Director Simon Kinberg on the dark fate of ‘Dark Phoenix’

The Business

Director Simon Kinberg on the dark fate of ‘Dark Phoenix’

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Published on Jun 14, 2019, 12:00:00 PM
Total time: 00:28:32

Episode Description

Writer-producer Simon Kinberg has worked on the X-Men movie franchise since 2006. ‘Dark Phoenix’ was his directorial debut. The film got panned by critics and opened to only $33 million in the U.S. We talked to Kinberg a few days after that brutal weekend. He shares his perspective on what went wrong and tells us about the reshoots, release date changes, and working at Fox in the midst of Disney's takeover.

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