Fox announced that the teaser trailer for its upcoming third X-Men movie, nicknamed X3, will go live on the Internet at Apple.com this Monday, a week before originally planned, and that the trailer will hit theaters on December 14, attached to prints of King Kong.

Sci-Fi Wire got a glimpse of the trailer which reveals several key spoilers about the upcoming movie including the appearance for the first time of two new characters: Angel (Ben Foster), unfolding his large, feathered wings in a laboratory setting, and the furred, blue-skinned Beast (Kelsey Grammer) at what appears to be a memorial service.

The trailer also confirms speculation that the third film would deal with the Dark Phoenix storyline from the Marvel Comics series: A laboratory sequence appears to show the resurrection of Jean Grey (Famke Janssen). Storm (Halle Berry) is seen taking flight. There is a Danger Room combat sequence and a concluding shot that shows the Golden Gate bridge being torn apart, presumably by Magneto.

Magneto also hints at one of the movie's major themes in one of the trailer's only lines of dialogue: "They want to cure us!" he shouts to a group of mutants assembled in a forest. "I say we are the cure!" In keeping with Xavier's warning of great sacrifice, there is a gathering of heroes at what appears to be a memorial service, though the trailer doesn't make clear whose. Several characters from previous films make appearances, including Cyclops, Mystique and Colossus.

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