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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 […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix to focus on its female characters

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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 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 […]

Simon Kinberg talks X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Jean Grey’s transformation

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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 […]

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 […]

Jordan Peele rebooting The Twilight Zone on CBS All Access

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For decades, The Twilight Zone has been a staple of the science fiction genre with its anthology of sci-fi and horror tales. Now, CBS is ready to reboot it once again on their All Access streaming service with Get Out director Jordan Peele producing the series with Simon Kinberg through their respective companies, Monkeypaw Productions and Genre Films. Joining […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix will be “grounded” and “not too intergalactic”

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With 20th Century Fox taking another crack at adapting the classic Dark Phoenix Saga, as well as introducing the character of Lilandra and the Shi’ar Empire, one would assume that the X-Men franchise will be going cosmic with next year’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. However, it seems that may not be the case after all – […]

X-Men: Dark Phoenix may have cast its young(er) Jean Grey

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It would appear that director Simon Kinberg and the folks over at 20th Century Fox have zeroed in on an actress to portray a young(er) Jean Grey in 2018’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. According to IMDb (via Screen Rant), Summer Fontana will take on the role that actresses Famke Janssen, Haley Ramm and Sophie Turner all filled before her. […]

Bryan Singer passes the torch to new X-Men director Simon Kinberg

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Bryan Singer has given his blessing to the director of X-Men: Dark Phoenix. News arrived yesterday that Simon Kinberg would be directing the next X-Men film in the franchise, Dark Phoenix. Singer has been perhaps the most influential person on this particular movie franchise, having directed all but two of the main team movies. But […]

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, […]