Overview
- Marvel will re-release Avengers: Endgame as Avengers: Endgame Encore on September 25, 2026, with filmmakers confirming new footage has been added.
- Joe Russo has said the new material is “set in the Doomsday story” and intended to prepare audiences for Avengers: Doomsday.
- An unverified X post amplified by several outlets claims the Encore will be about seven minutes longer, with a new intro, two to four bonus scenes, and an ending extended to lead into Doomsday; those specifics remain unconfirmed by Marvel.
- Reports suggest the additions are likely short, targeted scenes rather than a full director’s cut and that any link to Doomsday may come at the film’s end rather than as a new post-credits sequence.
- The Encore release is part of a broader marketing push that includes premium-format sales and early bookings to build momentum for Doomsday, which is scheduled to open on December 18, 2026, with the Russo brothers directing.