Avengers: Doomsday spoilers follow.
Marvel has finally premiered the first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, and it is packed to the rafters with characters and major hype moments, including more from the return of Chris Evans’ Captain America.
He’s looking pretty scraggly in the trailer, but obviously isn’t the old man that was seen at the close of Endgame, so what’s going on there?
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Well, Evans appeared on stage at CinemaCon yesterday (16 April) after the premiere of the trailer (it’s an in-person exclusive, for now) – and while he didn’t explain the how, he did go into why he’s back.
“You know, I said I would only come back if there was a real reason. And in Doomsday, there is a very real reason that these heroes need Steve Rogers,” he said (via TikTok).
“Now it was 15 years ago that that [Robert Downey Jr] and I began sparring as these characters”, he continued, referring to Tony Stark/Iron Man. “We fought together, we fought against each other, sometimes on the same team.”
Now referring to Downey’s new role of Doctor Doom, Evans said: “But this guy, I love you Downey, but this guy… I don’t like him. I don’t like him.”
“Them’s fighting words,” Downey replied, to which Evans got up in his face and said: “We’re doing this again”. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo then pulled the pair apart, telling them to “keep it on the set”.
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IGN was one of the publications that attended CinemaCon and saw the trailer, which has been called by other attendees “amazing” and “magic”.
The publication explained that the trailer begins with Charles Xavier/Professor X (Patrick Stewart) at the X-Mansion, looking at a bright light in the sky as an ominous voiceover plays.
There’s a fight between Shang-Chi and Gambit, while Mystique turns in Yelena. The Fantastic Four meet the Avengers and Thunderbolts, and later the Wakandans. Ant-Man also kisses his daughter, Cassie, on the head.
The trailer ends with Thor attacking Doom with Stormbreaker to no avail, but then Steve Rogers turns up and summons Mjolnir.
Avengers: Doomsday is released in cinemas on 18 December.
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