X3: Dark Phoenix

**X3: Dark Phoenix** is a 2028 superhero film based Chris Clairemont's Dark Phoenix Saga. It is the 29th and final installment in the Phoenix Conquest.

It was written and directed by Christopher Nolan and is a sequel to "*Rise of the Avengers*" and "*X2: Time of Apocalypse*".

It stars Daniel Stephen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Andrew Lincoln, Elizabeth Olsen, Taron Egerton, Freema Agyeman, Chloe Grace Moretz, Patrick Wilson, Emma Stone, Daniel Radcliff with Will Smith and Calum Kelmer.

## Synopsis

While recovering from Apocalypse's reign of terror, following his death at the hands of John Grey; the people of Earth, both humans and mutants alike, wait to see how the Governments of the world will stop such a devastating event from happening again. War is on the horizon while John deals with the repercussions of unleashing his full power.

## Plot

***Not Plot, just context:** Following the defeat of Apocalypse and the fall of his empire, the world attempts to go back to Normal. However, Nathan Essex decides he understood Apocalypse's goal (which was to put mutant's on top of society due to their superiority) and begins to appreciate the Brotherhood of Mutant's more. (In X2; Wolverine is almost killed and Essex has to operate on him, he decides to seal Adamantium to Logan's Skeleton, despite Logan not wanting him to do it, he also told Logan it was the only way to save him. However, he also added a control chip, which was based on Cerebro, to Logan's brain). By this point; John Grey has had his memories altered by Charles, Hank and Doctor Strange in order to block his power as it was growing too strong. Charles places a memory block on John to suppress the power inside of him. However, when Alpha encourages John to reach inside himself in "Rise of the Avengers" and use his full potential, John destroys the memory block and his past slowly merges with his current self resulting in two different John's emerging, one terrified of his power while the other is angry that he has been lied to.*

A - After the Government plan to introduce a mutant registration act to prevent an Apocalypse situation from happening again, the X-Men fight to preserve the progress humans and mutants have made while the Brotherhood of Mutants take this as a deceleration of war. Nathan Essex attempts to convince the X-Men to join the fight while Charles argues they cannot abandon the good humans now.

B - John comes to terms with the fact he is not who he thought he was. His personality becomes split, with the current John becoming angry and seeking revenge for being lied to while he is also manipulated by another force. The past John, who is also the real John, begins to emerge also and is terrified of his power. Both hosts fight over who shall have his body.

Joint Plot - The X-Men split with Essex and Wolverine leave to join the brotherhood while the remaining X-Men must balance their concentration on John, who is slowly becoming more and more unhinged, and the impending war.

### Act 1 - Set Up

It is a month following the death of Apocalypse. Movie opens with reporters commenting on John defeating Apocalypse in front of the world; with many praising him, others fear him. John watches the news before Sophie turns it off. She worries about him before suggesting they get out go somewhere, his worry drops and he agrees. They attempt to leave but Ellie stops them, she tells them that it's better if they don't go out right now, John angrily corrects her by telling her "Don't you mean, it's better if i don't go out right now", Ellie backtracks but he reminds her that he can read minds. John storms off before hearing Nathan and Charles argue over the recent announcement while Ororo, Hank and Wanda listen in, he listens in but Charles senses him. He asks his dad why he wont let him leave but Charles just tells him it's for his own safety. John shouts at Charles before storming off again.

On Mandipoor; Magneto sits on Apocalypse's throne. He discusses the new mutant registration bill with Alex, Marie and Jaime Braddock. Although Alex suggests they arm themselves and prepare for war, Erik tells them they need to wait for the humans to make the first move otherwise the X-Men will have a reason to stand in their way, he has another plan to stop the X-Men. Alex agrees although he has a suggestion.

That night there is an attack on the President by toad who is apprehended by Major Stryker before being killed. The President mourns his daughter who was killed in the attack, he agrees to announce the registration act in the morning as well as authorizing Stryker's competed Sentinels.

In the mansion; John sulks in his room, Wanda tries to talk to him but he insults her and she leaves. He goes to bed that night and dreams of the day he killed Apocalypse, he then remembers looking into Apocalypse's head and hearing him beg for mercy. John awakens shocked as he wasn't aware he was telepathic, he sits up, thinking before going to Sophie's room to sleep with her.

The next morning, John talks to Charles before asking him if he was at the Trask complex on the day of the Sentinels. Charles as usual denies it and John shrugs it off. He then apologizes for his behavior and says he'll talk to Wanda when she gets back. Charles thanks him, as John is about to leave he tells Charles that he thinks he is telepathic (which Charles knows but is also shocked by as he had suppressed John's telepathy when they wiped his mind), Charles asks John why he thinks this and John tells him he had a dream/memory of looking into Apocalypses head when he killed him. Charles assures him it was just a dream and that he will chat more about it with him later in the day. John goes to leave before Ororo bursts in, she tells them to look at the TV. An official announcement is made about the registration act, Everyone is shocked while Nathan is furious. Charles orders Ororo, Ellie, Hank and Wanda to prepare the X-Jet as they are going to D.C. to meet the President and reason with him.

John sulks while everyone else is on edge. He sees Nathan head towards the lab, he chases after him and wonders why he is packing his things. Nathan tells John he is leaving to join Magneto as it isn't safe here anymore. John calls him a traitor as Magneto is a liar and terrorist. John tries to stop him and won't budge. Nathan throws John aside with his power before John fights back. John is about to subdue Nathan when Nathan then reveals Magneto has never been a liar and that if John wants to call someone a liar, he should look closer to home. John questions him but Nathan remains quiet, unwilling to say anything else. John sets him down and prepares to let him go, Nathan gets up to leave and John taps into his mind, finding out the truth. Nathan questions John and apologizes for helping Charles lie to him. Nathan asks John to come with him but John shakes his head, visibly shocked.

Charles and the others arrive outside the Whitehouse; Charles freezes everyone around them as they approach. They walk through the front doors before everyone around them unfreezes. Charles desperately tries to put them under again but he fails and they are detained. They are taken to the Oval Office where Stryker and the president are. Stryker reminds them that breaking into the Whitehouse is a serious offence, whether they mean harm or not. Charles questions why his powers don't work. Stryker laughs before telling him that, he's been playing around with mutants for a while now and is getting quite good at harvesting their tricks. This angers Ellie who calls him vile for experimenting on people. The president butts in stating, Mutants are acting less and less like people every day. Charles asks him why he's backtracking on the progress they've made. The only response he gets is that, this is still progress, but this planet belongs to the humans and that the mutants are simply guests here. This shocks them before Hank angrily Beasts out, Wanda calms him with her magic while they are unsure what to do. The president asks them to leave before he changes his mind.

Sophie searches for John wanting him around to help her keep the younger kids less panicked. She sees him standing in the garden before

## Cast

### Starring Cast

* Daniel Stephen as John Grey/Marvel Boy
* Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Charles Xavier/Professor X
* Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch
* Taron Egerton as Logan/Wolverine
* Freema Agyeman as Ororo Munroe/Storm
* Chloe Grace Moretz as Sophie Summers/Cyclops
* Patrick Wilson as Alex Summers/Havok
* Emma Stone as Ellie Braddock/Pyslocke
* Daniel Radcliff as Hank McCoy/Beast
* with Will Smith as Nathan Essex/Mister Sinister
* and Calum Kelmer as Alpha the Eternity Warrior

### Billed Cast

* Arthur Darvill as Jaime Braddock/Pyslar
* Lucas Hall as William Maximoff/Wiccan

### Supporting Cast

* Christian Serattos as Phyla-Vell
* James Hall as Tommy Maximoff/Speed

## Behind the Scenes

* This is the final installment in the Phoenix Conquest.
* This is the final Marvel Cinematic Universe installment that Calum Kelmer as Alpha the Eternity Warrior appears as the lead of the Universe.
	+ Starting as of "*Adam Warlock*"; Liam Hemsworth, as the hero of the same name, serves as the co-lead of the MCU alongside a currently unannounced hero. Kelmer steps down and becomes part of the ensemble again.
* This movie shows the deaths of Sophie Summers, Cyclops; Tommy Maximoff, Speed; Nathan Essex, Mister Sinister; Erik Lehnsherr, Magneto and Phyla-Vell.