For Simon Kinberg, the buck stops here when it comes to the failure of Dark Phoenix to live up to the commercial and critical success of previous films in the X-men franchise. “I’m here and I’m say…
“I’m here and I’m saying when a movie doesn’t work, put it on me,” Kinberg said on the KCRW podcast. “I’m the writer/director of the movie, the movie didn’t connect with audiences, that’s on me.”
The film debuted last weekend and scored only $33 million at the US box office. At an estimated $200 million production cost before marketing, that’s trouble. Not helping is the critical reception, which registered 23 percent Rotten on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest score ever for an X-men movie.detailed the behind-the-scenes drama on the film’s production, including the shocking news that the film was originally set up as a two-parter, leading to reshoots and script changes that made a mess.
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