X-Men: Dark Phoenix Cast Meets Canadian Prime Minister

Plus, a few photos of The New Mutants cast.

By Alex Osborn

As production begins on X-Men: Dark Phoenix in Montreal, Professor X star James McAvoy took to social media to offer an early glimpse at the cast, as they're joined by Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Check out the photo below to see Prime Minister Trudeau alongside Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Nightcrawler), writer/director Simon Kinberg and producer Hutch Parker, as well as McAvoy and his girlfriend Lisa Liberati.

Dark Phoenix cast photo, via McAvoy on Instagram

Additionally, a few members from the The New Mutants cast—including Anya Taylor-Joy (Magik), Blu Hunt (Mirage), Maisie Williams (Wolfsbane) and Henry Zaga (Sunspot)—shared several photos of each other on Instagram, a few of which you can check out below:

Taylor-Joy, via Zaga on Instagram

Hunt and Taylor-Joy, via of Taylor-Joy on Instagram

Hunt, via Williams on Instagram

Williams and Hunt, via Taylor-Joy on Instagram

Dark Phoenix is being directed by Simon Kinberg and will open in theaters on November 2, 2018. Meanwhile, The New Mutants will open in theaters on April 13, 2018. According to director Josh Boone, the X-Men spinoff will be a "full-fledged horror movie set within the X-Men universe."

Also opening in theaters next year is Deadpool 2, which began filming this week.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.

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