X-Men: Dark Phoenix reshot its entire third act to avoid "parallels" with another superhero movie

X-Men: Dark Phoenix
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X-Men: Dark Phoenix is going to serve as a final farewell to Fox’s world of mutants before they drive down the fork in the road marked ‘Disney’ and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:eventually settle into the MCU. But the parꦯting shot of the franchise was originally meant to be very different and, as some of its stars reveal, X-Men: Dark Phoenix’s final act was completely reshot to (ܫweirdly) avoid comparisons with another unnamed superhero movie.

Speaking to , James McAvoy – the chrome-domed Professor X himself – confirmed “The end changed a hell of a lot,” before expanding upon why: “The finale had to change. There was a lot of overlap and para⛄llels wi🌠th another superhero movie that came out... a while ago.”

Originally, plans were in place for an all-out cosmic war in the depths of space, b꧂ut now takes place (mild spoilers) on a train instead.

So, why the change? McAvoy doesn’t elaborate – though only one other superhero movie has gone to space relatively recently that also involves a lead coming to terms with crazy cosmic powers, and that’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Captain Marvel. Though, unless one scene involved Jean Grey dragging Magnꦏeto after knocking him out in one punch, they probably didn’t need to reshoot the *whole* thing, potentially inc🍷luding the ending.

However, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Game of Thrones season 8 w🌳inner (let’s be honest here), Sophie Turner is much more upbeat about the changes, calling it “Such a good decision. The third act is the best part of the movie, for me.”

But still: Release the Space Cut, amirite? In 📖all seriousness, I guess we’ll never know what could have been but, uhh, no one tell the producers that Captain Marvel🦋 has *also* done the whole fight on a train thing already. Just… no. No more reshoots.

Where will the X-Men turn up next? Here are all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new Marvel movies you need to know about.

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