Can't wait to watch The Amazing Spider-Man 2? You should probably do your best to watch it asap if you are a fan of superhero movies as not only is Sony promising the best Spider-Man movie to date, the Amazing Spider-Man 2 post credits scene involves the mutants in X-Men Days of Future Past!
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens in theaters in the first weekend of May and fans who stick around through the credits, will get to see a little piece of X-Men: Days of Future Past.
It's a tradition now that all Marvel movies feature scenes during and/or after the credits to tease something from another upcoming film or offer a little fun moment for fans, but this is the first time we've seen a studio film use the opportunity to tease another Marvel-branded film from another studio.
The scene in question features Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Havok (Lucas Till) and William Stryker (Josh Helman) in a Vietnam camp (there's a hint of this in the latest X-Men: Days of Future Past trailers) during a neat little action sequence.
But will this lead to cross-over between the two franchises?
Sorry, fans but a cross-over between the two franchises are unlikely at the moment. It's important to note that this isn't any sort of crossover scene or tease of the Spider-Man and X-Men universes sharing the same space. It's simply an exclusive trailer/teaser of sorts of another movie, but at the end of the film instead of during the normal previews
Variety has some insight as to the how and why this particular marketing deal came about. Marc Webb had a contractual obligation to Fox after signing a deal with them after 500 Days of Summer and in order to let Webb direct The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for Sony, Fox let it happen in exchange for a bit of free marketing for their X-Men movie. That translated into this post credits scene.
But this isn't the first time a Spider-Man and X-Men "cross-over" happened. Hidden as an Easter egg on the original X-Men DVD, users could access a blooper scene where Spider-Man tries to steal the spotlight from the black leather-clad X-Men lead by Cyclops:
