Marvel Studios is banking big on Avengers: Doomsday, its biggest crossover event film since Endgame hit theaters back in 2019.
After an up-and-down run of films in recent years, the studio wants to end things with a bang, bringing together the likes of the Avengers, New Avengers, X-Men, and The Fantastic Four. While four short teasers made their way into theaters earlier this year, Marvel has unleashed the first trailer for Doomsday at CinemaCon, and it sounds like the ultimate superhero crossover event.
A trailer for Avengers: Doomsday was shown to audiences at CinemaCon, and The Wrap has provided a description of what was shown. The footage prominently featured Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, while also reintroducing Shang-Chi (Simu Liu), Gambit (Channing Tatum), and Mystique (Rebecca Romijn). Thor and Steve are shown reuniting, with the trailer ending on the latter summoning Mjolnir out of Thor's hand. Read the full description below:
"We hear the words "Something's coming. Something we may not be able to deter" over the ruins of the X-Mansion.
We see Doctor Doom kneeling and his face looks scarred.
Thor remarks that he's fought many enemies and threats that scare him less than this, saying all his heroes and friends died. Everything they sacrificed will mean nothing if they don't stand together.
We get footage of Thor approaching Doom with Stormbreaker. The Fantastic Four meet the MCU heroes. Shang-Chi fights Gambit. Mystique turns into Yelena Belova.
Thor leaps at Doom with Stormbreaker in hand, and Doom stops it at once.
Steve Rogers approaches Thor and says, "Hey pal." Thor says, "It's not possible. Steve reaches for Mjolnir and it leaves Thor's hand, coming to his."
At CinemaCon, Marvel Studios had its own presentation during the Walt Disney Studios panel. Kevin Feige hosted the section, which primarily focused on the biggest film yet in the Multiverse Saga, Avengers: Doomsday. The film, which hits theaters this December, features the return of several MCU icons, including Chris Evans as Steve Rogers. Evans was also in attendance alongside Anthony and Joe Russo, who returned to direct their fifth film in the franchise. Feige confirmed that the film "takes place where Endgame left off but also goes back to when it all started with X-Men."
Despite murmurs online in recent weeks that Marvel Studios was considering moving Avengers: Doomsday up a week in the release schedule, the superhero event film is staying the course. It is still set to open on Dec. 18 opposite Dune: Part Three, which has exclusively secured IMAX screens for three weeks, completely shutting out the MCU's biggest film since Endgame in the popular premium theatrical format. Instead, Marvel will look to ScreenX, 4DX, and other formats to help boost ticket sales profits at the box office, which should still be quite healthy despite the heavy competition. The studio also announced that certain theaters will be certified as Infinity Vision to help moviegoers select the best (and largest) screens possible to see Doomsday.
The cast of Avengers: Doomsday includes Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, Letitia Wright as Shuri / Black Panther, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Wyatt Russell as John Walker / U.S. Agent, Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Namor, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm / Thing, Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Kelsey Grammer as Beast, Lewis Pullman as Sentry, Danny Ramirez as Falcon, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm / Human Torch, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Winston Duke as M'Baku, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Ian McKellen as Magneto, Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, James Marsden as Cyclops, Channing Tatum as Gambit, Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, and Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers: Stephen McFeely, Michael Waldron, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee
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