Hey guys, Jana here,

The next film in the ‘X-Men‘ line of films will be ‘Dark Phoenix‘ and is aiming for a release date of November 2, 2018. What was once only rumor has now been confirmed as fact, Simon Kinberg will be on tap to direct the feature film. Kinberg served as producer on several of the ‘X-Men‘ films. He’s also written ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past‘, and ‘X-Men: Apocalypse‘, this will be the first film with his sitting in the director’s chair.

So, what else do we know about ‘Dark Phoenix‘? We know that returning to their characters will be Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. For the villain in this installment, the powers-that-be are looking into Jessica Chastain, who is considering the role.