Sophie Turner attends the Sky Women In Film & TV Awards at London Hilton on December 2, 2016 in London, England. (Photo : Getty Images/Jeff Spicer)
In the aftermath of the lukewarm response to "X-Men: Apocalypse" there have been calls to bring forth one of the most iconic storylines in Marvel Comics history.
While it has already been revealed that Fox is going to make a New Mutants movie, it was recently leaked that there are actually two films in production.
In this listing by Production Weekly, a curious entry read: "X-Men: Supernova" (w/t "Dark Phoenix"). In a separate, earlier entry was "X-Men: The New Mutants" which denotes that they are two separate films.
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With this information, it confirms that the X-Men saga will continue and will adapt (re-boot) the Dark Phoenix Saga storyline. While Fox already made that adaptation in the third X-Men movie (X-Men: The Last Stand) in 2006, the movie was highly criticized and it seemingly led to the franchise's end, until the reboot "X-Men: First Class."
If Fox does decide to use the Dark Phoenix saga , the storyline could introduce some new characters, specifically the Shi'ar Empire and their Imperial Guard, as Comic Book.com illustrated.
"The working title of 'Dark Phoenix' is a reference to "The Dark Phoenix Saga," a classic X-Men story written by Chris Claremont and drawn by John Byrne. 'The Dark Phoenix Saga' followed Jean Grey's possession and eventual corruption by the cosmic entity called the Phoenix Force. 'The Dark Phoenix Saga' took the X-Men into space and pitted them against the Imperial Guard of the Shi'ar Empire in trial by combat for Jean's life. 'The Dark Phoenix Saga' ended tragically with Grey sacrificing herself to make sure that the Dark Phoenix did not possess her again."
It's still unconfirmed at this time but they added the working title of "Dark Phoenix" which further ignited speculation. Also, the presence of the Phoenix force was hinted in "X-Men: Apocalypse."
This time, Jean Grey is played by Sophie Turner of "Game of Thrones" fame and this could be her most memorable movie role yet.
