
The interview at the ACE Comic con, actress Alexandra Shipp (Storm) has had the opportunity to speak about the situation in which you will find the mutants in X-Men: the Dark Phoenix, struggling with an unstable Phoenician Black, but also, in the event of a Storm, with new powers.

“It's a nice situation, there will be a way to see so many new powers,” says the actress, “Since the Apocalypse, I wanted a bit of continuity between my character and that of Halle Barry. Now, the film is set in the ’90s, in the wake of the setting of the Storm Barry”.

To CinePOP instead, the film's director (and producer, among other things, many other films in the franchise) has explained the drastic change of tone, the more intense and “dark”, it is not only a marketing choice, but a wider choice of narrative.

“Thinking about the other film of the X-Men, this is definitely one of a level tone. And’ dark, dramatic, intense, more intimate than the others previously made, and I say this having worked on many films of the X-Men,” the words of Kingberg “And’ a drama in its purest essence, the protagonist is a young woman who is losing control, becoming dangerous both for herself and for those she loves. By adding science fiction elements typical of the saga, here it becomes a typical film of the X-Men but the actors, the producers and I have discussed mainly a drama, not a sci-fi film and I have to say that I have the greatest actors that interpret them”.

Time ago, Kinberg has long spoken of the film with Empire: “In the film we are in 1992, nine years after the Apocalypse; the X-Men have become the heroes that we all know from the comics, still seen as different from society, but surely the context for them is favorable. Already at the beginning of the film, are a team of superheroes, known to all” the words of the director, who continues “I wanted to make something different from the previous film with regards to aesthetics, I am very proud and satisfied of what we have done. I wanted it to be more real, ‘handcrafted’, James Mangold with his Logan has inspired me a lot and I have tried to bring a tone in a context intergalactic. All the events will be shocking and realistic because they will transmit real emotions. Everything, from the costumes to the title, up to the scene and the X-Jet, will have a more aesthetic simple, very similar to that of the first Star Wars movie”.

Kinberg has also illustrated the situation of the Magneto, have been engaged in building the fatherland, ideal of the mutants, the scarlet witch appears: “What you'll see is the beginning of the scarlet witch appears, a homeland built for the mutants where they can live a self-sufficient and be safe. Jean is Magneto there and he is the only one who can help her with the problems it has, the only one that despite having done the acts despicable is back to being Magneto, a hero. He feels that he has the answers to what is happening, has been able to find a balance even after they have hurt and killed people, some of whom have even loved.”

Central in the film, however, will be the relationship of a Phoenix in Black and with another mutant, Cyclops: “In every iteration, Jean and Scott make their love story more and more central to the plot of the film. Here there is Wolverine and it is definitely a little something less than the situation in the comics, but is crucial to the film that they are a couple. When Jean begins to be unstable, many people think that Jean is lost and focus not on the help her, to save people from her. But Jean can be reintegrated and returned to normal, and Scott is one of the first to believe this.”

Always the magazine has published a new image that offers a complete look at the costume of the X-Men:

The director has commented on the choice of a simple style, and “classic” and realistic for the costumes: “Since I was chosen for this film, I could not wait to bring to the big screen costumes like this,” she explains, “I appreciated the work previously done by Bryan Singer, but they felt too different from the comics. I was excited at the idea that as a director I could have the last word and dress up finally the X-Men with their classic seals”.

Costumes classic or not, what stands out from the promotional materials are the “cracks” on the face of Jean, fairly significant: “it is Not at its maximum power, the Phoenix Black can be two or three times more powerful. Those ‘cracks’ on her face are the signs of the final passage by Jean Felice Black, in the course of the film we see various situations where his body wetsuit, even through the cracks that you have already seen. They are symbolic, they do understand that Jean is losing control, that the force stilled inside of her has openings and wants to emerge, take over, are the manifestation of something more powerful than her, hidden in her body.”

Previously, Entertainment Weekly, Sophie Turner has spoken of the situation of some of the characters,while also highlighting the novelties brought by the film.

“Jean is a teacher at the school of Xavier, and in a steady relationship and happy with Scott. It is in a safe place, but everything jumps when broken, this cosmic force” the words of the actress, “This film will push the world of the X-Men beyond the borders of here seen. Up the ante in the game, transcends the space on earth, it is very intense and exciting, something never before seen in the franchise”.

Dark Phoenix, which will adapt the dark Phoenix Saga, originally published by Marvel in the ’80s, will be the last movie of the universe X-Men before the passage of this to the control of Kevin Feige (due to the purchase of the Disney Fox) that we all know to be the president of Marvel Studios. The film will therefore have the ability to orchestrate the end of the epic cycle,launching what will be the entrance of the characters in the Marvel Cinematic Unvierse (and, for this reason, many fans hope maybe in a funny scene after the credits that emphasizes this aspect).

Jessica Chastain will be the villain Smith, with some elements taken for the character with Mastermind, especially concerning the manipulation of Jean. The director, talking to IGN, promises a character never seen before in the saga, with elements taken from the different characters well known in the comics.

This is the first trailer in ITALIAN, published for the first time during a date with The Late Show and James Corden.

This is the synopsis widespread of the film:

“In the Dark Phoenix, the X-Men face one of their enemies the most formidable and powerful that they could never meet: one of them, Jean Gray. During a rescue mission in space, Jean is struck by a mysterious cosmic force, remaining almost killed her. Once back home, he discovers that this force not only has made it infinitely more powerful, but also much more unstable. Struggling against this new entity that feels inside of her, Jean uses her powers unintentionally, in ways that are incomprehensible, without be able to contain. With the situation out of control and injuring the people he loves the most, the X-Men all begin to be less united, and create splits within the group. Whilst this large family is falling to pieces, all the mutants must find a way to create a common front – not only to save the soul of Jean, but also to save the Earth from aliens who wish to use the force of the Phoenix the Black to rule the galaxy.”

Written and directed by a veteran of the franchise, and Simon Kinberg, X-Men: the Dark Phoenix sees in the cast Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), James McAvoy (Charles Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Nicholas Hoult (Beast), Alexandra Ship (Storm), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops) and Kodi Smit-McPhee(Nightcrawler). Will return with Evan Peters as Quicksilver.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix will be released in Italian cinemas on June 6, 2019.

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