A long list of previously unconnected fan-favorite Marvel characters will be uniting in the upcoming movie “Avengers: Doomsday” this December, and fans just got their first real look at the team in the recently released trailer for the movie.
Marvel released the first full trailer for “Avengers: Doomsday” on Monday.
“Avengers: Doomsday,” which comes to theaters on Dec. 18, will be the 39th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The movie is also meant to set up the events of “Avengers: Secret Wars,” which will be released on Dec. 27, 2027, per ABC News.
The first full trailer for the highly anticipated movie is jam-packed with characters and action. It also gives fans the first glimpse of Robert Downey Jr. — who previously played Iron Man in the MCU — in his new role as the villain Doctor Doom.
Doctor Doom is shown facing off against Chris Hemsworth’s Thor in battle; Downey’s Doom is wearing a mask in all of the footage.
Thor is at the center of the trailer, warning the other superheroes about Doom’s threat. It also shows Thor reuniting with Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers, who retired at the end of “Avengers: Endgame.”
The rest of the trailer shows how three separate groups of Marvel characters — the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men — come together. This includes the Avengers cordially meeting with the Fantastic Four and some of the Avengers facing off with members of the X-Men throughout the trailer. There are also various Marvel heroes, such as Shang-Chi and the Wakandans, who are shown in the trailer as well.
Who is in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’?
Here’s a look at the confirmed cast members of “Avengers: Doomsday”:
- Chris Evans as Steve Rogers
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor
- Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman
- Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America
- Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier
- Letitia Wright as Shuri/Black Panther
- Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man
- Wyatt Russell as John Walker/U.S. Agent
- Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing
- Simu Liu as Shang-Chi
- Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova
- Kelsey Grammer as Hank McCoy/Beast
- Lewis Pullman as Bob Reynolds/Sentry
- Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres/Falcon
- Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch
- David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian
- Winston Duke as M’Baku
- Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr/Ghost
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki
- Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier/Professor X
- Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
- Alan Cumming as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler
- Rebecca Romijn as Raven Darkhölme/Mystique
- James Marsden as Scott Summers/Cyclops
- Channing Tatum as Remy LeBeau/Gambit
- Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic
- Robert Downey Jr. as Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom
How fans are reacting to the trailer
The trailer was released early on Monday, and as of midday on the same day, the video has over 10 million views on YouTube.
So far, the trailer has received mixed reactions online, with some people excited and others feeling as if the movie will be filled with too many characters for anyone to really stand out.
“90% of this movie will just be everyone meeting each other,” wrote one commenter on YouTube. Another negative commenter added: “What did I just witness. the avengers are cooked.”
There were also plenty of positive comments, with people excited by the role of a leader Thor seems to take in the movie, as well as the return of Downey.
“It is amazing how going back to basics and bringing back fan favorites can improve the mood for a movie,” wrote one YouTube commenter.
“We are so back,” wrote another.
Here’s a look at some of the online reactions to the “Avengers: Doomsday” trailer.