I just loved X-Men 2. For my money (which isn’t a lot) it’s the best superhero genre flick of all time. Yeah I know most of you disagree, but I liked it more than either of the Spider-Man offerings or even Superman.
Now for those of you in “the know”, at the end of X-Men 2 (and throughout the film really) we get glimpses of Jean Grey evolving or changing into Dark Phoenix (a character she becomes in the X-Men comics). And it looks like X3 could revolves around this character. Comic Book Movie gives us this:
Regarding casting, Halle Berry as Storm is still uncertain, the source said. “They’re working on that.” However, Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) is reportedly back on board as is Famke Janssen (Jean Grey) who has much more to do this time around, the insider said.
Now, we all knew that we’d see Dark Phoenix enter the scene at some point, but to be honest I was really hoping that they’d leave that for a while and move on to Apocalypse as the next major baddie! For those of you who don’t read the comics, The Age of Apocalypse is one of the greatest comic stories ever told and would make a KILLER chapter in the X-Men film series.
But I’m not trying to complain. Any X3 movie is fine with me. I’m just glad they’re moving ahead with it. I thought it might be finished when Singer jumped ship to direct Superman.
