Writer-director Simon Kinberg says he recognizes the film “didn’t connect with audiences.”
Simon Kinberg is refreshingly candid in his appraisal of whyDark Phoenixpremiered to suchdismal ticket sales.
The latest film in the X-Men franchise opened to only $33 million domestically and was critically disregarded.
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EWs own Leah Greenblatt deemed it anticlimactic and uninterested in tweaking the tropes of the genre.
So thats on me, Kinberg toldKCRWsThe Business.
However, Kinberg said its not painful talking about the film as he genuinely liked working on it.
Simon Kinberg directing Michael Fassbender on the set of ‘Dark Phoenix’.Doane Gregory/Fox
I loved making the movie, and I loved the people I made the movie with, he said.
He wrote me an email having empathy for a movie that doesnt work, Kinberg said.
Jane, even though its less praised than his other works likeAlienorGladiator.
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Not something that I saw on set or in the workplace.
Otherwise I would have felt like it was my business, said Kinberg.
Those movies were complicated to make.
I love these characters.
Ill be super excited to see what Marvel does with them, Kinberg said.
