It’s official: The X-Males are making their large display return in “Avengers: Doomsday.”
Marvel’s third teaser for its large superhero crossover, launched Tuesday, spotlights Ian McKellen’s Magneto, Patrick Stewart’s Charles Xavier and James Marsden’s Cyclops. It’s the newest “Doomsday” teaser that has been enjoying in theaters in entrance of Disney’s billion-dollar blockbuster “Avatar: Fire and Ash.”
The quick and somber clip begins with a take a look at some wreckage throughout the deserted halls of Xavier’s College for Gifted Kids — the house base of the X-Males. The teaser additionally contains footage of Xavier and Magneto sharing what appears to be a young second in addition to an emotional Cyclops unleashing an enormous optic blast as what look like massive legs probably belonging to Sentinels lumber alongside within the background.
“Death comes for us all,” Magneto says within the voice-over. “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?’”
The clip concludes with textual content promising the X-Males will return in “Avengers: Doomsday” earlier than fading into the countdown to the movie’s launch. The countdown was additionally featured within the earlier “Doomsday” teasers spotlighting Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers and Chris Hemsworth’s Thor.
“Doomsday” will mark McKellen and Marsden’s Marvel Cinematic Universe debuts. Previous to Disney’s acquisition of Fox in 2019, the long-lasting mutant superhero workforce headlined its personal franchise, which kicked off with the 2000 movie “X-Men.”
Stewart beforehand appeared within the 2022 MCU installment “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” enjoying a distinct model of the fan-favorite X-Males chief. Different X-Males characters who’ve already appeared in MCU movies embrace Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, who starred alongside the Merc with a Mouth in “Deadpool & Wolverine,” and Kelsey Grammer’s Beast, who had a cameo in one in all “The Marvels” post-credits scenes.
Different X-Males characters anticipated to look in “Doomsday” embrace Beast, Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming) and Mystique (Rebecca Romijn).
“Doomsday,” directed by MCU veterans Anthony and Joe Russo, will function “Iron Man” actor Robert Downey Jr. because the masked villain Physician Doom. The huge superhero crossover may also function fellow “Avengers” alums Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/Captain America), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang/Ant-Man) and Tom Hiddleston (Loki); the “Thunderbolts*” antiheroes performed by Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), David Harbour (Alexei Shostakov/Purple Guardian), Lewis Pullman (Bob Reynolds), Wyatt Russell (John Walker) and Hannah John-Kamen (Ava Starr/Ghost); and “Fantastic Four: First Steps” stars Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm).
“Avengers: Doomsday” will hit theaters Dec. 18.
