Marvel Officially Releases Avengers: Doomsday X-Men Teaser Trailer Online, Shows Cyclops, Professor X, and Magneto
Marvel has officially released the X-Men teaser trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, after a week spent in theaters ahead of Avatar: Fire and Ash.
The trailer, which had leaked last week, shows Professor X, Magneto, and Cyclops, with a fourth teaser thought to be headed to theaters now. It follows the Steve Rogers / Captain America teaser for Avengers: Doomsday, which shows Chris Evans’ character holding a baby, presumably his child with Peggy Carter, and the Thor trailer, which shows Chris Hemsworth’s Asgardian caring for his adopted daughter, Love.
As we know, Avengers: Doomsday is confirmed to feature a number of X-Men characters played by their original actors, including Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), and James Marsden (Cyclops).
In the trailer, we see Ian McKellen reprise his role as Magneto, although not in battle costume. Patrick Stewart’s Professor X wears a costume that bears a resemblance to the militaristic suit he wore in the comics, although his much-loved yellow chair is nowhere to be seen. Overall, it looks like Avengers: Doomsday is looking to the 90s for inspiration for the X-Men’s design, which will no-doubt delight veteran fans of the mutant superhero team and align with the popular animated X-Men series.
The footage we see is set in the X-Mansion, also known as Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. In one shot, we see Cyclops let rip with an optic blast, and near him is a giant boot, which we presume belongs to a mutant-hunting Sentinel. Like with the Thor trailer, the tone here is dead serious. Magneto talks about death coming for everyone eventually as he and his old friend Charles hold hands, perhaps awaiting their demise at the hands of Doctor Doom.
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This ties into leaked set photos that appeared to tease a huge battle at the X-Mansion. At the time, fans speculated that this battle would feature Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom controlling Sentinels that attack the X-Men as part of an incursion, and that it would go very badly for the X-Men, potentially even wiping the mutants out. The theory is that this would establish the universe-ending potential of Doctor Doom, in a similar way Avengers: Infinity War kicked off with Thanos beating Hulk so badly Hulk basically went into hiding for the rest of the MCU phase.
But the highlight is a comic book accurate live-action version of Cyclops. This is something fans have been waiting 20 years for, after Fox’s X-Men movies made a point of distancing themselves from the comics by going with black suits. Cyclops tears off his visor and lets rip as the X-Mansion erupts in flame around him. It feels like a hail mary, and some fans are worried Cyclops is going to sacrifice himself to save some of his fellow mutants in the attack.
The question is, who makes it out of this battle alive? Will whoever’s left of the X-Men team up with the Avengers and other superheroes confirmed to appear in Doomsday to take on Doctor Doom, or do they spend most of their time fighting each other throughout Doomsday, only putting their differences aside for 2027’s Avengers: Secret Wars? Either way, the X-Mansion looks like it’s toast — again.
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