Avengers Doomsday Trailer Breakdown: 5 Moments That Are Emotional Nod To Endgame - Thor Assembling MCU To Cap Being Worthy

Marvel shocked MCU fans by dropping the highly anticipated trailer for Avengers: Doomsday on July 20, almost unannounced. While many kept waiting for its release at the San Diego Comic-Con scheduled for this coming Sunday, the makers quashed all speculations and surprised netizens with possibly the most intriguing first look of the mega tentpole that's set to release in theatres on December 18, 2026. However, it wasn't just the fact that Marvel's various universes are gathering to fight the main villain of the Multiverse Saga, it was also the debut look of Robert Downey Jr., who returns to the MCU as Doctor Doom.The upcoming ensemble features one of Marvel's largest casts yet, bringing together the Avengers, Fantastic Four family, Thunderbolts,

Wakandan heroes, and several iconic X-Men characters.

While RDJ will headline the film in an unexpected new role, returning MCU stars include Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Florence Pugh, Paul Rudd, Tom Hiddleston, Simu Liu, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen and Tenoch Huerta Mejía, among others.Avengers: Doomsday also reunites several actors from Fox's X-Men franchise, including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James Marsden, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, Kelsey Grammer, and Channing Tatum.

Avengers Doomsday trailer breakdown - Best moments, fan theories and more

If you're still reeling under the trailer's impact on your senses, we give you more! Here, we break it down to pick the best moments it has given us, the fan theories that are leaving us cracking our brains, and soaring expectations from the massive production.

1. Thor assembling Marvel superheroes

The fact that the trailer opens with Thor's thumping speech about the do-or-die situation for the MCU heroes to join hands and fight a common enemy, was a complete déjà vu to Iron Man, whose voice opened the trailer of Avengers: Endgame. We know Doomsday will be different, yet a perfect trigger towards everything that has happened in the MCU so far, especially during the culmination of the Infinity Saga.

2. The squabbles, meet-ups

The trailer opens with Sir Patrick Stewart, who is reprising his iconic role as Charles Xavier (Professor X) from the X-Men franchise. He warns the audience that "Something's coming..." just like we saw Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury uttering the famous dialogue "There was an idea..." The trailer depicts how it isn't going to be easy to get all the heroes from multiple universes together against Doctor Doom. Gambit is fighting Shang-Chi, and Yelena is fighting her own personification by presumably Mystique.

Fantastic Four members meet Thunderbolts, Anthony Mackie's Captain America is back. We see Wakanda, Earth-616, and even some terrain that looks like another planet or dimension. There's Loki, Ant-Man, Neymar... each one getting pushed to their limits to ultimately give in and gather their energies.

3. Teams unite and reunite

Thor, who is seemingly one of the central figures, takes up the leadership duties previously fulfilled by Steve Rogers. Hemsworth's baritone is enough to leave us emotional when he refers to everything that happened in the Infinity Saga, how they lost the strongest Avengers, and even got defeated. He replicates his "Bring me Thanos" move on Doctor Doom, but possibly fails. His words that the threat is even bigger this time than Thanos surely give goosebumps. The superheroes have to assemble, there's no other way.

4. X-Men tease

Even though Marvel has yet to reboot X-Men officially under its MCU umbrella, we do see hints of its members. Apart from Professor X and Rebecca Romijn as Raven Darkhölme / Mystique, there's Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto. Infact, Doomsday is being touted as a crucial film in rolling out the future of X-Men in the MCU.

5. Steve Rogers is still worthy

One of the most heart-stopping moments comes towards the end, when Thor meets his old "pal." But just to check the possibility, he offers his Mjölnir, and it flies towards a hand that is revealed to be of Chris Evans. Though he may no longer be Captain America (or maybe!), his return as Steve Rogers is confirmed. What happens and the manner in which Evans will return to the MCU, as Steve or Cap, and how Marvel will join all the blocks together, is for us to see.

Avengers Doomsday has Endgmae DNA

Avengers: Doomsday will act like a catalyst following Infinity War. In the same trail, all the heroes will possibly lose against Doctor Doom. We saw a similar trend when Thanos snapped his fingers, and half of the beings turned to dust. This would force the new teams to rethink their strategy and come back with Secret Wars (like Endgame), which is set to release in 2027.As per reports, the final film of the Multiverse Saga will be led by Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange, and Tom Holland's Peter Parker aka Spider-Man. The latter will currently remain absent from Doomsday, because he is fighting his own issues in the upcoming Brand New Day. But, the new Spidey movie will definitely impact Doomsday in some way or the other. Spider-Man: Brand New Day releases on July 30 in India.