Dark Phoenix Pitch Meeting

Step inside the pitch meeting that led to Dark Phoenix!

The X-Men franchise has been running for nearly two decades, and it all culminates with Dark Phoenix, a storyline that the movies already covered in 2006. Once again, Jean Grey goes absolutely bonkers with power, but this time Wolverine isn’t around to stab her. The movie has a pretty awful score on Rotten Tomatoes and definitely raises a lot of questions. Like what’s the deal with the aliens, are they bulletproof or not? Why was Quicksilver dismissed from the movie so quickly? What was up with that Phoenix moment in X-Men Apocalypse? Why do these movies keep jumping forward a decade each time? Is Magneto supposed to be 62 years old, and if so, why is a 42-year-old with no make-up playing him? Why did they show Mystique dying in the trailer?

To answer all these questions and more, step inside the pitch meeting that led to Dark Phoenix! It’s super easy, barely an inconvenience!

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[fenrir]

Taking shots at Game of Thrones writers and Dark Phoenix writers is TIGHT.

[jovalleau]

Oh, ruining the same franchise with the same story twice is TIGHT.

[dylanstarr]

All jokes aside, the "there's always a speech and nobody cares" line was pure gold.

[_KungFuBarbie_]

"Dark Phoenix spoilers"

Yeah whatever

[crocbattle]

Why does FOX have such a hard time doing the Phoenix Saga when a Saturday morning cartoon did it better over 20 years ago?!

[ttvorcao]

The "Super Easy, Barely An Inconvenience" Gets me every Time.

[DoubleK]

"Sometimes they're not bullet proof"
"What do you mean"
"Sometimes bullets kill them"

Thanks for clearing that up for me

[wavingdragon]

Lately the Screenwriter Guy is really turning into a supervillain. And I find myself beginning to root for the Studio Executive Guy.

[phinlyn]

There are 3 things this movie got right:

1. Recruiting Hans Zimmer for the score.
2. Killing off Mystique
3. Providing quality content for a Pitch Meeting.

[LibertyLocalizer]

Mystique: When was the last time you sacrificed anything?
Charles Xavier: [Remembers getting shot and paralyzed and Mystique leaving him for Magneto]

[renapeppers]

Fox: I think it will be difficult for Disney to buy us. We're too big.

Disney: Actually it's super easy, barely an inconvenience

[OneKind]

"Jean gets a force called the pheonix."
"Didn't she have that Phoenixy thing in apocalypse"?
"Unclear."
"Okay then."

[MasterTSayge]

Post credit scene of this movie, Nick Fury shows up,


"I want to start a team, and ya'll aren't invited."

The "UNCLEAR" gets me everytime

[LegalLatinoHeat]

I Look Forward to the Pitch Meeting instead of The Movie. Thanks Ryan

[geardog]

"I can tell this movie is going to be a lot of fun!"

"Not so much, no."

[josh]

"he's something like 42 in real life and that's basically 62 if you round up several times" LOL, that got me off guard 😂😂😂

[calebjackson]

“Hopefully they’re not doing anything with shapeshifting aliens”
“Could you imagine”

[RyZak]

“Hopefully they’re not also doing anything with shapeshifting aliens”
“Can you imagine!?”
Got me good there

[yinbrown]

“Didn’t she go all Phoenix-y at the end of Apocalypse, what was that about?”

“Unclear!”




*screaming*