As mentioned in our earlier
X-MEN 3 teaser trailer story, our man Thomas Leupp was lucky
enough to take part in a set visit to the film, and was able to
catch the teaser before any of us movie nerds. Tom was good enough
to send us his thoughts and description of the trailer though. Check
it out below!
Hey
folks. Got a nice little treat
at the end of the X-Men 3 set visit in
Vancouver
. After shooting a scene with
Ian McKellan (the details of which I am not yet at liberty to
provide), Hugh Jackman walked over to us excitedly and asked if we
(me and the other genre journalists that were on hand) had seen the
teaser trailer. (We hadn’t,
of course; it premieres on Apple.com on December 5th).
The folks at Fox graciously agreed to allow us a
special “sneak peak,” and Hugh (still clad in his Wolverine
outfit) led us over to a mini screening room set up in a nearby
trailer.
The
trailer begins with Patrick Stewart narrating: “Since the dawn of
existence, there have always been moments when the course of history
shifted. Such a turning
point is upon us now.”
Cut
to Magneto addressing a group of mutants (flanked by Juggernaut,
among others): “They wish to
cure us. But I say WE are the
cure.” The group cheers.
Stewart’s
narration continues: “The conflict between the better and worse
angels of our very nature. The
outcome will change our world so greatly, there will be no going
back. I do not know if victory
is possible. I only know that
great sacrifice will be required. And
because the fate of many will depend on a few, we must make a last
stand.”
Being
a teaser trailer, it’s shot in a very quick-cut, fast-paced
format. Here are some of the
visuals I could make out:
-
Shots
of all the new characters, including Angel, Beast and (very
briefly) Juggernaut and Kitty Pryde.
-
Shots
of Halle lookin’ hot with silver hair.
-
Shots
of a frustrated, angry Cyclops.
-
A
saddened Wolverine holding what appear to be Cyclops’ glasses.
-
Jean
Grey smashing through a door psionically.
-
Angel
spreading his wings in what appear to be a laboratory.
-
Shots
of a funeral attended by several morose X-Men.
(Couldn’t see Cyclops or Xavier in the shot.
Hmmmmm…)
-
Lots
of explosions, cars flipping over, etc.
My
thoughts? Looks like the
franchise is in safe hands with Brett Ratner.
Hugh Jackman was certainly excited about it.
Oh – and my gut tells me (and this is STRICTLY my
opinion) that Cyclops is the one who gets killed off.
Questions? Comments? Manifestos? Send them to me at thomasleupp@joblo.com.
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7:19PM on 12/04/2005