{"id":73451,"date":"2025-03-29T02:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T09:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=73451"},"modified":"2025-04-05T23:20:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T06:20:02","slug":"ariana-grande-includes-fun-x-men-nod-in-brighter-days-ahead-short-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=73451","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Includes Fun X-Men Nod In Brighter Days Ahead Short Film"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Global superstar Ariana Grande paid homage to the X-Men films in <em>brighter days ahead<\/em>, her newly released <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=yj1Kvhog6PU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">short film<\/a>. In the scene, an aged-up Grande is shown seated in a wheelchair that is being wheeled into a large circular structure with a walkway leading to a device, obviously similar to Professor Charles Xavier&#8217;s Cerebro. It&#8217;s a fun, uneXpected nod to the mutant film series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Starts at the 2:46 minute mark&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yj1Kvhog6PU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Set against the music of eternal sunshine deluxe: brighter days ahead, and directed by frequent collaborators Christian Breslauer and Ariana Grande, this film explores love, loss, growth, and the fleeting nature of memory, delivering a heartfelt cinematic experience that closes the door on this eternal sunshine album era.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"314\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-73453\" data-id=\"73453\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ari-gra-x-men-1.jpg?resize=640%2C314&#038;ssl=1\" 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