Dark Phoenix Director Says Film Is Inspired By…Thor: Ragnarok?

Dark Phoenix could be a big deal for Fox and Simon Kinberg. It’ll mark the second attempt at telling the beloved comic book run of the same name. There are many fans out there already dismissing the movie, but if good, it can really cement Simon Kinberg as a big Hollywood director and be a solid way for them to bow out the X-Men before they are incorporated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (if that’s what Disney does with them).

And speaking of the MCU, it looks like Dark Phoenix has a little bit of MCU influence — more specifically, an influence from one of its latest entries, Thor: Ragnarok. Speaking with EW, the filmmaker made this comparison himself after expressing his apologies for his hand in X-Men: The Last Stand, which he co-wrote:

“I’m sorry for X-Men 3. We tried to tell the Dark Phoenix story and we didn’t do it properly. So, with this Dark Phoenix story there is no ‘cure’ plot, there is no other plot. It is the Dark Phoenix story, as told in comics, as told in the cartoons. Sophie is the center of the film, that’s why she’s the one person that’s in the teaser poster. The entire movie revolves around her. It’s a movie that goes into space and is cosmic, very much inspired actually by what [Taika] did with Thor — even though the tone is totally different — but just the ability to make a character movie that still feels grounded, and fun, but is in whole other universes. Jessica Chastain’s character plays an alien, and that’s all I can tell you about that. But, yeah, it’s the Dark Phoenix story and if you’ve read that comic I think you’re going to like the movie a lot.”

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Hmm…straight up, I have no idea what he’s talking about. I would describe Thor: Ragnarok in many ways, but if there is one way I would very much avoid, it’s calling it “grounded.” There is nothing about that film that’s grounded. It’s fun, goofy, off-the-wall, weird, wacky, but not grounded. But perhaps he means how the movie still managed to be good despite feeling so different? Despite the weird tone, it still managed to make Thor relatable? I’m not so sure.

But how do you interpret this quote? Do you have a better grip on what Kinberg was saying than I do? Let us know down below!

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SOURCE: EW

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