Back in April, just weeks beforeX-Men: Apocalypsedebuted in theaters, a rumor surfaced that claimed 20th Century Fox’s nextX-Menmovie would be a reboot of theDark Phoenixsaga, a story which was told in the last film of the original trilogy,X-Men: The Last Stand. The studio never confirmed or denied that rumor, but today another report claims that this Dark Phoenix story will be the “central focus” of this newX-Menmovie. The studio hasn’t confirmed this report yet, but given the earlier rumor, it’s certainly possible that the studio is considering this story line.
Latino Review reports that the movie would center onSophie Turner’s Jean Grey, although the site acknowledges it may be possible that the movie series could be rebooted again, but there’s no evidence of that happening yet. The story would follow how Jean’s growing power becomes a threat to the entireX-Menteam as a whole.
While the Dark Phoenix story was covered in the originalX-Men trilogy, the events ofX-Men: Days of Future Pastessentially wiped out that entire timeline, meaning it would be plausible to bring this story back withSophie Turner’s version of Jean Grey. It’s possible this could be a continuation ofX-Men: Apocalypse, since the Phoenix Force, long considered to be the most powerful force in the entire Marvel comics universe, was used to help destroy Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) inX-Men: Apocalypse. ProducerSimon Kinberghas already confirmed that the next movie would be set in the 1990s.
DirectorBryan Singerrecently confirmed thatX-Men 7will be at least partially set in outer space, while confirming that the movie will be set in the 1990s. It isn’t known if this project he’s referring to is the currently untitledX-Men 7, or if it’sThe New Mutantsor another spin-offX-Force, but hopefully we’ll get more details soon. It’s possible that the cast of the prequel trilogy could actually be split up between all of these movies.
WhileX-Men 7may certainly center onJean Grey, and may also bring inJames McAvoyas Professor X, other characters fromX-Men: Apocalypseand the other prequel movies may move over toThe New Mutants. Characters such asStorm(Alexndra Shipp), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and Jubilee (Lana Condor) are believed to be featured inThe New Mutants, but a full character list has yet to be confirmed. 20th Century Fox hasn’t confirmed production details or release dates for either film.
