X-MEN: APOCALYPSE trailer to show in front of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS!

20th Century Fox has officially announced that the first teaser trailer for X-MEN: APOCALYPSE will show in front of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on December 18th! Releasing the footage in front of Disney’s burgeoning blockbuster will guarantee that MANY people are exposed to the mutant greatness that’s coming their way on May 27, 2016.

Make sure to subscribe to Fox’s official YouTube page, as the trailer is expected to make its debut online ahead of the theatrical release.

Directed by Bryan Singer and written by Simon Kinberg, the film stars James McAvoy as Professor X, Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Jennifer Lawrence as Raven/ Mystique, Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, Evan Peters as Quicksilver, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey, Tye Sheridan as Cyclops, Alexandra Shipp as Storm, Lucas Till as Havok, Olivia Munn as Psylocke, Ben Hardy as Archangel, Lana Condor as Jubilee and Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nightcrawler.

Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshiped as a god. Apocalypse (Isaac), the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.