A day after a 72-second clip from Avengers: Doomsday tore across social media, the leak has a new problem, and it’s not the pixelation.
It’s Marvel’s silence.
Nearly 24 hours in, Marvel Studios still hasn’t issued a single DMCA takedown on the footage, and for a growing chunk of the fandom, that silence has become the strongest argument yet that the whole thing is fake or AI-generated.
Why The Missing Takedown Matters
The logic fans are running is simple. When real Marvel footage leaks, Disney’s lawyers move fast, the December teasers and the recent bootleg Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer were both scrubbed almost immediately.
Genuine studio material gets nuked within hours.
This clip is still up. So the theory goes: if Marvel isn’t protecting it, it was never Marvel’s to protect. “Zero DMCA claims mean it was never a studio leak,” one widely shared post argued, landing on a blunt verdict — 100% fake.
It’s a real tell, and in an era where a convincing AI fake takes minutes to generate, it’s not one to wave off.
Why It’s Not Proof
Here’s where we’d pump the brakes before anyone declares it debunked.
Silence isn’t the same as confirmation. Takedowns lag, especially over a weekend, and legal teams often batch enforcement rather than chase every repost in real time.
There’s also the Streisand effect: going scorched-earth on a leak is exactly what tips off the fans who hadn’t seen it yet, and studios sometimes let low-res bootlegs burn out on their own rather than amplify them.
And the footage didn’t come from nowhere. As we covered, multiple outlets that reviewed the clip believed it looked authentic rather than AI-generated, and scooper Daniel Richtman called related leaks — including a Wolverine, Spider-Man, and Deadpool photo — the real deal.
The clip also lines up with prior set photos and the descriptions of the CinemaCon trailer.
So both things can be true at once: the footage looks real, and the missing takedown is a legitimate reason to keep doubting it.
What Would Settle It
Two things break the stalemate. If Marvel finally issues takedowns, that’s effectively a confirmation the footage is real , studios don’t burn legal hours killing fan-made AI.
If the clip just quietly stays up and no cleaner version ever surfaces, the fake theory gains weight by default.
For now, it sits in limbo: too convincing to dismiss, too unprotected to confirm. We’ll update the moment Marvel moves one way or the other.
Avengers: Doomsday opens Dec. 18, 2026. For everything confirmed, rumored, and leaked, see our full Avengers: Doomsday news and updates guide.
(note: featured Doctor Doom concept art is art that the Russos have denied is for their movies)
