Overview
- Marvel showed exclusive Avengers: Doomsday footage to Hall H attendees on Saturday that was later leaked online and prompted broad fan praise compared with the earlier public trailer.
- The Comic‑Con clip opens on Doctor Doom seated on a throne, ties him to Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards and the Fantastic Four, includes the line “All of you have lived stolen lives,” and shows Doom raising an army of Sentinels from the ground.
- Marvel and the Russo brothers say the film is largely finished but left room for additional photography, and Avengers: Doomsday remains scheduled for theatrical release on December 18, 2026.
- The presentation reunited legacy and crossover talent, with Robert Downey Jr. as Doom and Chris Evans returning as Steve Rogers/Nomad after turning down multiple previous pitches, and Downey saying playing Doom felt isolating compared with his time as Iron Man.
- Kevin Feige defended introducing Doom at this stage by likening the rollout to Thanos’s introduction, and the Sentinel imagery confirms explicit X‑Men integration that raises continuity stakes for the follow‑up Avengers: Secret Wars.