X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Adds Cast and Director - Collider Movie Talk HD

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (Thursday, June 15th, 2017) John Campea, Kristian Harloff, David Griffin, Natasha Martinez and Wendy Lee discuss the following: -X-Men Dark Phoenix: Simon Kinberg to direct, Jessica Chastain to play villain; Fassbender, McAvoy, Lawrence, Hoult to all return -Kevin Feige denies a Marvel vs. DC Rivalry -Opening This Week – Rough Night, 47 Meters Down -Bumblebee movie to be set in 80’s -Conjuring Spin-off Crooked Man in development -Mail Bag -Live Twitter Questions Deadline is reporting that 20th Century Fox has officially formalized their plans on their X-Men Universe next movie Dark Phoenix; with longtime X-Men producer and writer Simon Kinberg signing on to make his directorial debut on the movie, with Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, and Kodi Smit-McPhee all returning to reprise their respective roles. Deadline also confirms that Jessica Chastain is in official talks to join the movie as its main villain Lilandra, the empress of an alien empire called the Shi’ar, who leads the quest to imprison and execute Dark Phoenix, leading her into conflict with the X-Men. The studio also set a release date of Friday, November 2nd, 2018. In a new and extensive Facebook Live Q & A with Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige, the studio head talked about how the Marvel vs. DC Comics feud doesn’t extend to the people working behind the scenes. With the recent success of Wonder Woman proving big at the box office, Feige as well had only good things to say about DC and its fearless leader Geoff Johns. OPENING THIS WEEK BUY OR SELL Empire Magazine recently ran a feature on the future of the Transformers movies and thanks to Transformers World who followed up on that story, we now know that the new Bumblebee spin-off movie will take place in the 1980s. Director Travis Knight’s prequel will also not be as “busy or as large” as Michael Bay’s Transformers movies but rather, will focus on a lighter tone, with fewer robots and a return to the “boy and his car” storyline introduced in the first movie. Hailee Steinfeld will reportedly play “a tomboy who also holds a job as a mechanic after school” where she comes in contact with Bumblebee. The movie is gearing up for production now with a release date set for June 8th, 2018. According to THR, a Crooked Man spin-off will be the next movie in The Conjuring universe. Based on a story by original helmer James Wan, the movie is now the third entity to get its own movie after Annabelle and The Nun. Mike Van Waes has been hired to pen the script which will utilize the English nursery rhyme as a jumping off point. No release date, director or actors have been announced at this time. MAIL BAG LIVE TWITTER QUESTIONS Watch the all new Awesometacular with Jeremy Jahns right here: https://www.go90.com/videos/0XpcxhE7ZJo Check out the YouTube Playlist for Awesometacular: https://www.youtube.com/playlist