That’s not something that X-Men: Dark Phoenix wanted to suffer from, hence why Simon Kinberg (who is making his directorial debut after years of writing and producing) and the other creative talents are making sure that Dark Phoenix is framed in a more dramatic lens, as Sheridan told Collider.
Given that there will still be mutants running about using their special abilities, it will be interesting to see just what steps Dark Phoenix has taken to feel like a “grounded drama,” as the earlier X-Men movies certainly had their fair share of dramatic moments.
While the Marvel Cinematic Universe is still a box office powerhouse year after year, as Tye Sheridan noted, one criticism that’s been directed towards that particular superhero franchise is that its movies feel too similar to one another.