Dark Phoenix (film)

Dark Phoenix

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Title

Dark Phoenix

Aliases

Teen Spirit (working title), X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Universe

Earth-TRN414

Film Details

Directors

Simon Kinberg

Producers

Simon Kinberg; Hutch Parker; Lauren Shuler Donner; Todd Hallowell

Screenplay Writers

Simon Kinberg

Musicians

Hans Zimmer

Cinematographers

Mauro Fiore

Editors

Lee Smith

Distributors

20th Century Fox

Production Companies

Marvel Entertainment; TSG Entertainment; The Donners' Company

Running Time

114 minutes

Rating

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action including some gunplay, disturbing images, and brief strong language

Release Date(s)

June 5, 2019
June 7, 2019 (USA)

Budget

$200 million

Associated Websites

On the Internet Movie Database

Dark Phoenix (film)

Previous Film
X-Men: Apocalypse (May 18, 2016)

Appearances

Featured Characters:

X-Men (Last appearance)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Last appearance)
- Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (Death)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Leaves and rejoins team) (Last appearance)
- Jean Grey (Leaves team) (Last appearance)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Last appearance)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Last appearance)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Last appearance)
- Quicksilver (Peter Maximoff) (Last appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Last appearance)
Selene (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
Ariki (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Antagonists:

Phoenix (Only appearance)^[1]
Vuk (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Impersonates Margaret)
Jones (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
Numerous unnamed D'bari (Only appearance)^[1]

Other Characters:

Dr. John Grey (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Main story and flashback)
Elaine Grey (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Only in flashback)
Margaret (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
Dazzler (Only appearance)^[1] (Cameo)
Match (Only appearance)^[1] (Cameo)

Races and Species:

Humans (Main story and flashback)
Mutants (Main story and flashback)
D'bari

Locations:

Earth-TRN414 (Main story and flashback) (Last appearance)
- Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
  - Sol System (Main story and flashback)
    - Earth (Main story and flashback)
      - United States of America (Main story and flashback)
        New York (Main story and flashback)
        Westchester County (Main story and flashback)
        North Salem (Main story and flashback)
        Salem Center (Main story and flashback)
        Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (Main story and flashback)
        
        New York City
        Brooklyn
        Red Hook
      - Genosha
      - France
        Paris
      - Earth Orbit
- Shi'ar Galaxy (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  - D'bari System (Only appearance; destruction in flashback)

Items:

Vehicles:

X-Jet

Plot

Jean Grey is nearly killed during a rescue mission in space when she is hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Upon returning home, this force makes Jean much more powerful and much more unstable. Jean, losing control over her own powers, begins to unravel the very fabric that keeps the X-Men together. With the X-Men falling apart, they must find a way to unite to save Jean's soul and our planet from the aliens who wish to use this force to rule the galaxy.^[2]

Cast

James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier
Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkholme / Mystique
Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy / Beast
Sophie Turner as Jean Grey / Phoenix
- Summer Fontana portrays eight-year old Jean
Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers / Cyclops
Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe / Storm
Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver
Kodi Smit-McPhee as Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
Jessica Chastain as Vuk

Additionally, Scott Shepherd and Hannah Anderson appear as John and Elaine Grey. Ato Essandoh portrays Jones. Brian d'Arcy James makes an appearance as the President of the United States. Halston Sage and Lamar Johnson cameo as Dazzler and Match, respectively. Chris Claremont cameos as a White House guest. Kota Eberhardt and Andrew Stehlin appear as Selene Gallio and Ariki, respectively.

Notes

20th Century Fox announced the November 2, 2018 release date for X-Men: Dark Phoenix in April 2017 alongside two other movies, Deadpool 2 and The New Mutants, but later pushed back the date for this film to February 14, 2019.^[3]^[4] This film was later pushed back again to June 7, 2019, taking the release date of the then planned film Gambit.^[5]
On October 14th, 2017, it was announced that this film along with Deadpool 2, had both wrapped filming.^[6]

Trivia

The film's climax was originally set in space. The movie underwent lengthy reshoots to give the finale a more grounded feel,^[7] and to avoid parallels with the endings of Captain America: Civil War and Captain Marvel, the latter being also in production at the time of Dark Phoenix. According to director Simon Kinberg, the original ending didn't have the entirety of the X-Men assembled together, and the movie's use of characters was similar to Civil War in the sense that big action action set piece where everyone is involved occurred at the end of the second act, whereas the third act involved fewer characters and a more intimate exploration of their emotions. Kinberg also admitted Jean's sequences in space displaying her full power were reminiscent of some of the visuals in Captain Marvel.^[8]
According to studio insiders, the film's original premiere date delay from November 2018 to February 2019 was made to placate star director James Cameron, who felt concern for the competition his film Alita: Battle Angel, which premiered on January 2019, would face.^[9]

While this is the last X-Men movie released directly by 20th Century Fox, this is also technically the first X-Men movie distributed by Disney after its acquisition of Fox in March.