X-Men: Dark Phoenix’s cosmic story was inspired by Thor: Ragnarok; plus detailed description of NYCC footage!
When the first trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix dropped two weeks back, I’m sure I wasn’t the only person who immediately felt like we were just looking at X3: The Last Stand 2.0. However, writer/director Simon Kinberg, who penned the earlier film, wanted to stress that this was not the case and that Dark Phoenix has even found some unexpected cosmic inspiration.