GoKawiilWith San Diego Comic-Con kicking off later this week, Marvel Studios has released the first official full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, the penultimate film in the MCU’s Phase Six and the end of the so-called “Multiverse Saga.”
(Spoilers for prior relevant MCU films below.)
Marvel Studios originally planned to build its Phase Six Avengers arc (The Kang Dynasty) around Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror (and associated variants), introduced in Loki and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. But then Majors was convicted of domestic violence, and Marvel fired the actor soon after. That meant the studio needed to retool its Phase Six plans, culminating in the announced return of the Russo brothers, who directed four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most successful films, which brought in more than $6 billion at the global box office.
The Russo brothers decided to take a new direction, bringing the Secret Wars storyline to the big screen. It’s one of their favorites, but before they could take on Avengers: Secret Wars (slated for May 2027), the duo knew they first had to make Avengers: Doomsday, featuring the wildly popular comics villain Doctor Doom, with the return of Robert Downey Jr. to the MCU in that role.
The film takes place 14 months after the events of Thunderbolts*. Per the official logline: “Beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.” Those universes are Earth-616 (the Avengers, Wakandans, and New Avengers), Earth-828 (Fantastic Four), and the “original” X-Men.
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Cast-wise, we have Avengers favorites Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the new Captain America (Anthony Mackie), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), Falcon (Danny Ramirez), and Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Then there’s the Wakandan contingent: Shuri as the new Black Panther (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), and Namor (Tenoch Huerta Mejia), as well as Alex Livinalli as Namor’s ally, Attuma. And, of course, Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.