Singer gets to direct the film set in space and likely to tackle the Dark Phoenix arc, also rumors suggest that FOX could reach a similar deal that Sony with Marvel. Could we see Logan return to the MCU or possibly see some MCU characters cross into FOX?
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
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It'll probably be his last film for the forseeble future, the newer releases are going to be more focused on Deadpool replacing Wolverine as the franchise's breadwinner and The New mutants trilogy. On top of Xforce and Gambit all coming down the pipeline as well
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X-Men: Supernova Working Title Points to Dark Phoenix Storyline
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The X-Men franchise is at something of a crossroads, with respect to where 20th Century Fox will take the property next on the big screen. 2016’s Deadpool was highly successful and steered clear of the mainline X-Men film narrative, whereas last year’s X-Men: Apocalypse was met with mixed reception; despite the largely positive response to its two previous installments in the First Class trilogy and the infusion of a new, young cast of mutants. As such, Fox is now moving full speed head with spinoffs in the forms of Deadpool 2 and a different young X-Men team adventure, New Mutants.
As for the future of the central X-Men films; the ending to Apocalypse did set up a number of possibilities. One of the potential stories that has been teased for some time is a second attempt at the Dark Phoenix storyline in the X-Men movie universe. Now, following reports that the next mainline X-Men film is titled X-Men: Supernova, the working title for the movie suggest that a “Dark Phoenix 2.0” storyline is indeed in the work.
Production Weekly is reporting that Supernova (as it’s known for now) is operating under the working title “Dark Phoenix.” Not only is this an obvious reference to the aforementioned X-Men story, it also indicates that this project is in fact happening and is separate from New Mutants. The working title also indicates that Fox is close to green-lighting the film, despite having no cast members nor a director officially onboard, at this time.
Phoenix Force X Men: Supernova Working Title Points to Dark Phoenix Storyline
Following the news that Supernova should be the next film in the core X-Men series, we speculated that “Dark Phoenix 2.0” is, in fact, on the way. Not only would this give Fox a chance to do a proper live-action adaptation of the comic book story after X-Men: The Last Stand‘s poorly-received attempt, it would also give Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey a prominent role in Supernova. This is not a complete surprise either, seeing the third act of Apocalypse shows Turner’s Jean Grey tapping into her Phoenix powers.
Based on previous comments by writer/producer Simon Kinberg, Supernova may continue the recent trend of 10 year jumps between X-Men films and take place in the 1990s (possibly putting it alongside New Mutants chronologically). Frequent X-Men helmsman Bryan Singer is not expected to return as director on Supernova, though it’s been reported that First Class trilogy stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence might all appear in some capacity.
McAvoy, in particular, is expected to reprise his role as Charles Xavier/Professor X in New Mutants, so it wouldn’t require a huge stretch of the imagination to think McAvoy could appear in both New Mutants and Supernova (seeing as the actor continues to express his interest in playing Professor X again). If that happens and Supernova does explore the Dark Phoenix storyline, then hopefully things will work out better for McAvoy’s Xavier than they did Patrick Stewart’s Professor X in The Last Stand.
X-Men: Supernova is reportedly in development, but has no official release date.
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
After Apocalypse which was barely passable, still not looking forward to this. They should just let the FoX-Menverse die or reboot. Well, Singer being gone would be a step up, but won't believe till I see it. I know this has all been said a lot, but my God does it need to happen.
Great plot, great villains (Magneto, Stryker, and Lady Deathstrike all in one film), gave all the xmen time to shine instead of just Wolverine, that amazing Nightcrawler intro, the Xavier mansion attack scene,(etc...). There were a bunch of things that made X2 amazing
Your right. I actually like that one. I just have Apocalypse fresh in my mind. He's directed 2 Xmen movies that were great (X2, DoFP), one that was good (X1), and one that was flat out bad (Apoc). Not a terrible battling record despite his most recent attempt.
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