Dark Phoenix's first trailer hints at massive change in X-Men franchise

In the last days before it gets absorbed by Disney and potentially integrated into the cinematic world of Marvel, the X Men the movie franchise will take another stand with Dark Phoenix– the second film adaptation of the most famous story of comics, about Jean Gray, good and generous, who has done great damage and caused terrible destruction. (The same story was used as a plot in 2006 X-Men: The final clash.) Put a lot of his chips on The iron Throne star Sophie Turner, the first movie trailer X Men writer and producer turned director Simon Kinberg plan to make sure that this time, the supernova of the powers of John bursts us all.

When superhero franchises like X Men Restart constantly and reconfigure the reality, it is difficult to keep emotional issues in the narrative. Time travel Days of the future past As of 2014, they have proved particularly confusing, both by erasing the stories of previous films and by connecting the younger generation of X-Men, including James McAvoy Professor X and Michael Fassbender Magneto – at the old, led by Sir Patrick Stewart and sir Ian McKellen play those same roles. These tricky timelines and reboot continuities are comparable to those of the comics world, but can be alienating for the casual movie buff. When 2016 X-Men: Apocalypse-Who was trying to launch an even younger class of mutants, with Jean Gray de Turner and Tye Sheridan Cyclops – was widely considered a disappointment, there was talk of starting the entire series from scratch. After all, its four main stars – McAvoy, Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult (Beast), and Jennifer Lawrence (Mystic): all had played their contracts.

But Kinberg, who co-wrote the unpopular Last Stand, lobbied for another chance to get Jean Gray on the wild side. He cited the nominees for 2017 Logan as a major inspiration, not just for the basic appearance of Dark Phoenix– a massive improvement of the ugly and caricatural style of apocalypse– but also for the emotional weight of the new film. Even McAvoy, who appeared in three previous films like Charles Xavier, calls this one "the most moving X Men we did, and the most pathetic. "

So, how is Dark Phoenix deliver that emotional punch when the widespread destruction of Apocalypse, in which Magneto wiped out the big cities and slaughtered more than 100 million people, barely started the audience? It's a response as old as the narrative itself: make it personal.

In the caravan, we see several plans of the distribution wearing black ceremonial clothes and a very sinister plan representing a freshly dug grave. Missing a lot from the trailer, and from these plans in particular, lies Lawrence's mystique – which, in this continuity, was elevated almost like Professor X's sister of McAvoy. X Men actors talked about renewing their contracts for Dark Phoenix, Lawrence could have been the hardest to convince. In the past, she has been frank enough about how much she hates to be painted blue for her role. Has she, Harrison Ford-Like, agree to come back only if they killed his character once and for all? Will his death be directly or indirectly Jean's fault?

Regardless of the machinations that took place behind the screen, the permanent death of an important franchise character and unquestionably the biggest star of the film would give an inevitable weight to what was called the fight for the soul of John Gray. These X Men The movies are usually a stalemate between good and bad, the composition of these teams constantly changing. Habitually, the virtuous professor X is on one side and the favorite anti-hero of all, Magneto, is on the other. But the real joker in this trailer is Hoult Beast, who, seemingly distressed by his mystical love, may end up turning against Charles.

But a major death alone is not enough to make a Dark Phoenix story work. in the Famke JanssenIn the 2006 edition of the story, Professor X Patrick Stewart had the great death in order to give a hard time to the story. When the franchise then canceled this death in later films, she fainted behind Jean's betrayal. The reason Logan sounded like he did it was because this movie indicated that both Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart were finally leaving the franchise, once and for all. Probably.

So many Dark PhoenixSuccess will always depend on Turner's performance – which could be the case where the movie has problems. In 2011, director Matthew Vaughn populated his X Men class with heavyweights acting Fassbender, McAvoy, Lawrence and Hoult, who were largely unknown at the time. But Turner said she was hired for a movie role (probably this one) on a "better" actress because of her rage. The iron Throne fandom and broad social media coverage. Sansa Stark fans, surely devoted, will show themselves to watch Turner unleash his powers, but this is not a role in which she seems to live comfortably. Apocalypse.

Again, that was a few years ago – and fortunately, Turner will not be the only one to design his performance. Dark Phoenix also wrote Jessica Chastain in a role of villain as a person seeking to profit from the power and evil of John. Will gravitas be enough to anchor Turner, or will the character of Jean Gray once again be dropped into what should be his most powerful moment? We will know when Dark Phoenix arrives in theaters on February 14th.

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At the Guys Choice Awards.

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the She Style Awards.

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