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Marvel Releases First Trailer for Avengers: Doomsday Featuring Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom

The trailer positions Doctor Doom as the central multiverse threat and signals an intensified promotional push for the film’s December release.

Overview

  • Marvel published the first full trailer on Monday, giving the public the same preview shown at CinemaCon and coinciding with early ticket sales for a new Infinity Vision premium format.
  • The trailer offers the clearest look yet at Robert Downey Jr. in armored, masked Doctor Doom and depicts him as a uniquely powerful antagonist in the Multiverse Saga.
  • Chris Evans appears as Steve Rogers in the trailer and is shown taking up Mjolnir, a brief moment presented by Marvel without revealing plot details.
  • The footage explicitly assembles heroes from three cinematic lineages—the MCU Avengers, the new Fantastic Four, and legacy Fox-era X‑Men—while teasing battles and uneasy alliances among them.
  • The studio confirmed the film’s December 18, 2026 release and that Doomsday will set up a direct follow-up, Avengers: Secret Wars in 2027, and industry reports of post-production friction remain unconfirmed by Marvel or Disney.