When Bryan Singer was going to direct, he and his writers Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty wrote a treatment solely based on the X-Men storyline "The Dark Phoenix Saga". The deceased Jean Grey returns, with a new, more destructive personality called The Phoenix. She would be manipulated into joining the Hellfire Club, by their telepathic leader Emma Frost (Sigourney Weaver was intended for the role). A three-way battle occurs between the Club, who want to take over the world, the X-Men, who want to save their comrade, and Magneto's Brotherhood, who want the Phoenix for their own plans. At the end, to save everyone, Jean kills herself, but her spirit lives on and transcends into a divine being, which Dougherty compared to the star child in 2001: Odissea nello spazio (1968).

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