Following his lead role in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, Tye Sheridan will next be seen reprising the role of Scott Summers, a.k.a. Cyclops, in 20th Century Fox’s superhero sequel X-Men: Dark Phoenix. The film, which has recently been pushed back from its original November date to February next year, marks the directorial debut of […]
Rumour: Jessica Chastain portraying Miss Sinister in X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Before her casting was officially announced, all rumours pointed towards Jessica Chastain taking on the role of Lilandra, Empress of the Shi’ar Empire, in the next chapter of Fox’s X-Men franchise, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Chastain subsequently denied these rumours, while the first official image revealed her character was “an otherworldly shapeshifter”, leading to speculation that […]
Rumoured details on X-Men: Dark Phoenix reshoots and release date delay
Earlier this week it was announced that 20th Century Fox had pushed back the release date of two of its X-Men movies, with X-Men: Dark Phoenix now opening on February 14th 2019 rather than November 2nd 2018, and The New Mutants moving from February 2019 to August 2nd 2019 (the latter having already been moved […]
Fox pushes back X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants
Fox had big plans for the X-Men franchise in 2018, with the studio originally planning to release a triple-header in The New Mutants, Deadpool 2 and X-Men: Dark Phoenix. However, back in January, the studio announced that it was pushing back the release of The New Mutants from April 2018 to February 2019 – with […]
Tye Sheridan says X-Men: Dark Phoenix is more drama than superhero movie
Charles Xavier and company return this November as 20th Century Fox takes a second crack at adapting the classic Dark Phoenix Saga comic book arc for the big screen with X-Men: Dark Phoenix. While the movie will surely feature plenty of visual spectacle as the X-Men franchise goes cosmic, actor Tye Sheridan – who plays Scott […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix set photo reveals the team’s new costumes
With much of 20th Century Fox’s focus on May’s Deadpool 2, we’re yet to really see much in the way of marketing for the next instalment in the main X-Men franchise, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, save for a batch of first look images that arrived online back in December. Well, while we await the start of […]
Rose Byrne’s Moira MacTaggert won’t be in X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Just as she did with X-Men: Days of Future Past, it seems that X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Apocalypse star Rose Byrne will be sitting out the next – and possibly final – instalment of 20th Century Fox’s main X-Men series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. “Unfortunately, Moira MacTaggert is not showing up,” Byrne told CinemaBlend . “I wish […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix to focus on its female characters
Last week we got our first look at X-Men: Dark Phoenix, the next – and possibly final, following Disney’s takeover of Fox – instalment of the X-Men franchise, and now we have some further details on the film thanks to writer-director Simon Kinberg, who has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that the movie will see a […]
Simon Kinberg talks X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Jean Grey’s transformation
Following hot on the heels of yesterday’s first look images [which we have for you here], long time X-Men writer-producer and debut director Simon Kinberg has been talking to Entertainment Weekly about next year’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, and more specifically Jean Grey’s transformation into the Phoenix. “Jean absorbs those solar flares and then hurls them […]
Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey featured on EW’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix cover, first plot details revealed
Entertainment Weekly has unveiled the cover to the latest issue of its magazine, which features a first look at Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey for the next chapter in 20th Century Fox’s main X-Men franchise, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Check it out here… The site also offers up the first official plot details, confirming that the X-Men […]