The human government develops a cure for mutations, and jean gray becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the phoenix who allies with magneto, causing escalation into an allout battle for the x men. To understand what happened with dark phoenix, its helpful to look back at the entire x men cinematic timeline as it has been established up till this point. Simply put, the x men timeline makes absolutely no sense. Xmen movies in chronological order how to watch foxs. If it makes it easier, maybe you should just start to think of x men movie installments as all taking place within their own timeline, drawing on context from other x men movies, but only to the. Trying to make sense of the xmen franchises timeline. Wolverine from 1973 wakes up in his 2023 body to find the war of the sentinels never happened and the world is a better place. Heres how all the xmen movies fit together, by order of the events that happen. Dark phoenix is a 2019 american superhero film based on the marvel comics x men characters. If you had asked fans of the x men franchise what kind of movie they wanted in 2006, following the greatness of x2. Welcome to the xmen movies wiki this wiki is about 20th century foxs x men film franchise. How to watch all of the xmen films in chronological order london.
Days of future past, and creates a timeline shift that effectively splits the franchise between the old and new films. Dark phoenix also marketed and later released on home media as xmen. Scientists with the hgp human genome project publish the first complete map of the human genome. Despite featuring fewer films, its eight years older and crucially features the dreaded timetravel plot device. Theres no postcredit scene to tease another movie, but the ending doesnt seem final in any way. Its easy to understand why when you look at the death toll. The xmen film series ranked from worst to best ready. Lets talk about the xmen film franchises continuity, um, issues. Later, magneto and professor x, still friends, recruit jean grey.
Thus, in a chronological order it is the third film in the timeline of the x men series. Not long before, in 1998, blade had begun to make its mark, but thats not so much of a. And in turn, the x men franchise went the reversemarvel route. This is where the storylines of the first two episodes collide. The xmen movie timelines can get pretty confusing, but this. Century foxs involvement with producing the popular mutant franchise. The complete xmen movie timeline explained screen rant. Dark phoenix is out this week, but the xmen movie timeline is getting very confusing after xmen. Since the first xmen film brought marvels mutants to the big screen in 2000. Comic book stories tend to dip into timeline weirdness, and movies can make it really obvious. The x men including jean grey and cyclops are all present at the x mansion. The new mutants these are not your parents mutants. Based on that timeline, you can watch the films in the following order. Making sense of the x men series twisted timeline can be a complicated process.
How to watch all of the xmen films in chronological order. Dark phoenix is out this week, but the x men movie timeline is getting very confusing after x men. Xmen movie franchise timeline by captainkingsman16 on. Xmen timeline explained when does dark phoenix take place. Which x men movie timeline does dark phoenix fit into. From here, the events of the original x men trilogy and the wolverine unfold, leading to the dark timeline of days of future past. Without question, the x men franchise has the worst continuity of any film franchise and as each movie is released, the timeline only gets muddier, especially since the launch of prequel series. Apocalypse, the seventh and final mainline installment in the fox x men films x men film. Its hard to believe, but the xmen cinematic universe began nearly two decades ago, with the release of xmen in 2000. X men is a 2000 american superhero film directed by bryan singer and written by david hayter from a story by singer and tom desanto.
Hugh jackman has played wolverine for 17 years, in every x men movie except deadpool. The timeline is muddled, theres a variety of offshoots that include everything from wolverine to deadpool, and the quality of the movies is. The x men cinematic universe is perhaps more complicated than any other superhero franchise. So i will do my very best to try to explain it as simple as possible you may even learn a thing or two. In honor of this franchise landmark, we decided to look back at where its been, from the hit 2000 original through subsequent sequels and standalone features. Before apocalypse, whats the timeline continuity of the x men movies. Since then nearly every film they made has been more successful than the last with a worldwide box office gross at over 3 billion dollars. The original x men movies were already avengerslite films with all the mutants banding together against. But for those daring fans who want to watch it from one end to the other. The x men franchise is a strange beast to keep up with. The highs and lows of the xmen movie era the ringer. The xmen movie timeline is very confusing compared to its mcu counterpart. By dom nero the xmen movie franchise is really something.
And theres no need for that, since she does nothing of consequence in the first two. Days of future past saw the xmen successfully rewrite history by preventing the assassination of bolivar trask. The x men movie timeline is very confusing compared to its mcu counterpart. The last stand has spent screen time reversing the events of that film. Before apocalypse, whats the timeline continuity of the. Lets talk about the x men film franchise s continuity, um, issues. But that didnt stop dark phoenix director simon kinberg from trying to explain it. It is no secret that the x men film series has more than a few disasters when it comes to films and their continunity timeline. If you think the timeline of the x men films doesnt make sense, youd be correct and dark phoenix doesnt really add much clarity.
The complete x men movie timeline explained from 2000 to dark phoenix the x men movie timelines can get pretty confusing, but this breakdown guides you from x men. X men is a classic american comic turned movie series. With the recent release of the latest trailer for dark phoenix, xmen fans are chomping at the bit for any morsel of new xmen knowledge. After all, the future of this series is really up in the air. For instance, in the first three films, kitty pryde who ends up being played by ellen page in x3 and days of future past is played by three different actresses. The film is based on the marvel comics superhero team of the same name and features an ensemble cast consisting of patrick stewart, hugh jackman, ian mckellen, halle berry, famke janssen, james marsden, bruce davison, rebecca romijnstamos, ray park, and anna paquin. Future past rewrote the timeline, foxs mutant franchise wasnt the easiest to. If youve learned one thing from this wild attempt to make sense of a movie franchise that only. Dark phoenix may be the end of the xmen franchise as we.
And although it technically concluded with 2019s dark phoenix, the only. All the xmen movies ranked, from worst to best paste. Adam chitwood revisits all nine x men movies thus far and ranks each installment of the franchise from worst to best, from misfires like x men origins. They created a whole new timeline, one that current movies have continued. If dark phoenix marks the end of the x men franchise as we know it, how will disney work these. Its difficult to do, considering the xmen timeline constantly jumps. Wolverine, professor x, who has lost his hair and can still stand, collects the next generation of x men from strykers base. In this, we follow wolverine, who has amnesia as he discovers the group and decides to join them. In 2000, the x men film franchise kicked off the era of the modern superhero movie.
Which xmen movie timeline does dark phoenix fit into. Xmen movies ranked worst to best by tomatometer x men franchise, which is now officially 17 years old. On the same level as batman, superman, and captain america, this successful series kicked off with its first movie in 2000 after 20 th century fox acquired the rights to the name in 1994. Xmen film series jump to navigation jump to search. Frequently cited as the first big superhero movie series, 2000s xmen was a game changer. Dark phoenix, the latest and final mainline x men films just released, although the new mutants, if it ever even comes out, will technically be the final film of foxs reign over the x men. The new xmen movie timeline made by days of future past xmen. We then jump to our first film in the franchise, x men from the year 2000. While dcs batman and superman had both largely flamed out, marvel though its film rights had been parceled out to the likes of sony and 20th century fox was starting to claim a foothold on comic book adaptations. We spoil the entire ending of dark phoenix here, and since this is about the full franchise well also have spoilers for the rest of the x men movies as wellwe cant really go.
Is there any film franchise continuity as confusing. Xmen is an american superhero film series based on the fictional superhero team of the same name, who originally appeared in a series of comic books. Released as the first movie of the franchise, x men takes place in the 2000s, more than two decades after the events of x men origins. Nine movies and 16 years into its run, foxs x men movie franchise has built up an impressively complicated history that includes two versions each of multiple recurring characters, a. Heres how to watch the entire xmen movie series in chronological order.
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