a younger version of jean, alongside teenage versions of scott and ororo, appears in "". now blue-eyed with long, loosely curled orange hair, this new variation of jean had been located and enrolled sometime prior to the movie, as she, now in her mid-teens, is introduced as already being a student at xavier's school for gifted youngsters. when alex summers brings his younger brother to the school after his own optic laser blast powers had manifested, scott bumped into jean, as he couldn't see due to being blindfolded. jean drops the many books, binders, and papers she held, but instantly we watch as this new incarnation of jean telekinetically pulls them back into her hands, exhibiting seemingly little effort, which seems to imply that the professor has left her mind unbarred. she gets mad at this, but apologizes as scott explains he can't exactly look where he's going. later, jean is studying by a tree when scott attempts to talk to her. seeing the other students show fear, jean explains that they're afraid of her because they are aware of her full powers, and therefore is treated as an outcast. jean is affected by the energy wave released by an ancient, god-like mutant who had awakened that day. this causes jean to have a nightmare of the world ending during which the entire school shakes, most of the students are awoken from sleep, and the professor hurries to her room to find that her telekinetic powers, already immensely strong, are quite literally burning the walls of her room. telepathically reaching into jean's mind to awaken her – an act that causes charles a sizeable amount of pain – the wooden walls cease to burn and to emit smoke, and the professor slumps back, substantially exhausted now. the powerful young psychic is reassured by xavier that she is not losing control of her powers, despite her doubts. when the mansion is destroyed, she comforts scott over the loss of his own brother and conceals herself, scott, and nightcrawler from stryker's men. while in stryker's base, she connects with weapon x (wolverine), and releases him from his cell. before he, fearfully, leaves the complex jean restores the few remaining memories of his that she can. she then joins the fight in cairo. she telekinetically protects the group from angel's metal wings. after xavier is saved, he mentally links with her and reveals to apocalypse that he is not the most powerful psychic, and convinces jean to unleash the full extent of her powers. her eyes glowing with fiery light, the powerful young mutant walks through midair and within a matter of seconds, a massive burst of telekinetic energy (combined with fire generated by magneto piling metal into apocalypses' shields) explode outward from within jean's body, almost instantaneously taking the shape of a great, fiery bird. her powerful telekinesis dispels apocalypse’s shield, and aided with cyclops, storm and magneto, they weaken the apocalypse altogether. until finally, as she gets more powerful, the fire reaches to apocalypse’s physical body, and she incinerates apocalypse before calming down. she helps to psychically restore and revive professor xavier. she is last seen helping to re-build the mansion, alongside erik lensherr, before joining cyclops, storm, nightcrawler, quicksilver, under the leadership of hank and raven, to become the new official team of x-men and preparing to test her powers in her very first danger room session against a group of mark i sentinels.