10 Niggling Worries Over Marvel's Next 10 Movies

2. Can Sophie Turner Hold An Entire Movie Together? - X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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It's not exactly a secret that Sophie Turner, best known for her role as Sansa Stark on HBO's Game of Thrones, isn't the most consistent actor in the world. That isn't to say she's a terrible actor, or that she doesn't bring anything to the table, but she's not winning any awards in the near future.

All this makes the recent announcement - that Turner is set to reprise her role as a Young Jean Grey in an X-Men spin-off movie titled X-Men: Dark Phoenix - a little disconcerting. Turner hasn't exactly proven herself as a fully-fledged movie star and it's hard to picture her holding an entire blockbuster together.

The other big question, of course... do people even want to see this movie?

The studio will no doubt make use of other X-Men characters and bigger stars in order to push this movie on fans. Right now, though, it sits as a rather curious addition to the upcoming Marvel movie release slate.

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