‘Dark Phoenix’ Originally Planned as Two Movies, Fox CEO Forced Deadly Summer Release

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#DarkPhoenix Originally Planned as Two Movies, Fox CEO Forced Deadly Summer Release - Report https://t.co/2jWMwEOWvs pic.twitter.com/efdGTEJNaY
- IndieWire (@IndieWire) June 10, 2019
The film was originally set up as a two-parter. Simon Kinberg wanted to adapt faithfully after botching the first “Dark Phoenix”. 20th Century Fox changed its mind and

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[therearewords]

Why doesn't anyone involved love the source material.

[lloyd_llewellyn]

hollywood execs in expensive suits have never picked a comic book in their life, which is why they always end up making botched decisions based purely on monetary economics. the reason why the avengers franchise is so successful is because marvel is directly involved and is overseeing everything.

[mehtastic]

Marvel isn't directly involved or overseeing the MCU, that's Kevin Feige. Feige in fact, got the other person involved with the MCU who didn't know/love the source material -Ike Permutter, kicked out of the MCU. Not so fun fact, Perlmutter is still in charge of non-MCU Marvel, except for the movie properties of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, and Namor???(it's complicated). And Feige still reports to Alan Horn (who reports to Bob Iger).

Feige is a genuine comic book lover, whose career had been working up the ladder on a variety of Marvel films before he was put in co-charge of the newly formed MCU. Ike Perlmutter, who is in charge of the rest of Marvel, isn't a comic book lover, and he's a fucking asshat Twitler supporter, and was one of three people Twitler was having run the VA as part of their covertly wanting to move it to privatization.

[lloyd_llewellyn]

by marvel i meant marvel studios who are known for the production of MCU films, which dark phoenix is obviously not.

[of_baron]

idu how it's possible not to love the Claremont run/characters.