X-Men: DarkPhoenix could reportedly lose its studio a lot of money.
, the production was doomed from the start. Writer-director Simon Kinberg reportedly wanted to tell the story of Jean Grey’s heel turn in two parts, and wrote it that way. But after the studio had a change of heart, Kinberg was forced to pivot, and essentially had to cram two movies into one feature length script.
Perhaps the most telling sign that something was amiss was how often the release date got pushed back.was reportedly never designed to compete with massive summer fare, which makes its June release date somewhat puzzling in retrospect. Fox reportedly moved it to June to take advantage of a holiday in China, but asdidn’t even top the Chinese box office over the weekend. Clearly, audiences appetites for this iteration of the X-Men has run its course.
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