New Dark Phoenix Poster Revealed Ahead of Trailer

While nearly all the focus in the superhero world has been mostly Captain Marvel-related, there’s another super powerful superhero ready to rise. Fox has released a new poster for writer/director Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix, starring Sophie Turner as the X-Men’s most potent mutant, Jean Grey. The poster hints at Jean’s divided nature, between her controlled self and the uncontrollable Dark Phoenix force.

The two different looks include two specific callouts: on the left-hand side,

The Fabled Haven Jean Grey Escapes to in Dark Phoenix

Even powerful mutants need a place to unwind. The X-Mansion is possibly the most famous location in the X-Men canon, but the first trailer for Dark Phoenix flashed an initial glimpse at a more peaceful setting. On a tiny island, Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) finds Magneto (Michael Fassbender) in a self-sustaining commune. Director Simon Kinberg recently spoke with Empire magazine and confirmed that oasis is exactly what it seems.

The X-Men Turn on Each Other in First Dark Phoenix Teaser

Origin stories of an average human becoming a superhero are always fascinating. Maintaining fidelity of a character helps us build an attachment to them and we can better understand their motivations. We just want to love you, heroes. Let us in! However, the origin story of a villain can be even more interesting as there are often dark twists lying in wait. Even more so if we see a superhero turn into a villain as is expected to be the case with Dark Phoenix.

New X-Men: Dark Phoenix Details Reveal Potential Franchise Shattering Twist

There’s a lot of excitement building about Simon Kinberg’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which is centered on Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), arguably the most powerful mutant in the entire X-men canon. What we’ve known about the project thus far was this; the film would explore how Jean Grey develops her immense powers, which have the ability to turn her into the titular Dark Phoenix, a mutant so potent her very life threatens the world.

Deadpool 2 & X-Men: Dark Phoenix are a Wrap

There’s a lot happening in the world of mutants. Twentieth Century Fox recently shared the first teaser trailer for the haunting New Mutants, a dark take on the world of mutants from director Josh Boone that promises to be closer to a horror film than your average superhero flick, and that has us pretty excited. 

The studio can also celebrate production wrapping on two of their big upcoming titles,

What we Know About X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Here’s what we know for certain; super producer and writer Simon Kinberg (a longtime X-Men creative) will be making his directorial debut with X-Men: Dark Phoenix in 2018, which will bring back a lot of the cast from Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse. Deals have been struck with Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult to return to the franchise (their three-picture deals expired after Apocalypse),