The next big X-Men movie will start filming soon with X-Men: Dark Phoenix.
It’s said Jessica Chastain is up to play Lilandra, who in the comics is empress of the alien race known as the Shi’ar and has been a love interest to Professor X. It’s further said the Impertial Guard haven’t been ruled out.
Plot details for the X-Men: Dark Phoenix movie are said to be “crudely adapted” from the 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand movie, but to be more in line with the Chris Claremont and John Byrne X-Men comic books. Lilanda will lead the quest to imprison and execute the Dark Phoenix, which sends her into conflict with the X-Men.
Simon Kinberg is writing the X-Men: Dark Phoenix script and will direct.
James McAvoy took to Instagram to tease Jessica Chastain, but notes he isn’t confirming her for the film:
