Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy talk DARK PHOENIX (video)

The final countdown is on as Dark Phoenix is now less than a week away from hitting cinemas across the globe.

In this latest video interview actors Michael Fassbender (Magneto) and James McAvoy (Charles Xavier) discuss returning for their fourth movie in the franchise.

The pair discuss how Dark Phoenix is the first movie in the franchise to feature both a female antagonist and protagonist whilst also touching on how their characters have develop since first appearing in X-Men: First Class.

Check it out in the player below.

In Dark Phoenix, the X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey. During a rescue mission in space, Jean is nearly killed when she is hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. Wrestling with this entity inside her, Jean unleashes her powers in ways she can neither comprehend nor contain. With Jean spiraling our of control, and hurting the ones she loves most, she begins to unravel the very fabric that holds the X-Men together. Now, with this family falling apart, they must find a way to unite – not only to save Jean’s soul, but to save our very planet from aliens who wish to weaponize this force and rule the galaxy.

Dark Phoenix is being directed by Simon Kinberg. James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Fassbender are confirmed to return to the roles of Charles Xavier, Mystique and Magneto respectively. Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Nicholas Hoult, Alexandra Shipp and Kodi Smit-McPhee will also return.

The film is due for release on June 7, 2019 in North America. In the UK the movie drops on June 5.

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