The X-Men are officially back in live action.
The third teaser for “Avengers: Doomsday,” which has been playing ahead of “Avatar: Fire and Ash” screenings, has been released online, and it marks the return of Fox’s “X-Men” characters Prof. Charles Xavier, played by Patrick Stewart, Magneto, played by Ian McKellen, and James Marsden as Cyclops.
The teaser starts by showing Xavier’s abandoned School for Gifted Youngsters, where the X-Men once called home.
Magneto says ominously, “Death comes for us all. It’s all I know for sure. The question isn’t ‘are you prepared to die?’ The question is ‘who would you be when you close your eyes?’”
After showing Xavier’s wheelchair and a floating chess piece, reminiscent of the ending to “X-Men: The Last Stand,” where Magneto attempts to regain his electromagnetic powers while playing chess, the two frenemies are reunited.
A shaggy-haired Magneto embraces Xavier, but then the teaser takes a dramatic turn and shows a distraught Cyclops firing a massive beam of red energy from his visor.
It’s a huge display of power compared to Cyclops’ previous “X-Men” films, and it perhaps signals that he’ll take on a more central role in the team’s “Doomsday” adventure.
There’s also a massive leg lumbering in the distance, which could be a Sentinel, the gigantic, mutant-hunting robots that are among the X-Men’s most iconic villains.
Stewart, McKellen and Marsden will be joined by Kelsey Grammer’s Beast, Alan Cumming’s Nightcrawler, Channing Tatum’s Gambit and Rebecca Romijn’s Mystique in “Doomsday.”
They’ll also cross paths with “Avengers” characters like Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Sebastian Stan, Paul Rudd, Tom Hiddleston, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and Simu Liu.
The mega team-up will also include “Fantastic Four” stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, plus the “Thunderbolts” anti-heroes Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen and Lewis Pullman.
[Source: Variety]
