Marvel Studios unveiled the second Avengers: Doomsday
trailer on Friday during Disney’s D23 fan convention. The massive MCU team-up movie arrives in theaters on Dec. 18. The two-minute clip was introduced by “Doomsday” leads Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, and Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter. The presentation also included a new poster for the film.
Marvel Studios Unveils Second Avengers: Doomsday
Trailer at D23
During the D23 presentation, Hugh Jackman and an off-screen Ryan Reynolds crashed the event with a video message. The Wolverine actor joked and begged for a spot in the cast, asking if the team needed help rounding out the ensemble and suggesting he might convince Reynolds to appear in the movie, according to IGN.
New Footage Highlights Confrontations With Doctor Doom
The newly revealed trailer features Vanessa Kirby’s Sue Storm/Invisible Woman warning Earth’s mightiest heroes about the danger of the Latverian villain, with cuts focusing on Doom’s costume. I knew he was lost,
Storm says in the clip. But I did not realize that he was broken.
The footage subsequently cuts to Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic confronting Doom amid a heap of rubble. Chris Hemsworth’s Thor then promises that Doom will beg for hell before the Norse god grants it. Before Thor can strike Doom with his axe Stormbreaker, Doom blocks the blow and blasts Thor with a green energy beam. Doom then raises a collection of Sentinels—classic X-Men villains—and declares, Hell answers to me, for I am Doom.
Sprawling Star-Studded Cast and MCU Returns
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers: Doomsday
follows beloved heroes from three distinct universes on a deadly collision course against an existential threat. The Avengers, Fantastic Four, Thunderbolts, and other heroes unite to take down Downey’s Doctor Doom. This marks the Iron Man actor’s return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe following his original character’s death in Avengers: Endgame.
Evans and Atwell also discussed returning to their roles after their characters’ apparent happy ending in “Endgame.” Chris Evans previously noted that the film will be a brutal and challenging examination of Steve Rogers and his values. The expansive cast features a massive roster of returning fan favorites and official MCU debuts for several former Fox X-Men actors.
Cast and Character Lineup
- Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom
- Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America
- Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor
- Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic
- Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
- Joseph Quinn as Human Torch
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing
- Paul Rudd as Ant-Man
- Letitia Wright as Black Panther
- Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki
- Simu Liu as Shang-Chi
- Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova
- David Harbour as Red Guardian
- Lewis Pullman as Sentry
- Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent
- Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost
- Patrick Stewart as Prof. Charles Xavier
- Ian McKellen as Magneto
- James Marsden as Cyclops
- Kelsey Grammer as Beast
- Rebecca Romijn as Mystique
- Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler
- Channing Tatum as Gambit
- Anthony Mackie, Kathryn Newton, Danny Ramirez, Winston Duke, Mabel Cadena, and Tenoch Huerta Mejia