History WMG / DarkPhoenix

Scott's birth parents seemingly died when he was young (or rather, were kidnapped by the Shi'Ar and forced into slavery), thus explaining his anti-social behavior early in the film. Because, if they're going to be going into the space opera aspects of the X-Men as they apparently are, it'd make sense not to waste the opportunity to introduce Scott's dad Corsair and the Starjammers, given how similar they are to the (very well received) ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.

[[WMG: ''Dark Phoenix'' will be set in 1992 and be heavily influenced by the [[WesternAnimation/{{XMen}} 90s cartoon]].]]

* Assuming Jean survives this film...basically a remake of the Senate scene from early in the first film, with Sophie Turner, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender replacing the original actors. We see Jean giving her speech against Mutant Registration, and Charles following Eric down the corridor where they have their debate about hope.

[[WMG: Quicksilver will have another slo-mo scene while listening to...]]

** Jossed. There is no slow-mo scene in this one.

[[WMG: Hatred against mutants is going to get way, way worse in ''Dark Phoenix.'']]
In ''Apocalypse'', a single ambitious mutant wipes away a city of millions (people presumably included) pretty much just because. That's terrible enough, but it pales in comparison to do the damage done by Magneto, who wreaked death and devastation on a truly global scale. ''Everywhere'' was affected by his powers. Not only are chances decent that his death toll exceeds Apocalypse's, but the spread out nature of the damage he causes means that a massive portion of the global population is going to have had a loved one killed or injured because a ''single'' mutant had an emotional breakdown. Even those that didn't will see the traces of his destruction for years to come. And the punishment for that mutant? Nothing. After an event like that, feeling safe while mutants exist is going to be a very hard sell.
* The Friends of Humanity will form as a result.

In the 1990s the ''[[CoolStarship Starjammer]]'' lands in Westchester. Christopher Summers, aka Corsair, introduces himself as Cyclops' biological father and recruits Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Nightcrawler, and one character from the ''First Class'' lineup (Beast? Professor X? [[DeathIsCheap Havok?]]) to help him overthrow the tyrannical leader of the Shi'ar Empire (D'Ken? Deathbird? Vulcan? The source material gives the movie a lot of tyrannical Shi'ar leaders to choose from.) The X-Men head to space and fight alongside the Starjammers. Between (and during) battles, Jean Grey struggles with the fact that the Phoenix Force is attempting to overtake her personality, and she keeps this a secret from Cyclops, who she is very much in love with. Around the halfway mark the villain is defeated and non-tyrannical Shi'ar leader Lilandra becomes Empress. The X-Men are getting ready to head home when Jean goes full Phoenix and attempts to kill them. She flees to another star system to consume a star, killing the alien inhabitants of the planets that orbit that star. Lilandra is outraged and commands the X-Men to bring Jean to justice. The X-Men chase her to Earth's moon where after failing to free her from the Phoenix Force's control, they throw everything they have at her. Ultimately, Jean

** Jossed
* Magneto and Quicksilver will not be involved (maybe they'll get their own team-up movie).

** Jossed
* The film will open with the X-Men rescuing some helpless mutants from the [[FantasticRacism Friends of Humanity]], who are lead by Graydon Creed (which will result in many [[ContinuitySnarl continuity snarls]] galore down the line).

Fox seems to be retooling their X-Men property to focus on two things: R-rated cash cows (Deadpool movies, X-Force movies, Gambit movies) and New Mutants movies. The early 80s Claremont-esque character lineup of the Original and First Class trilogies will be phased out in favour of these characters. Redoing the Dark Phoenix saga could the last hurrah for the kind of movie that used to define the X-Men Film series.
* Also, if Disney gains ownership of Fox they could reboot the X-Men into the MCU.
** Confirmed, I believe they said as much in the lead up.

** All are Jossed. She's playing an alien named Vux.

** [[spoiler: Confirmed via the second trailer and WordOfGod]].

** Still {{Jossed}}. They've made it clear there's no deception about Mystique's fate in the trailer.

* This might mean that she is more of a mental representation of something, such as Jean's Dark Side psyche talking to her, a SpiritAdvisor form of the Phoenix Force itself, or a grown-up version of Jean using the Phoenix powers.

* Likely in a post-credits, or dropping the only-once PG-13 F-Bomb in a cameo.
** Even better, he will somehow make reference the [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 other movie involving Marvel characters, with Skrulls as the main villains, SET IN 1992, RELEASING WITHIN THE SAME MONTH!]]
*** You think the Skrulls are the main villains in ''Dark Phoenix''? What?

* It's doubtful that Deadpool!Colossus would have any reason to be heavily involved in this film, and it's incredibly unlikely that Daniel Cudmore's Colossus will be returning anytime soon. That being said, it would be nice to acknowledge Piotr's existence in this film in some way, even if it's something minor.

* The remaining X-Men (who could be played by different actors here) are suddenly in a field. They come across a destroyed building, kind of like a headquarters of sorts. [[WhamShot The camera will then pan down to a broken]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame//Avengers symbol]].