Over a year of hype-building stunts and slowly-rolled-out teasers have led to this: Marvel Studios has finally released the first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, the next chapter in the mega-franchise. Directed by the returning Joe and Anthony Russo and arriving December 18th, the new movie aims to return the Marvel Cinematic Universe to its past glory as Robert Downey Jr. makes his bizarre return to battle a huge cast of characters — including the also returning Chris Evans.
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The full announced cast list for Avengers: Doomsday includes (deep breath) Chris Hemsworth, Vanessa Kirby, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright, Paul Rudd, Wyatt Russell, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Simu Liu, Florence Pugh, Kelsey Grammer, Lewis Pullman, Danny Ramirez, Joseph Quinn, David Harbour, Winston Duke, Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hiddleston, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Channing Tatum, and Pedro Pascal. Yes, this includes actors from Fox’s X-Men movies and the MCU-bridging Deadpool & Wolverine, movies which the franchise has established exist in a separate universe from the Earth-616 heroes we’ve followed over the last decade and a half.
How will they all… assemble? That’s a question to be answered on December 18th when Avengers: Doomsday debuts in theaters. For a refresher of how we got here, you can pick up the Avengers Assembled: Complete 4-Movie Collection, or to be a real nerd about it, we suggest reading Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers: The Complete Collection Vol. 4 and Vol. 5, as these comic stories heavily influenced the plot of Avengers: Doomsday (and, frankly, a lot of the MCU in general).
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Check out the new trailer below. Superhero fans also have Spider-Man: Brand New Day to look forward to on July 31st, and you can see where the MCU lands on Consequence’s list of the best action movie franchises of all time.