# Winners & Losers: ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Trailer Divides Fans; the TV Academy Upsets Everybody

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/winners-the-tv-academy-upsets-everybody/
- Published: 2026-07-24T14:54:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-24T15:06:05+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/avengers-doomsday-ed-harris-tv-academy-controversy-1236655182/
- Topics: Avengers: Doomsday, Entertainment, Film, TV

## Key points

- Avengers: Doomsday trailer disappointed some fans despite strong advance sales.
- Practical-effects claims have not quelled concerns about its visual style.
- Ed Harris publicly criticised his Dutton Ranch role.

## Summary

This week’s winners and losers include a divisive first teaser for Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday, praise for two horror trailers, Ed Harris’s public criticism of his Dutton Ranch role, and renewed frustration with the Television Academy.

- Avengers: Doomsday’s teaser drew criticism for looking visually muddled and overly reliant on green-screen-style imagery, although it still generated $16.5 million in US advance sales in 24 hours.
- The timing contrasted poorly with Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, whose cast has highlighted practical effects and location filming; Doomsday’s designer says 80% of its sets were practical.
- DC’s Clayface and Universal’s Other Mommy, starring Jessica Chastain in two roles, were identified as notably well-received trailers.
- Ed Harris said he felt misled by the limited, “inconsequential” nature of his first-season Dutton Ranch storyline and considered leaving the show.

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