Twentieth Century Fox next X-Men movie, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, is directed by Simon Kinberg who has written quite a few of the franchise movies including this one.
The movie stars James McAvoy as Charles Xavier, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nightcrawler, Tye Sheridan as Cyclops, Alexandra Shipp as Storm, Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven/Mystique, and Jessica Chastain as Smith.
The Blu-ray, DVD, and digital streaming is available. The bonus features include a hilarious, but important, one-on-one “How to Fly Your Jet to Space” lesson in the Special Features section. You get hours of extensive special features and behind-the-scenes insights from Simon Kinberg and Hutch Parker delving into everything it took to bring the movie to the screen.
New faces and a new director makes for a promising movie. Kinberg is favorably familiar with the story that follows Jean Grey, played by Turner, who begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix. The second trailer starts off with Grey being with her mother and father. It’s a happy moment that turns to destruction and death.
The story is an extended version of the fictional Marvel Comics’ series penned by both Chris Claremont and illustrated by both Dave Cockrum and John Bryne.
The X-Men will have to decide if the life of a team member is worth more than all the people living in the world. That shouldn’t be too hard to figure out. Don’t you think?
Still, they share their existence as unique beings who are outcasts because they don’t fit in with the status quo. It will be interesting to see how the X-Men handle their rogue mutant – Dark Phoenix.
The most recent poster shows all the characters in the movie. The imagery indicates the influence Dark Phoenix has on all other them. She is a true anti-hero.
The next trailer tells us a huge spoiler. It’s not blunt but obvious. Jean is an out of control killing machine. The green screen and CGI effects are unbelievable. They mesmerized me throughout the trailer – some true sound editing and mixing worth experiencing in the movie theater. The box office draw is diehard fans.
It looks like she’s turned into a bad girl. The trailer explains how it happens and when it happens. The X-men want to kill her, so they can protect themselves and society. The special effects (CGI) looks pretty good, showing us all that is happening. It appears the Dark Phoenix is in a chaotic world all her own.
The next two featurettes are keepers. Each one stands out as a unique reason for telling the story of the Dark Phoenix. One featurette gives us hope and introduces us to the writer and editor of the comic book series – Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson.
The next featurette shows us the history of the X-Men, though some are women. We learn the Dark Phoenix is a huge battle for them and the outcome is what we all want to know.
