Marvel Studios once again teases an MCU reboot with the first synopsis for Avengers: Doomsday, which teases the “new era of the MCU.”
The description fits with recent comments made by returning directors Joe and Anthony Russo.
Avengers: Doomsday synopsis
The Avengers: Doomsday synopsis comes thanks to the official Marvel Studios display at the Osaka Comic-Con.
At the convention, Marvel has the “Road To Avengers” display, and displays for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Thunderbolts/New Avengers, Captain America: Brave New World, Deadpool & Wolverine, and more.
The description offers:
The highly anticipated new Avengers movie, “Avengers: Doomsday,” will be released in one year.
Seven years after the excitement of “Endgame,” the ever-evolving Marvel Cinematic Universe is set to reach a new climax.
Robert Downey Jr. makes a sensational return to the MCU as the villain Doctor Doom! The Russo brothers, who led “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Endgame” to success will once again serve as directors.
“It’s going to be the most epic two-part story in the last decade with many characters and intertwining stories.” — Joe Russo
Let’s move forward together toward the new era of the MCU.
‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’ display at Osaka Comic-Con
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The ‘ROAD TO THE AVENGERS’ booth at Osaka Comic-Con showcases THUNDERBOLTS*, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS, and AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.
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A photo op for 'THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS' at Osaka Comic-Con.
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What did the Russo brothers say about the MCU reboot?
In a recent interview, the Russo brothers said Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars won’t be an end as Infinity War and Endgame were, but that the new Avengers movies mark a new beginning:
“What’s compelling about these two new Avengers movies is they’re a beginning. It’s a new beginning. We told an ending story, now we’re going to tell a beginning story.”
Part of that MCU reboot will be the X-Men following Secret Wars, as Kevin Feige has confirmed a “new age of mutants” will follow. Recently saw the news that Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier is being eyed to direct the X-Men reboot, with the script from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes writer Michael Lesslie.
What remains to be seen is if/how/when The Avengers will get rebooted.
Release info
The Fantastic Four: First Steps hits first on July 25, directed by Matt Shakman starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
Avengers: Doomsday will be released on May 1, 2026. Avengers: Secret Wars gets released on May 7, 2027.
Confirmed as the 27-member cast for Doomsday includes (33 more are rumored):
- Chris Hemsworth (Thor)
- Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm – Fantastic Four)
- Anthony Mackie (Captain America)
- Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier)
- Paul Rudd (Ant-Man)
- Wyatt Russell (John Walker – Thunderbolts)
- Letitia Wright (Shuri)
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Thing – Fantastic Four)
- Tenoch Huerta Mejia (Namor)
- Simu Liu (Shang-Chi)
- Florence Pugh (Yelena – Thunderbolts)
- Kelsey Grammer (Beast – X-Men)
- Lewis Pullman (The Sentry – Thunderbolts)
- Danny Ramirez (Falcon)
- Joseph Quinn (Human Torch – Fantastic Four)
- David Harbour (Red Guardian – Thunderbolts)
- Winston Duke (M’Baku)
- Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost – Thunderbolts)
- Tom Hiddleston (Loki)
- Patrick Stewart (Professor X – X-Men)
- Ian McKellen (Magneto – X-Men)
- Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler – X-Men)
- Rebecca Romijn (Mystique – X-Men)
- James Marsden (Cyclops – X-Men)
- Channing Tatum (Gambit)
- Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards – Fantastic Four)
- Robert Downey Jr. (Doctor Doom)
(note: featured image of Doctor Doom is Marvel concept art that the Russo brothers said is not from their Avengers movies)
