# Marvel unveils first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-first-trailer-for-avengers-doomsday-is-finally-here/
- Published: 2026-07-20T18:32:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-21T00:47:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Ars Technica
- Original article: https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/07/the-first-trailer-for-avengers-doomsday-is-finally-here/
- Topics: Avengers: Doomsday, Entertainment, Film, Software

## Key points

- Marvel released the first full Avengers: Doomsday trailer before Comic-Con
- Robert Downey Jr. returns as Doctor Doom, replacing the dropped Kang storyline
- Film unites Avengers, Fantastic Four and X-Men universes ahead of Secret Wars

## Summary

Marvel Studios has released the first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, giving fans their clearest look yet at the film's ensemble cast and multiverse-spanning plot ahead of San Diego Comic-Con. The film, the penultimate instalment in the MCU's "Multiverse Saga," represents a major course correction after Jonathan Majors, originally cast as central villain Kang the Conqueror, was dropped from the franchise following his domestic violence conviction. In his place, returning directors the Russo brothers have built the story around Robert Downey Jr.'s return to the MCU as Doctor Doom, setting the stage for next year's Avengers: Secret Wars.

Set fourteen months after Thunderbolts*, the plot unites heroes from three separate universes—the core Avengers, Wakandan and New Avengers strand, the Fantastic Four's world, and the original X-Men—against a shared existential threat. The sprawling cast includes Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Letitia Wright, Pedro Pascal, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen and Channing Tatum, alongside numerous cameos such as Chris Evans's Steve Rogers and Tom Holland's Spider-Man. The Russo brothers previously directed four of the MCU's most successful films, which together grossed more than $6 billion worldwide, and Avengers: Doomsday is due for release ahead of Secret Wars in May 2027.

## Coverage

- [Ars Technica: Marvel unveils first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday](https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/07/the-first-trailer-for-avengers-doomsday-is-finally-here/)
- [Engadget: Avengers: Doomsday finally has a real trailer](https://www.engadget.com/2218652/avengers-doomsday-finally-has-a-real-trailer/)
- [Far Out: Marvel unveil first trailer for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/marvel-unveil-first-trailer-for-avengers-doomsday/)

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