Disney have officially begun the year-long countdown to Avengers: Doomsday‘s release with a brief teaser trailer, out now exclusively in theaters, alongside the newly released Avatar: Fire and Ash. If you want to see the footage blind, then please feel free to skip the description of it after the jump:
The teaser confirms Chris Evans is returning for the film, following his name’s absence from this year’s major cast reveal. It shows Steve Rogers (formerly Captain America) during the epilogue of Avengers: Endgame, when he returned to the 1940s to reunite with his beloved Peggy Carter, revealing he fathered a child before reemerging as an old man in 2023. This is assuming, however, that this is the same Steve we followed from The First Avenger to Endgame, and not a variant from another part of the multiverse.
The Hollywood Reporter‘s sources claim this will be the first of four trailers that’ll be attached to Fire and Ash during the first month of its release. To wit, they say “each will play for one week, before switching to the next. So, if you see Fire and Ash opening weekend, you’ll get trailer one. If you go a week later, you’ll get trailer two, and so on. Marvel had no comment on the rollout.” It is unknown when the footage (or perhaps a combined version), will be released online.
In the meantime, directors Joe and Anthony Russo released a teaser on social media, starting the countdown to the film’s release on December 18, 2026, featuring a digital timer that briefly gives way to the word “doomsday”:
Avengers: Doomsday will also see the return of Robert Downey Jr., now playing lead villain Doctor Doom instead of the late Tony Stark/Iron Man. Confirmed heroes will include Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres/Falcon, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Letitia Wright as Shuri/Black Panther, Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor, and various lead cast members from Thunderbolts*, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and the original X-Men films.
It will be followed by Avengers: Secret Wars, due out December 17, 2027, and be preceded by Spider-Man: Brand New Day (which doesn’t have a trailer yet) on July 31, 2026. In the meantime, the MCU will continue on Disney+ with Wonder Man (releasing in its entirety on January 27), Daredevil: Born Again season two in March, a Punisher special, and VisionQuest later next year. No other MCU films have been announced for 2027, although Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse will keep the multiversal madness going on June 18, and the third Black Panther movie, directed by Ryan Coogler, will reportedly follow in 2028.
