These factors may have led to DarkPhoenix having the lowest-earning box office debut for an XMen film ever
, the Brett Ratner-directed entry generally considered among the worst in the franchise. Fox then tapped Simon Kinberg to helm the movie., which rebooted the series with a new cast and new time period. Kinberg became an architect of the franchise, but was not a director. However, he stepped behind the camera, to a lesser extent on, when director Bryan Singer would not show up on set, according to several sources.
Shooting began at the end of June 2017 and wrapped in October of that year. But during postproduction, Kinberg and Fox realized reshoots would be needed. Due to a cast that included in-demand actors such as Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jessica Chastain and Nicholas Hoult, the reshoots didn't occur until October 2018. What followed, according to several sources, was two weeks of principal shooting and three weeks of second unit, happening concurrently.
Fox executives were not concerned about the reshoots, which have become de rigueur for big superhero spectacles and are often built into contracts. What the reshoots did, however, was force a change in release dates, and it's here thatAt first, the movie had a release date of Nov. 2, 2018. With more work needed on the movie, it was pushed to Feb. 14, 2019.
the release date to June 3, 2019. Initially, the studio messaged that the move was to take advantage of a Chinese release and hopes for a strong global performance.that the move was to placate James Cameron, Fox's most important filmmaker, and his concerns for his movie,would lose horribly when facing a December opening weekend that included
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