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Evan Peters says X-Men: Dark Phoenix is closer in tone to First Class than Apocalypse

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We’ve heard on several occasions from director Simon Kinberg that X-Men: Dark Phoenix will be more “grounded” than past instalments in the main X-Men franchise, in an effort to “course correct” the series after the mixed reception to 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse.Now, in an interview with Collider, actor Evan Peters – who plays the speedster Quicksilver […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix is more grounded than past X-Men movies, says Simon Kinberg

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Director Simon Kinberg has revealed that X-Men: Dark Phoenix will be more grounded than past movies in the franchise.X-Men movies aren’t exactly known for their restraint, with 2017’s Logan being a notable exception. This is about to change, however, as the next movie in the main series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, is going to be more […]

Simon Kinberg hopes Gambit movie will shoot this summer

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X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is holding out hope that the Gambit movie will shoot this summer.While Fox is doing some interesting things with their Marvel properties of late and hoping to find further success with the likes of Deadpool 2, one movie that just can’t seem to get going is the Channing Tatum Gambit movie.In […]

Universal secures rights to Jessica Chastain’s all-star female spy thriller 355

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Last week Jessica Chastain spoke passionately about taking her idea for spy-thriller 355 to sell at the Cannes Film Festival. Now Deadline is reporting that the film has been bought by Universal Pictures for a whopping $20 million.Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is set to direct 355, “a large-scale espionage film” that will feature Jessica […]

X-Men producer confirms Channing Tatum’s Gambit is still in the works

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One of the producers of the X-Men franchise has confirmed that the Channing Tatum-led Gambit movie is still alive.News that Disney might be purchasing 20th Century Fox and therefore acquiring their X-Men and other Marvel-related properties has, of course, excited a lot of fans. But it has also cast some doubt on the Fox Marvel […]

Hans Zimmer comes out of superhero retirement to score X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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A couple of years ago, composer Hans Zimmer announced that was retiring from scoring superhero films with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice having been his last one. Zimmer’s comic book movie credits include the scores to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and now he is apparently coming out of his superhero […]

Sophie Turner talks X-Men: Dark Phoenix, praises director Simon Kinberg

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The latest – and potentially final – instalment of Fox’s main X-Men franchise is set to arrive in November 2018, as long-time franchise writer and producer Simon Kinberg takes a second stab at one of the most popular X-Men comic book arcs in X-Men: Dark Phoenix.Unlike X-Men: The Last Stand, Kinberg finds himself in the […]

Simon Kinberg on course correcting the X-Men series with Dark Phoenix, confirms Genosha

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After more than a decade serving as writer and producer on 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise, Simon Kinberg now finds himself behind the camera for the latest chapter of the main series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix.Earlier in the week we saw some first look images from the movie – Fox’s second attempt at adapting The Dark […]

First-look images from X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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Following o from its cover reveal, EW has now posted a batch of first-look images from next year’s X-Men sequel X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which includes shots of Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Professor X (James McAvoy), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Magneto (Michael Fassbender), director Simon Kinberg and Jessica Chastain’s […]

Simon Kinberg to direct X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Jessica Chastain cast alongside returning stars

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Fox has finally settled on a director for the upcoming X-Men: Dark Phoenix. As per Deadline (and previous reports), longtime X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is now confirmed to take the director’s chair in his directorial debut. Furthermore, the rumour that Jessica Chastain was in talks for the film has also panned out: she will reportedly play the film’s villain, […]