In the first few minutes of a new "X-Men: Days of Future
Past" clip, some X-Men attempt to battle ruthless metal monsters using
their special abilities.
It's the first appearance for some of the mutants — Blink,
Sunspot, Warpath and Bishop. A few don't make it out alive.
The clip was unveiled Thursday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas and
introduced by Jim Gianopulos, chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox, to theater
owners.
The seventh installment of the Marvel franchise, due May 23,
brings back two-time "X-Men" director Bryan Singer, as the younger
selves of X-Men Professor Charles Xavier (played by James McAvoy) and Magneto
(Michael Fassbender) join forces with their older selves (Patrick Stewart and
Ian McKellen) to fight species across two time periods.
Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), Storm
(Halle Berry) and many of the other X-Men also appear.
Among those featured in the "X-Men: Days of Future Past"
clip, Ellen Page plays Shadowcat, Shawn Ashmore is Iceman, Bingbing Fan is
newbie Blink (she can teleport herself), Adan Canto is Sunspot (he can store
and convert solar energy), Booboo Stewart is Warpath (he has superhuman
strength and his body can regenerate quickly) and Omar Sy is Bishop (he is able
to release absorbed biokinetic energy).
With appearances by Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Shailene
Woodley, Fox also previewed "The Other Woman" and "The Fault of
Our Stars."
In their new comedy, out in April, Diaz and Mann discover they are
in a relationship with the same man. "At some point in your life everybody
has been cheated on," Diaz told The Associated Press before taking the
stage with Mann to plug the film.
The shown clips didn't sway far from the previously released
trailer, which shows the ladies, also including Kate Upton, bonding over their
betrayals and plotting revenge on their man.
There to introduce summer release "The Fault of Our
Stars," based on John Green's best-selling tear-jerker about two young
people (Woodley and her "Divergent" co-star Ansel Elgort) with cancer
who fall in love, Woodley said the film "rewrote the way I look at every
breath."
The studio also touted the upcoming "Rio 2," with a
showgirl-accompanied performance of the film's song "Rio Rio" by
rapper B.o.B. and Ester Dean, as well as "Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes," to release in June.
In the "Apes" footage shown, the advancement of the
apes, one of the climactic moments in "Rise of the Planet of the
Apes," is once again highlighted. One ape yells, "Apes together,
strong!"
The material to gain the largest cheers from the audience was one
of the studio's 2015 teasers, the Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson-starring
"The Secret Service." In it, Firth plays an agent who trains a young
man to become part of his team. An early clip showed Firth as a suit-wearing,
umbrella-toting, fierce fighting agent — a new, entertaining look for him.
The presentation was capped by "New Girl" stars Jake
Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr., who come down the Colosseum aisles at the Caesars
Palace dressed as police officers shouting "Don't worry, we're fake
cops" through megaphones to promote their buddy comedy where they play
pretend police officers in "Let's Be Cops."
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