Simon Kinberg, who has been producing and writing the X-Men franchise movies since X-Men: The Last Stand, is now about to take a much larger role in the universe for Fox.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix is set to arrive on November 2, 2018, and should be going into production soon.
The studio, after a few months of rumors suggesting it would be the case, has officially tapped him to direct X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which will mark his directorial debut.
We will be sure to keep you up to date as more details on X-Men: Dark Phoenix, such as casting and production dates, are made available.