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So what, uh, happened?
Dark Phoenixdoesnt just suck big time, critic Peter Travers opined inRolling Stone.
Its the worst movie ever in theX-Menseries.
(Our own critic David Edelsteins assessment of the film could be summarized in one word:middling.)
June 2017:Principal photography begins in and around Montreal and extends to October.
Not coincidentally, also that month, the studio reportedly holds a test screening of the film.
A source tellsColliderthat the film needs additional photography.
An insider speaking to theHollywood Reporterballparks those overages at less than $10 million.
But that perception will soon change.
September 2018:More disastrous test screenings are reported.
One fan takes toRedditto vent about the cut hes supposedly seen.
What cant change is the movie being really underwhelming.
Really lower your expectations because this one is not good, the person writes.
They repeat moments fromX3I kid you not.
[We] felt like that June date was a bigger opportunity for us globally, Kinberg tellsIndieWire.
Fans, of course, interpret the rescheduling as a harbinger of postproduction chaos.
January 2019:The report ofyet anotherround of craptacular test screenings provokes even more hand-wringing in Marvel-fan circles.
Thanks to the reshoots, the movies budget balloons to$200 million.
The finalehadto change, McAvoy says in the interview.
There was a lot of overlap with another superhero movie that came out … a while ago.
And when they come back, its going to extend Marvels run another 10 years.
