X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Kota Eberhardt and Scott Shepherd have reportedly joined the cast ofX - man : Dark Phoenix . Even though chief photography get down in late - June , Twentieth Century Fox keeps adding actors to the next installment in the X - Men film franchise . The already robust cast featuresthe return key of James McAvoy as Professor X , Michael Fassbender as Magneto , Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique , Tye Sheridan as Cyclops , and Sophie Turner as Jean Grey .
Taking a second crack at adapting Chris Claremont ’s ' The Dark Phoenix Saga ' , Simon Kinberg – who co - wrote 2006’sX - gentleman’s gentleman : The Last StandwithZak Penn – penned theX - humankind : Dark Phoenixscript and is making his directorial debut . The film is purportedly set in the other ‘ XC , nearly a X afterX - Men : Apocalypse , and will show Jean struggle to command the Phoenix Force – a hefty cosmic entity that she unleashed in the late film while incinerating the world ’s first mutant , En Sabah Nur . roll in the hay how sinewy and dangerous the entity can be , the Shi’ar Empire ( led by Jessica Chastain ’s Empress Lilandra ) will arrive to Earth to capture and put down the Phoenix . Meanwhile , the secondary storyline is rumored to focus onMagneto as a cult - like leaderof the iconic mutant camarilla know as the Acolytes .
As for the new additions , That Hashtag Showreports that Eberhardt , a model - turned actress who made her pic unveiling in 2016’sThe Persian Connection , is play Luna – which is believe to be a codename . Based on a leak character crack-up , Luna is line as“beautiful , ” “ intense , ” “ exude a gumption of force , ” “ slightly unhinged,”and“a commanding front . ”
Shepherd , who is well know for his supporting roles in HBO’sThe Young Popeand Steven Spielberg’sBridge of Spies , will portray Jean ’s father : Dr. John Grey . If anIMDBlisting prove true , Shepherd will more than probable only reverse up in the flashback sequence that will showThe OriginalsstarSummer Fontana as a young Jean Grey . In the strip , Dr. Grey was a history prof at Bard College . The quality first appeared inX - human beings # 5(May , 1964 ) and on - filmdom inX - man : The Last Stand –played byAdrian Hough .
Furthermore , Evan Jonigkeit and Gregg Lowe are allege to be in dialogue with the studio to recapitulate theirX - Men : Days of Future Pastroles as Toad and Ink , severally . They were among the mutant GI ’s in Saigon , which also included Alex Summers / Havok ( Lucas Till ) , that Mystique deliver from Major William Stryker . By disguising herself , Mystique was capable to prevent Stryker from transport her fellow variation to Trask Industries to be experiment on .
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Source : That Hashtag Show
