Dark Phoenix director accepts blame for film's box office failure - DigitalSpy.com
After setting an unwanted box office record, X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg has now come forward and accepted the blame. The latest mutant blockbuster was supposed to provide an "epic conclusion" to the X-Men series, with a cast including Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence. However, it's soon become obvious that Dark Phoenix, in Kinberg's own words, "didn't connect" with its target audience. 20th Century Fox Related: X-Men: Dark Phoenix set to lose more than $100 million after box office failure Speaking to KCRW's Kim Masters recently, Kinberg decided to hold his hands up. "It clearly is a movie that didn't connect with audiences that didn't see it," he reflected, "it didn't connect enough with audiences that did see it. So that's on me. "I loved making the movie, and I loved the people I made the movie with." At least he can look back on the filmmaking process as a positive experience, then? 20th Century Fox We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Meanwhile, Kinberg previously revealed to Digital Spy one of his regrets from his time working on 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand – which he helped write. "I really felt that one of the mistakes we made with X-Men 3, which told in a way the Dark Phoenix story but it was the subplot of that film, one of the mistakes we made was that we didn't go cosmic with it, like the comics," he said. "I think that was a time in superhero movies where that just wasn't being done." X-Men: Dark Phoenix is out in cinemas now. X-Men Collection 20th Century Fox/Marvel amazon.co.uk £10.99 Marvel Dark Phoenix Pop! Vinyl Figure Funko popinabox.co.uk £9.99 Logan 20th Century Fox/Marvel amazon.co.uk £3.49 Once Upon a Deadpool 20th Century Fox/Marvel amazon.co.uk £7.99 Deadpool Double Pack 20th Century Fox/Marvel amazon.co.uk £9.99 X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga Marvel Comics amazon.co.uk Marvel X-Men Magneto Pop! Vinyl Figure Funko popinabox.co.uk £9.99 X-Men: Days of Future Past - The Rogue Cut 20th Century Fox/Marvel amazon.co.uk £3.49 Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features? Just hit 'Like' on our Digital Spy Facebook page and 'Follow' on our @digitalspy Instagram and Twitter account. Read More Read the full article
