Simon Kinberg, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, has confirmed that the X-Men are finally heading to the mutant island of Genosha.
The mutant safe haven, led by Magneto (Michael Fassbender), will make its live-action debut in the upcoming X-Men: Dark Phoenix. This is actually the setting where we'll find Erik at the beginning of the film as he's building a new life for himself and his fellow mutants. "He’s set up this place for mutants that don’t have a home to go to and they can seek refuge there, They have to work as a community but it’s a safe place for them and they’ll be accepted. It’s the mutant homeland."
However, while Erik has seemingly left his days of butting heads with Charles Xavier behind, it sounds like he'll be pulled right back into the thick of the action when he gets an unexpected visit from one of the Xavier's star pupils: Jean Grey, who arrives seeking Erik's help, but there may be a little something more nefarious to her visit than initially meets the eye. Fassbender teases, “There’s a suspicion there on his part when she arrives.”
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Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix. Now the X-Men will have to decide if the life of a team member is worth more than all the people living in the world.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix features:
Director: Simon Kinberg
James McAvoy as Charles Xavier/Professor X
Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkhölme/Mystique
Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy/Beast
Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers/Cyclops
Sophie Turner as Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix
Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe/Storm
Kodi Smit-McPhee as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler
Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver
Olivia Munn as Elizabeth Braddock/Psylocke
Jessica Chastain in an undisclosed role
Daniel Cudmore in an undisclosed role
Lamar Johnson in an undisclosed role
X-Men: Dark Phoenix hits theaters November 2, 2018