: Supernova, and believed to be an adaptation of the Dark Phoenix storyline from the comics. At least, that’s what Bryan Singer seemed to be hinting in a recent interview:
Longtime X-Men fans will recall that elements of the Dark Phoenix arc were incorporated into X-Men: The Last Stand. But no one seemed particularly thrilled with the results — not the filmmakers, not the fans, and not the critics — so it wouldn’t be too surprising if the franchise producers wanted to take another crack at the classic storyline, now with a brand-new Jean Grey.
Another thing that’s been introduced in the comics is a big alien, interstellar tenant within the X-Men universe that hasn’t been explored. And to me, that might be kind of fun because I’m a huge Star Wars and Star Trek fan, and exploring the X-Men universe and being able to utilize that would be exciting, visually.
