Jessica Chastain

This coming weekend will see Sam Rockwell taking the SNL stage for the first time, but January 2018 has yet more celebs in store. Season 43 will continue the year with fellow first-timer Jessica Chastain, along with SNL vet Will Ferrell.

Yep, it’s official. Jessica Chastain will oppose the X-Men in Dark Phoenix, which is currently in production in Montreal. The actress shared two Instagrams of herself and James McAvoy, a.k.a. Charles Xavier, from what’s probably The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby’s red carpet and a screencap from that movie itself. She won’t say who she’s playing in Dark Phoenix, but we might know already.

During the jury press conference, in a now-viral video clip, Chastain said it was "disturbing" to see way the world views women through the lens of female film characters.

Oh, that this was true. Normally, it's nice to pretend that late night "flashbacks" like this are real -- sure, Oprah Winfrey and Jimmy Fallon totally made a soap opera together! -- but this new entry into the subgenre of chat show skits is so weird, so strange, so great that we can only wish it were true. Wish along with us.

Jessica Chastain, who has favored jewel tones this award season since they work with her porcelain skin and fiery red hair, showed up at the 2013 Oscars in a sparkly, blush-colored Armani Prive gown with a sweetheart neckline. It was sweet and curve-hugging and the actress knocked it out of the park, grand slam-style, with this choice.

Not one, but two movies starring Jessica Chastain topped this week's box office tally.

You know ... this actually looks really good. I don't think it'll be released nationally, but it might show up at the Robinson Film Center ... if nothing else it looks like it's worth trying to red box / rent. Check the video in this post and tell me your thoughts.