{"id":45707,"date":"2017-09-07T18:36:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T01:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=45707"},"modified":"2017-09-08T08:18:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T15:18:55","slug":"jessica-chastain-begins-filming-scenes-for-x-men-dark-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=45707","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Chastain begins filming scenes for X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX."},"content":{"rendered":"

Director and writer Simon Kinberg<\/strong> announced via Instagram<\/a> that Jessica Chastain<\/strong> began filming her scenes for X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX<\/a> today in Montreal. “Just wrapped first day w\/ Jessica Chastain. A sign from space,” he wrote with a photo he took of the sky and a tease of production equipment.<\/p>\n

Though her role was never officially announced, Chastain is extremely likely to be playing Lilandra<\/a><\/strong>, Empress of the alien Shi’ar<\/a> empire. Kinberg’s mention of space further confirms this is indeed who she will be portraying.<\/del><\/p>\n

Editor’s Note:<\/strong> Chastain confirmed that she is NOT playing Lilandra. Click here<\/a> to read more on that.<\/em><\/p>\n

While this will be the first X-Men film to go intergalactic, Kinberg has previously said<\/a> that it won’t be “too intergalactic,” opting instead to have it more grounded than the popular comic book storyline.<\/p>\n

“Dark Phoenix” flies into theaters on November 2, 2018.<\/p>\n

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Just wrapped first day with @jessicachastain. A sign from space. #darkphoenix<\/a><\/p>\n

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