Tye Sheridan On The Different Approach To X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX And "Shaking Up" The Superhero Genre

Tye Sheridan On The Different Approach To X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX And "Shaking Up" The Superhero Genre

Ready Player One star Tye Sheridan was asked about the upcoming X-Men: Dark Phoenix film which he will reprise his role as Scott Summers/Cyclops in. Find out what the actor had to say after the jump...

By MattIsForReal - Apr 03, 2018 12:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Dark Phoenix
Source: Collider
In addition to starring as Wade Watts in Warner Bros.' Ready Player One, Tye Sheridan is also set to reprise his role as Scott Summers/Cyclops in Fox's X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

Following a lackluster reception to X-Men: Apocalypse, Fox has high hopes for this next installment in the X-Men franchise, which features the emergence of Jean Grey as Phoenix. While the studio previously attempted - and botched - the telling of the Phoenix story arc, the cast and crew have apparently taken a completely different approach this time, according to Sheridan.

"Everyone was on the same page with the idea that we were approaching it as much more of a grounded drama versus a superhero movie," Sheridan told Collider when asked about the movie's tone.

"Something that’s getting old with those universes and all the Marvel movies is that they all look the same and they’re all doing the same thing," he continued. "We really wanted to shake it up, in that sense, and take a different approach to this. Simon Kinberg, who wrote the past three X-Men, directed Dark Phoenix, and I’m super, super excited about it. I think it will turn out well and that it will be a different X-Men than we’ve ever seen before, so that’s exciting."

Without having seen a trailer, it's unclear just how much Dark Phoenix will deviate from the prototypical superhero movie, but Sheridan's comments are intriguing nonetheless.

Originally set for release on November 2 of this year, Fox recently delayed X-Men: Dark Phoenix to February 14, 2019, without citing a reason. According to sources, the delay was due to reshoots which will apparently focus on reworking the film's third act.
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Thanoice
Thanoice - 4/3/2018, 12:36 AM

"Something that’s getting old with those universes and all the Marvel movies is that they all look the same and they’re all doing the same thing,"

There's a good reason Disney is buying out your universe bud
Origame
Origame - 4/3/2018, 4:22 AM
@JustUsLeague - Yeah. So they can ALL look the same.
GhostSurfer
GhostSurfer - 4/3/2018, 5:27 AM
@Origame - Yes, because we all know GOTG feels like Winter Soldier which feels like Ant-Man which feels like Thor Ragnarok which feels like BP which feels like Infinity War..

What a clown..
SwampThing
SwampThing - 4/3/2018, 12:48 AM
He's not entirely wrong, you know. That being said, I'll take most of the MCU movies over every X-Men movie with the exception of Logan.
cookiecrumble
cookiecrumble - 4/3/2018, 12:49 AM
Wow ...that's the whole reason the mcu works for me cos it all looks like its in the same world ...am I missing something?...
greyjedi
greyjedi - 4/3/2018, 12:52 AM
Yeah sure..it all looks the same..the same one that keeps on hitting that billion dollar numbers and 90+ RT
Luminus
Luminus - 4/3/2018, 4:05 AM
@greyjedi - Noice!
TheDpool
TheDpool - 4/3/2018, 12:53 AM
Maybe he's just mad he'll be recast in a few years.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 4/3/2018, 12:53 AM






"Something that’s getting old with those universes and all the Marvel movies is that they all look the same and they’re all doing the same thing..."

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