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- During a rescue mission in outer space, Jean is nearly killed when she's hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now band together to save her soul and battle aliens that want to use Grey's new abilities to rule the galaxy.
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Jun 7, 2019 · X-Men: Dark Phoenix: Directed by Simon Kinberg. With James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult. Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix, causing the X-Men to have to decide if her life is worth more than all of humanity.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Simon Kinberg
- 2019-06-07
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Dark Phoenix (titled onscreen, marketed internationally and released on home media as X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is a 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics X-Men characters.
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By Jesse Schedeen
Updated: Jun 6, 2019 11:45 pm
Posted: Jun 6, 2019 2:12 pm
With the (last?) X-Men movie Dark Phoenix hitting theaters, Jean Grey once again loses control and becomes the cosmic destroyer known as the Dark Phoenix.
The Phoenix Force is one of the most powerful and dangerous entities in the Marvel Universe. It exists as a living embodiment of creation and passion. Its sole purpose is to burn away the old and outdated and make room for new life to grow and flourish in its place.
All that raw power needs to be directed, and that's why the Phoenix Force has made a habit of bonding with flesh-and-blood lifeforms. Its favorite host will always be Jean Grey, a mutant with the potential to either save the world or destroy it utterly. It's only through this fusion of cosmic force and powerful mutant that the Dark Phoenix is born.
The Phoenix Force possesses nearly limitless power and is capable of absorbing even more energy from its surroundings. It can even drain the life force of beings who don't exist yet, killing them before they have a chance to live. With this power at its disposal, the Phoenix is capable of scorching planets and even entire solar systems as it travels the galaxy. Nor is it a mindless force of destruction. The Phoenix Force has an advanced intelligence and a cosmic awareness that allows it to observe events across the Marvel Universe.
The Phoenix often chooses mortal hosts with which to bond, feeding on their passions and desires almost like an emotional parasite. This bonding process greatly enhances the host's powers. In the case of Jean Grey, her already impressive telepathy and telekinesis are boosted to almost limitless levels.
The Phoenix Force was first introduced by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum in 1976's Uncanny X-Men #101. That issue features the X-Men nearly meeting their doom aboard a failing spaceship, only for Jean Grey to suddenly manifest newfound levels of power and save the team from crashing into the Hudson.
This story kicked off an ongoing mystery that would play out in the pages of Uncanny X-Men for several years. Over time, the X-Men encounter Lilandra and other members of the Shi'ar Empire and learn the true nature of the Phoenix Force and its connection to Jean. At first, Jean is able to use her incredible powers for the benefit of the universe. She even saves the Shi'ar and all of existence from the destructive M'Kraan Crystal.
Unfortunately, Jean slowly finds herself becoming overwhelmed by this power and the influence of the emotion-starved Phoenix. Making matters worse is the interference of the Hellfire Club, an elite organization of mutant power players determined to use the Phoenix's power for their own ends. These comic book villains wind up inadvertently unleashing Jean's full power and sparking her transformation from Phoenix to Dark Phoenix. Now completely out of control, the Dark Phoenix's first act is to devour the D'Bari star system and wipe out billions of lives in an instant.
This act of cosmic genocide attracts the wrath of the Shi'ar Empire and Queen Lilandra's Imperial Guard, The X-Men initially choose to fight the Shi'ar rather than hand over their comrade to face justice. But plagued by guilt over her actions and desperate not to lose control again, Jean sacrifices herself to spare the universe from the wrath of the Dark Phoenix. Marvel opted for this outcome over their originally planned ending, which would have featured Jean turning herself into the Shi'ar and being lobotomized. The death of Jean GreyThis was far from the end of the Jean Grey/Phoenix saga, however. Jean herself eventually returned to the X-Men comics, with readers learning that the Phoenix had actually copied her form and left the real Jean Grey buried in stasis in Hudson Bay. This was Marvel's way of bringing the character back while absolving her of her role in the D'Bari massacre.
The Dark Phoenix Saga has taken on new life outside of Marvel's comics. Each of Marvel's animated X-Men shows have featured some version of that story. Most notably, the third season of X-Men: The Animated Series adapts the classic Phoenix storylines in two five-episode arcs called "The Phoenix Saga" and "The Dark Phoenix Saga." However, this versi...
Jean's Dark Phoenix form also appeared in subsequent animated series X-Men Evolution, Wolverine and the X-Men and X-Men Anime. Jean's Phoenix form has also appeared in a number of video game series, including X-Men: Mutant Academy, X-Men Legends, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and Marvel vs. Capcom.
The Dark Phoenix Saga was loosely adapted for film in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand, with Famke Janssen's Jean serving as the main antagonist of the film. The Last Stand made numerous changes to the source material, however, including removing the cosmic elements and depicting the Dark Phoenix as Jean's repressed dark side rather than a separate entity. The film attracted criticism from many fans for some of these changes, including the decision to have Jean kill major characters like Cyclops and Professor X before ultimately being killed herself by Wolverine. Famke Janssen as Dark Phoenix in X-Men: The Last StandFortunately, with 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past effectively rebooting X-Men movie continuity from 1972 onward, the series has a second chance to tackle this beloved source material. Dark Phoenix will offer a new take on a familiar story, this time with Sophie Turner playing the role of Jean and The Last Stand writer Simon Kinberg taking over as director. The film is set in the '90s (roughly a decade after the events of X-Men: Apocalypse) and revolves around Jean battling the emergence of the Phoenix Force and the influence of a manipulative alien villain (played by Jessica Chastain).
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Jun 7, 2019 · Overview. This is the story of one of the X-Men's most beloved characters, Jean Grey, as she evolves into the iconic DARK PHOENIX. During a life-threatening rescue mission in space, Jean is hit by a cosmic force that transforms her into one of the most powerful mutants of all.
Jun 7, 2019 · In an early scene in “Dark Phoenix,” the X-Men are sent on a mission to save a crew of a space shuttle that is spinning out of control. Jean Grey, Professor X, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Quicksilver (Evan Peters), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), and Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee) spring into action ...
The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in outer space, Jean is nearly killed when she's ...
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Dark Phoenix, known also as X-Men: Dark Phoenix, is a 2019 epic drama superhero film, the seventh film of the mainline of the X-Men film series and the overral twelfth film of the series.
