New Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Revealed at D23
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Marvel Studios has unveiled a new two-minute trailer for Avengers: Doomsday at Disney’s D23 convention, making footage previously shown at San Diego Comic-Con available to a much wider audience. The trailer presents Doctor Doom as an exceptionally powerful threat to heroes from multiple Marvel universes, positioning the film as a major effort to revive the franchise’s cultural impact and box-office strength.
Reed Richards and Sue Storm of the Fantastic Four separately recognise Doom’s danger, while Thor confronts him and is easily defeated; Doom also revives damaged Sentinels into a small army. Robert Downey Jr. plays Doom in an ensemble spanning MCU, Fantastic Four and former X-Men film characters, directed by Joe and Anthony Russo; the film is due in cinemas on 18 December, with Avengers: Secret Wars planned for 2027.
- D23 trailer reveals Doctor Doom’s overwhelming power.
- Avengers: Doomsday unites Marvel characters across several universes.
- The film reaches cinemas on 18 December.
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The Avengers films bring together characters from Marvel’s superhero stories, which have been released in connected films and television series for nearly two decades. Avengers: Doomsday is designed as a large crossover, combining current Marvel characters with figures from earlier Fantastic Four and X-Men films.
Doctor Doom is a long-standing Marvel villain, usually portrayed as a brilliant ruler and scientist who has a personal rivalry with Reed Richards, also known as Mister Fantastic. In this film, Robert Downey Jr., who previously played Iron Man in the Marvel films, takes the role of Doom.
The Russo brothers directed earlier Avengers films including Infinity War and Endgame, which were among the franchise’s biggest cinema successes. The new film is part of a wider storyline that is expected to continue in Avengers: Secret Wars.
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