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Those who head to movie theaters to see the upcoming 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� film 鈥淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens鈥� may get a preview of the next story in a comic book universe, too.聽

Simon Kinberg, who is a producer and writer for the upcoming 鈥淴-Men鈥� movie 鈥淴-Men: Apocalypse,鈥� recently said 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� fans will for his film playing before the main feature.

鈥淥ur first trailer will be on 鈥楽tar Wars: The Force Awakens,鈥欌�� Kinberg, who also wrote the screenplay for and produced the 2014 hit 鈥淴-Men: Days of Future Past,鈥� said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 our first thing out there, so it is somewhat of a teaser, but it鈥檚 certainly longer than a minute and it has a ton of cool stuff in it.鈥�

鈥淎pocalypse鈥� is set to be released next May and stars such franchise veterans as James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, and Jennifer Lawrence as well as newbies like Oscar Isaac, Sophie Turner, and Olivia Munn.

The 鈥淴-Men鈥� film series began in 2000 with the movie 鈥淴-Men鈥� and has since reinvented itself. Three movies were made starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, and Halle Berry but the last, 2006's 鈥淴-Men: The Last Stand,鈥� was poorly received by critics.

The 2011 movie 鈥淴-Men: First Class鈥� served as a prequel to the original 鈥淴-Men鈥� series and brought on McAvoy, Fassbender, and Lawrence. The film was a modest hit at the box office but popular with fans, and the second movie with those cast members, 鈥淴-Men: Days of Future Past,鈥� became a big hit.

The 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� and 鈥淴-Men鈥� series actually have more than a few things in common in this reboot-heavy age of movies. Both brought on younger cast members for later films but had the older ones who are familiar to audiences return as well. 鈥淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens鈥� will have original series stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill appear alongside such new players as John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, and Isaac. 鈥淴-Men: Days of Future Past鈥� had the new generation of actors 鈥� McAvoy, Fassbender, and Lawrence 鈥� star with Jackman, Stewart, and McKellan.聽

鈥淴-Men鈥� seems to be attempting this a second time. Lawrence, for one, has said she with the series after 鈥淎pocalypse鈥� and 鈥淎pocalypse鈥� finds new cast members like Turner playing younger versions of characters audiences already know like Jean Grey (previously portrayed by Famke Janssen) and Storm (previously played by Berry). It's like a third iteration of new actors.

Both movie series have also attempted spin-offs, though these are less proven successes as of yet. The 鈥淴-Men鈥� series attempted it with Jackman鈥檚 character Wolverine, but the first attempt, 2009鈥檚 鈥淴-Men Origins: Wolverine,鈥� was slammed by critics. 2013鈥檚 鈥淭he Wolverine鈥� was also not admired by reviewers.

鈥淪tar Wars鈥� has not yet attempted spin-offs but has projects in the works. A movie titled 鈥淩ogue One鈥� will star Felicity Jones and Diego Luna and will center on new characters. That鈥檚 set to be released in December 2016. Then a movie centering on smuggler Han Solo (Ford in the original films) will be released in 2018.聽

Can both series sustain these efforts? Both are extremely popular. The high anticipation for 鈥淔orce Awakens鈥� and the big box office performance for 鈥淒ays of Future Past鈥� seem to indicate that fans will continue to follow the franchises through multiple films.