However, according to director Simon Kinberg, the film X-Men: Dark Phoenix will not be a beat for beat replica of the popular comic. Instead, Kinberg chose to trim out the fat and focus on Jean Grey so that enough time is dedicated to exploring the depths and complexities of her character. In an interview with ScreenRant, Kinberg discussed in depth his decision to remove some of the comic book elements. This makes all the sense in the world. It is impossible to adapt The Dark Phoenix Saga comic in its entirety in a single movie. That would require a trilogy of films at least, or better yet, a TV series. Kinberg’s decision to put the spotlight squarely on Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) and the main X-Men is a smart decision as these are the characters we’ve been invested in for many, many years. And so things like the Hellfire Club [and the] Shi’ar Empire felt as though they were such huge subplots or plots from the original saga that they could potentially take away from the focus on Jean and the X-Men. And so instead of doing Lilandra as a character, which would require the relationship with Charles and all what comes with that, I made Jessica’s character sort of an amalgam of different alien characters that are part of, in a way, resembling this Shi’ar storyline but not going all the way there.” X-Men: Dark Phoenix will hit Malaysian cinemas June 6. (Source: ScreenRant)
