Bless the guy, doing his best to both distance himself from the movies and sound supportive of them in the same interview.

I wonder how much money Claremont got for Dark Phoenix. For instance, the guy who created Diablo in Suicide Squad got a paycheck so big he was able to buy a house.

George Perez recently noted that DC sent him a six figure check as royalties from the Wonder Woman movie. So, I wonder what guys like Claremont and Dini & Timm are getting for characters they shaped that are making it to the big screen.

Damn, this guy knows how to answer the questions. Seems like a nice dude to chat with

I can't see Marvel playing storylines out across Film and TV in such a major way. Spin-offs, sure, but Dark Phoenix would be more like a sequel.

If anything though, baring in mind the scope of the story, its importance, and Claremont's observation that perhaps it needs more staggered storytelling if and when it's adapted again - maybe Marvel should consider adapting it into a pair or even trilogy of films once their X-Men series is established and already has a few installments under its belt.

The great thing about the X-Men property is that there's such a large cast of potential characters that it has enormous longevity built into it, meaning multiple installments could be released with a revolving cast. In that way, it could almost be its own mini universe within the MCU with its own crossovers and events.

So when they've done the First Class and the sequel and introduced the new team like Storm and Nightcrawler, when they've reintroduced Wolverine, and they've got some history behind them and some more distance from Fox's version, then they can start tackling the bigger stories that have already been adapted - like a different take on the Dark Phoenix Saga Past played across a couple of films. They could take the same approach with new adaptations of things like Days of Future Past too.

Ithink it should be done more like IT but 3 parts. First as children or teens in this case with Bobby the youngest at 16 and whoever is oldest not older than 20 (Warren) with a 30ish Prof X. Transforation part 1, happens as children then save world part 2 Dark phoenix part 3 happen as adults.

The snap can be the event that brings about the mutant scare. Not to say there no mutants before it occurred but they were just in very small numbers. The radiation released due to the snap activated a lot dormant mutants. They still havent really dealt with the consequences of the snap or what happen during those 5 years. A rise in the mutant population could be one of them.

Just saw this movie as I assumed it would suck. It's not too bad! Way better than Apocalypse and some others as well imo. Also WAY better than The Last Stand! I guess I'm not getting all of the hate?