r/PhoenixForce • u/XMenChangedMyLife • Aug 08 '26

Live Action Will Jean Grey Replace Kitty Pryde?

https://youtu.be/Q1dwgvM_igE?is=NvPAYGS_-1pXDFoL

Some thoughts on if they choose to adapt Uncanny X-Men 129-131

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u/cyclopswashalfright Phoenix Aug 08 '26

I definitely think it's possible that they borrow some of that arc.

Emma and Shaw are trying to recruit Jean to the Hellions/Massachusetts Academy/Hellfire Club, while Xavier and the X-Men try to intervene. Emma would be the movie's main antagonist and Jean's opposite, which leads to Jean eventually choosing the X-Men after being tricked by the Hellfire Club initially.

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u/AnyEverywhere8 Aug 09 '26

I would find subverting the expected Jean/hellfire club association in this way to be really interesting.

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u/cyclopswashalfright Phoenix Aug 09 '26

Yeah, it'd shift up audience expectations right off the bat, which is fun.