This 'Dark Phoenix' International Poster Is a Retro Comic Throwback
The "Dark Phoenix" will be rising next summer when the "X-Men" character -- who emerges from Jean Grey, played by Sophie Turner -- gets her own spinoff. And a new international poster for the flick is giving fans a huge nod to the heroine's comic book roots.
The one-sheet was produced for Comic Con Brazil (also known as Comic Con Experience, or CCXP) to promote the cast and crew's upcoming panel there, and looks like it could easily have been the cover on one of the character's first comics from the 1980s.
In the image, Jean is front and center, flanked by both Professor X (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender), and she looks ready to unleash all kinds of chaos. That's precisely what is set to happen in "Dark Phoenix," as Jean begins to spiral out of control while trying to wield new, dangerous powers -- which also make her irresistible to outside forces, who want to harness those powers to take over the universe.
That's a decidedly "X-Men"-style storyline, and that's why this poster is especially cool: There's no mistaking that this is promoting a comics-inspired film. (Unlike, say, the photo at the top of this post, which looks like it could have been pulled from the press tour for Turner's costar Jennifer Lawrence's "Hunger Games" films.)
"Dark Phoenix" is set to spark in theaters on June 7, 2019.
[via: Collider]