Avengers: Doomsday just dropped an intense brand new trailer at CinemaCon. Marvel Studios already launched Avengers: Doomsday‘s marketing campaign at the tail end of 2025, one year out from its December 18, 2026, release date. The unique campaign saw four short teasers released weekly, first in theaters and later online, each spotlighting one of the movie’s heroes or factions, including Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers, Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, the returning Fox X-Men heroes, and the Fantastic Four, Wakandans, and Talokanil.
As always, Disney is making its presence known at CinemaCon with new footage from its biggest releases of the year, including Avengers: Doomsday, shown only to its limited attendees. Still, The Direct was in attendance at the event and has the inside track on all things Doomsday that were shown.
Disney opened its CinemaCon panel by highlighting each of its major studios, including Lucasfilm, Pixar, and Marvel Studios. The MCU’s promotional graphic was the most exciting, as it officially unveiled Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom costume, complete with two homages to major Avengers franchise heroes.
The footage opens with the sign for Charles Xavier’s School of Gifted Youngsters on the ground as Doctor Doom declares, “Something’s coming,” speaking in an accent far different from RDJ’s usual tone. Attendees caught their first in-action look at Doctor Doom, crouched and gradually standing up in badass fashion.
The focus then shifted to the former Avengers Tower, where the New Avengers, Fantastic Four, and Sam Wilson’s Avengers all crossed paths, marking an epic crossover. That meeting was, of course, set up with Thunderbolts*‘s post-credits scene that saw Marvel’s First Family arriving on Earth-616.
Marvel Studios offered glimpses of Wakanda and Talokan as Chris Hemsworth’s Thor delivered a speech. That led to one of the trailer’s most tense moments, as the God of Thunder went head-to-head with Doctor Doom.
The trailer teased some of Doomsday‘s Avengers vs. X-Men face-offs, including Channing Tatum’s Gambit vs. Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, and Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova vs. Rebecca Romjin’s Mystique (disguised as Yelena).
Fans also caught glimpses of Winston Duke’s M’Baku and Ebon Mass-Bachrach’s Thing shaking hands, along with James Marsden’s Cyclops standing in the X-Mansion and Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson, aka Captain America.
Doom and Thor’s one-on-one battle continued in a desolate area, with the God of Thunder jumping down on the big bad with a lightning blast from Stormbreaker, only for him to stop it with one hand, establishing his immense power.
There was also a peak at the long-awaited reunion between two OG Avengers, as Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers simply said “hi, pal” as he greeted Thor. The God of Thunder declared, “That’s not possible,” until Rogers held out his hand for Mjolnir to fly from Thor’s grasp and into his.
