Brian Michael Bendis Still Writing Secret Marvel Project Despite Disney/Fox Deal

During an interview with ComicBookMovie.com, Brian Michael Bendis confirmed he is still writing director Tim Miller’s secret Project 143 despite Fox’s Marvel movies being on hold while the Disney deal is in progress.

Earlier this month, X-Men film series producer Lauren Shuler Donner confirmed some of Fox’s planned Marvel projects are have been put on hold for the time being. However, writer Brian Michael Bendis stated he is still working on the secret “Project 143” project for director Tim Miller (which is rumored to be centered on X-Men hero Kitty Pryde) despite the pending Disney deal:

“I’m literally working on it today. I know there’s confusion and guesswork about what’s going on with Fox and Disney but I have no information about that. I do not know what is going on with anything other than that I have been contracted to do something I’m very excited to do with someone I really, really like as a creator. I think Tim is one of the best ever and I’m having a really good time doing it so we’ll see what happens. Honestly, I was literally taking a break from writing it to check Twitter the other day and someone said ‘Hey, what’s going on with that thing?’ and I said I’m working on it right now but didn’t realise that was news so, yeah, I’m still working on it.”

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In the meantime, the final X-Men film before Disney acquires 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets is due hit theaters this summer.

In DARK PHOENIX, the X-MEN face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey. During a rescue mission in space, Jean is nearly killed when she is hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. Wrestling with this entity inside her, Jean unleashes her powers in ways she can neither comprehend nor contain. With Jean spiraling out of control, and hurting the ones she loves most, she begins to unravel the very fabric that holds the X-Men together. Now, with this family falling apart, they must find a way to unite — not only to save Jean’s soul, but to save our very planet from aliens who wish to weaponize this force and rule the galaxy.

Directed by Simon Kinberg, Dark Phoenix stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, and Jessica Chastain.

Dark Phoenix will be released in theaters on June 7, 2019.

Source: ComicBookMovie.com