X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX Trailer Date Has Seemingly Leaked; Should Be Online February 28

The new trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix was recently classified, and now the movie's official Japanese Twitter account appears to have inadvertently revealed when it'll be online. More past the jump...

By MarkCassidy - Feb 11, 2019 02:02 PM EST

Filed Under: Dark Phoenix

The official X-Men Japan Twitter account appears to have revealed that the new trailer for Dark Phoenix will be released just over two weeks from now on February 28. The Tweet was deleted almost immediately, which means they either shared the information prematurely or it wasn't accurate.

We'll find out for sure in a couple of weeks time!

Despite a pretty good first teaser, anticipation is not exactly high for Dark Phoenix, with even some of the franchise's staunchest supporters expressing doubts about what will likely be the final X-Men movie under the 20th Century Fox banner.

Still, a great second trailer has the opportunity to assuage those concerns and build some real hype for this retelling of Chris Claremont's classic comic book arc.

We also have a recent breakdown of the first trailer from director Simon Kinberg, who revealed some intriguing details about the film during a recent interview with Empire.

Simply click on the VIEW LIST (ONE PAGE) button below!

Young Jean

Just like The Last Stand, Dark Phoenix will depict the first meeting between a young Jean Grey and Charles Xavier via flashback, and it sounds like their relationship will be a major part of the story.

“There are not a lot of flashbacks in the movie," said Kinberg. "But that foundational relationship between Young Jean and a younger Charles is one of the core themes of the film.”

Controlling Her Powers

Also very similar to a plot point from the third X-Men movie is the decision to have Xavier limit Jean's capabilities out of fear of how dangerously powerful she could become.

“Charles has been hiding secrets about Jean’s past from her that get revealed over the span of the movie, and only make her more unstable,” say Kinberg.
“It’s the most inopportune time for this character to become unstable emotionally, because she’s becoming unstable in a much different way after this cosmic thing that happened to her in space."

Because of this, the director maintains that Dark Phoenix will be "the most intimate, emotional and personal movie we’ve made."

The X-Men Are Viewed As Heroes In 1992

Kinberg also confirms that Dark Phoenix is set in 1992, nine years after the events of Apocalypse. Yes, Xavier and Magneto are looking well for a couple of dudes pushing 60.

When we catch up with the mutant team in the '90s, they've established themselves as heroes.

“The X-Men have become the X-Men that many of us know from the comics – they are heroes. They’re still viewed as different by society, but they’ve been more embraced than ever before. And when the movie starts in 1992, they are a known superhero team.”

The Costumes

More colorful, comic-accurate costumes were teased at the end of Apocalypse, and in Dark Phoenix the team will be sporting matching yellow and blue outfits, very similar to the ones from Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men back in 2001.

Kinberg reveals that he was just waiting for the opportunity to change-up the designs.

“Avi and Kevin Feige were the chief two people that called me about an X-Men movie 15 years ago. We talked about the costumes, and what Bryan Singer had done I understood and liked, but they were very different to what I had grown up seeing in the comics. So I was excited finally as the director to have more of a say and clothe them in their classic costumes.”

Mystique

Mystique finally chose a side and joined The X-Men at the end of Apocalypse, remaining part of the team in the intervening years. However, it sounds like the events of Dark Phoenix will once again drive a wedge between Raven and Xavier.

“Raven is a part of the X-Men, but she’s critical of some of Charles’ methodologies, in terms of him feeling as though they can just dress up in those costumes and be considered the same as the rest of humanity,” Kinberg explains. “So there is a schism forming between her and Charles."

Jean And Scott

The relationship between Jean Grey and Scott Summers/Cyclops has been the backbone of several major X-Men comic arcs, and it carried over to the initial big-screen adaptations. Here, Kinberg confirms that the pair will indeed be an item in Dark Phoenix, with Scott refusing to give us hope that Jean can be brought back from the void.

"As Jean starts to become more unstable, there are people in the X-Men who don’t think she can be helped and saved, many of whom think the world and others need helping and saving from her. And so Scott is probably the most prominent person who’s holding on to the hope that Jean can be saved.”

Genosha

As we figured, the lush commune where we see Jean encounter Magneto in the trailer is indeed Genosha... or at least, it will be.

“What you’re seeing is the beginnings of Genosha,” confirms Kinberg. “That’s where Erik is when we meet him. It’s like Magneto’s Israel – a land built for mutants, a homeland where they can be safe and self-sufficient."

It seems Jean will seek Eric out because he's the only person she knows that has done terrible and destructive things in the past before finding a way to turn things around.

The Villain

Unfortunately, Kinberg doesn't reveal exactly who Jessica Chastain is playing here, but he does reiterate that she is an extra terrestrial threat of some kind.

“I won’t say much more in detail on the specifics of that. While everyone else is trying to control this power inside of Jean, she’s much more interested in essentially encouraging her to go further with it and try to be the peaceful side of herself. She is the devil on Jean’s shoulder, so to speak.”

The Skrull Queen? Lilandra? Someone else entirely? We'll just have to wait and see.

Phoenix Force

Towards the end of the teaser we get a glimpse of Jean enveloped in flames, followed by a shot of her face streaked with glowing white lines. This signifies that whatever the entity was that latched onto her in space is beginning to manifest - but according to Kinberg, it's far from her "final form."

“That’s not maximum [Phoenix]. That’s a two or a three on the Dark Phoenix spectrum,” warns Kinberg. “It is a manifestation of her transformation from the Jean we know into Phoenix."

The Title

The Dark Phoenix title treatment is very different from the previous movies in the franchise - and not just because Fox decided to drop the "X-Men" part altogether in The US.

Kinberg explains that the non-metallic, slighter font is "emblematic of a new tone for the franchise."

"I wanted it to feel more naturalistic, I wanted it to feel edgier, more handmade, more real. I was very inspired by what James Mangold did with Logan, and I felt like if I could bring a measure of that aesthetic in the film that all of the intergalactic and larger-scale things that happen in the movie would feel more shocking, more realistic, more emotional."

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HeavyMetal4Life - 2/11/2019, 2:23 PM

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dracula - 2/11/2019, 3:45 PM

@HeavyMetal4Life -

HeavyMetal4Life - 2/11/2019, 3:48 PM

@dracula - pretty much, interest level is quite low for this film. I've only seen a handful of people say they are even remotely interested in seeing this movie.

L0RDbuckethead - 2/11/2019, 2:27 PM

Kill this film with fire before it's too late!

theFUZZ008 - 2/11/2019, 4:12 PM

@L0RDbuckethead -
Can’t wait for this film to bomb.

BiggerLuke - 2/11/2019, 2:28 PM

KWilly - 2/11/2019, 2:28 PM

THE DARK PHOENIX TRAILER IS COMING OUT SOON! LOOK OVER HERE!

NinnesMBC - 2/11/2019, 2:28 PM

Two weeks then, got it.

JoJo1982 - 2/11/2019, 3:31 PM

@NinnesMBC - next week

rebellion - 2/11/2019, 2:30 PM

this aint gonna happen

Jeight8 - 2/11/2019, 2:31 PM

Does anyone care at this point? Im already mad kinberg will drive x-men to the ground again after 2006 and after he did the same thing to f4 in 2015.

That is some seripusly impressive feat.

LaserKing - 2/11/2019, 2:31 PM

Normally I tried to be supportive of Comicbookmovies but when they have already served up the phoenix story AND this is the END! I have trouble mustering the strength to care.

ImmovableForce - 2/11/2019, 2:33 PM

This commentary on this film is the answer to what's wrong with over-inflating how good a movie like Logan was.

ImmovableForce - 2/11/2019, 2:38 PM

and the DCEU movies that include Superman are the answer to why it was wrong to over-inflate how good the Nolan Dark Knight movies were.

JosephCronos92 - 2/11/2019, 2:39 PM

What a cute picture, nothing than just one quick f**k before everyrhing burns.

Like Fox and this franchise.

Gimme Savage Land Feige, YOU KNOW YOU WANNA DO IT, i'm ready for an embraced X-Men cinematic approach. Love what Hugh, Sir. Ian and Patrick achieved with their potrayals, as well as with Fassbender and Mccvoy. But i'm ready to turn the page, let this thing fly by and move on.

EskimoJ - 2/11/2019, 2:43 PM

@JosephCronos92 - Savage Land Feige?

JosephCronos92 - 2/11/2019, 2:53 PM

@EskimoJ - man my punctuation game is low today lol, i meant the man with the cap, he's crazy enough to dive in into Savage Land.

BreakTheCode - 2/11/2019, 2:40 PM

Lol why would they think anyone care enough about this movie for them to leak the trailer date?

THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 2/11/2019, 2:40 PM

Just come out already.

StarlordsDad - 2/11/2019, 2:41 PM

I'm trying to get dark Phoenix in the mcu, Feige stop this shit!!!

dezdigi - 2/11/2019, 2:42 PM

I wish someone would just leak the movie and get it over with.

THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 2/11/2019, 2:44 PM

This is my most anticipated CBM for all the wrong reasons.

MyCoolYoung - 2/11/2019, 2:45 PM

Lol man I read this all wrong. I thought the title was saying the movie was dropping soon. Wishful thinking I guess.

This movie is probably my second most anticipated but for all the wrong reasons. I'm not necessarily excited to see it but more so anxious to see what it looks like.

WeaponXCII - 2/11/2019, 2:48 PM

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