We know that Avengers: Doomsdayis going to feature Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom. It’s kind of right there in the title. You wouldn’t call the movie Doomsday and then have Earth’s Mightiest Heroes square off with Paste-Pot Pete. And the Doom storyline should continue into Doomsday’s sequel, Avengers: Secret Wars.
But what about after that? What other villains are left to feature in major roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? And is it possible that the next Marvel villain after Doctor Doom … could be Kang?
It’s unlikely, but it’s not impossible. And in our latest Marvel video, we’ll explore the possibility of a Kang return and discuss the other big theories about the future of Marvel villainy. Watch the full ScreenCrush staff discussion below:
If you liked that video on the Avengers’ future villains and the possible return of Kang (could it happen?), check out more of our videos below, including one on the X-Men’s role in Avengers: Doomsday, one on the full season of Wonder Man and all of its secrets and Easter eggs, and one on the secret cast members in Avengers: Doomsday. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The next big Marvel multiverse movie, Avengers: Doomsday, is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.
It’s only appropriate to watch a noir Spider-Man in black and white. But the new Spider-Noir TV series coming to Amazon’s Prime Video — starring Nicolas Cage as the title character — will be available in two different formats. Fans can watch it in either “Authentic Black & White” or in “True-Hue Full Color.”
Fittingly, there are two different trailers for the show; one in black and white and one in color. First, here is the black and white version, introducing the live-action version of Spider-Man Noir, who Cage previously voiced in 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
And here is the color version of the same trailer. (Black and white just looks better, in my opinion)…
The Spider-Man Noircharacterwas created by writers David Hine and Fabrice Sapolsky and artist Carime Di Giandomenico, with a costume designed by Marko Djurdjević. He was just one of several “Noir” versions of classic Marvel characters that the company published in the late 2000s and early 2010s. (There was also X-Men Noir, Daredevil Noir, and Iron Man Noir, among others.) He got a major boost in profile from his inclusion in Into the Spider-Verse, with a wry vocal performance by Cage. (Interestingly, Noir is a bit of a comic relief figure in Spider-Verse, but the TV show looks darker and more overtly noirish.)
The Spider-Noir TV series is produced and co-showrun by Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot. They also developed the series, working with the Spider-Verse producing team of Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal.
Noir is now Cage’s second live-action Marvel superhero; he previously played Ghost Rider in two movies that were released in 2007 and 2011. In a million years, I would never have predicted we get a Spider-Man Noir TV series before we got a new live-action Spider-Man series. Granted, I would never have predicted a Spider-Noir TV series period.
Here is the series’ official synopsis:
Spider-Noir is a live-action series based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir. Spider-Noir tells the story of Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage), a seasoned, down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city’s one and only superhero.
Spider-Noir will debut on Amazon’s Prime Video on May 27. It will premiere prior to that on the MGM+ linear broadcast channel on May 25.
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After headlining two solo Aquaman movies, and appearances in Batman v Superman and Justice League, Jason Momoa has managed to jump DC Universes to the new one being overseen by Superman director James Gunn. Momoa will play Lobo in the upcoming Supergirlmovie and today Gunn shared the first good look at Momoa in costume as the character.
There’s a little more of Momoa in action as Lobo in this new 30 second teaser as well.
Lobo — who’s nickname is “The Main Man” — was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen in the pages of a comic called Omega Men in the early 1980s. A ruthless alien bounty hunter, he gradually accumulated a loyal fanbase thanks his outlandish outer space adventures and his snarky attitude.
He was kind of like Deadpool before Deadpool. And he grew so popular by the middle of the 1990s that when DC and Marvel did their first major crossover miniseries in 1996, DC vs. Marvel, and the two companies squared off all their biggest heroes in fights, Lobo got the honor of fighting Wolverine. (He lost, in a fight determined by fan voting, but still.)
The character has appeared in various cartoons before, but he’s never been portrayed in live-action before. DC has discussed the possibility of a Lobo movie for well over a decade, with filmmakers like Guy Ritchie and Michael Bay involved at various points. One presumes that if Momoa’s performance in Supergirl is well-received, it could reignite those discussions again.
Here is Supergirl’s official synopsis:
“Supergirl,” DC Studios’ newest feature film to hit the big screen, will be in theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Milly Alcock in the dual role of Supergirl/Kara Zor-El. Craig Gillespie directs the film from a screenplay by Ana Nogueira.
Supergirl is scheduled to open in theaters on June 26.
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There was a time when most blockbuster movies and popular television series found their way onto Netflix. Yet as the market for streaming grew, the amount of superhero movies on the service decreased. However, Netflix still hosts some of the best superhero movies ever made.
What are the best Superhero movies on Netflix as of January 2026?
Today, Netflix is more frequently associated with superhero streaming series than movies. They produced a number of mature series based on the world of Marvel Comics, like Daredevil. They also stream most of the Arrowverse shows based on DC Comics, thanks to a long-running licensing deal with The CW. Despite that, and most of these properties slowly making their way to Disney+ and HBO Max, there are still some fine superhero movies to be found on Netflix.
Hellboy (2004)
In 1944, a group of Nazi sorcerers led by the infamous Rasputin tried to summon several demons into their service. Thanks to the efforts of an Allied strike force and scholar Trevor “Broom” Bruttenholm, they failed. However, an infant demon was discovered in the aftermath. Broom adopted this Hellboy as his own son, and trained him to become a force for good.
Six decades later, Broom and Hellboy are employed by the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. With their aid, the BPRD have become humanity’s first line of defense against various monsters and magicians. Unfortunately, Rasputin’s allies have resurrected him, and they are determined to finish what they have started.
There have been four films to date based upon Dark Horse Comics‘ superhero Hellboy and two cinematic reboots. Despite this, many feel that the first effort remains the best. This is largely due to the efforts of Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who scripted and directed the film. It is also thanks to Ron Perlman‘s masterful performance as the noble demon. It is also notable as the only Hellboy film adaptation to date to merit a sequel.
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Peter Parker is a brilliant but socially awkward teenager with dreams of becoming a scientist. This leads him to seek out a former colleague of his father, Dr. Curt Connors, who is studying cross-species genetics. A lab accident leads to Peter being bitten by a genetically-altered spider and becoming something new… The Amazing Spider-Man.
When Connors is similarly transformed into a monstrous lizard man, Spider-Man must step up to save the city. This is made more difficult thanks to the efforts of NYPD Captain George Stacy, who thinks Spider-Man is more menace than superhero. This, in turn, endangers Peter’s romance with classmate Gwen Stacy, who just happens to be Captain Stacy’s daughter.
Marc Webb faced a serious challenge following after Sam Raimi in developing a new Spider-Man film franchise. It is debatable how well he succeeded. However, The Amazing Spider-Man does have a devout fandom for several reasons.
Many fans prefer Andrew Garfield‘s more wise-cracking take on Peter Parker than the more brooding variant played by Tobey Maguire. Another selling point for the movie is Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and her chemistry with Andrew Garfield. Such is her popularity that many hope she may still find her way into the MCU as Spider-Gwen.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Miles Morales was a smart student, struggling to fit in and live up to the standards of his NYPD officer father. Chance leads to his being bitten by a radioactive spider and gaining powers similar to those of the city’s greatest hero, Spider-Man. It also leads to Miles being entrusted with the only way to stop New York’s worst crime-boss from traveling between dimensions and wrecking reality after Spider-Man dies.
In over his head and untrained in his new powers, Miles doesn’t think it is in him to be a hero. Fate intervenes again, giving him an unlikely teacher in the form of another Peter Parker from another world. Unfortunately, this Spider-Man is not the superhero he once was. However, with more and more Spiders showing up, Peter will have to remember what comes with great power. And Miles will learn that anyone can wear the mask.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a revelation upon its release. Beyond being a blockbuster success, it was a critical smash. Even those critics who normally turn up their noses at superhero movies praised the film for its innovative concept and revolutionary animation. It ultimately earned 52 industry awards, including the Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA for Best Animated Feature Film.
The film opens with the standard origin of four baby turtles and a rat being mutated into humanoid creatures by mutagenic ooze. However, this group of turtle boys hide themselves from the world because of their foster father Splinter’s fear of humanity. Not because of some need to maintain a superhero secret identity. Despite this, his sons long to be a part of the world above their home in the sewer.
The existence of the Ninja Turtles is uncovered by aspiring teen journalist April O’Neil, after they recover her stolen moped. This leads to a partnership, as the TMNT help April investigate a series of crimes tied to the sinister TCRI. It also leads to the discovery of another found family of mutants, pressured into a life of crime by their charismatic leader, Superfly.
Mutant Mayhem was notable for being one of the few times the Ninja Turtles actually seemed to act like real teenagers. It was also marked by a unique visual aesthetic, and for how well it merged ideas taken from a wide scope of earlier adaptations. The end result was a reboot that won over a new generation of fans while satisfying the old guard.
KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
Long ago, demons preyed on humanity. Hither came three young women, warrior poets who mixed song and sorcery to fight the demons. They created the Honmoon; a mystic barrier that limited the power of demons on Earth. Through the centuries that followed, three women in a generation would be chosen as the new guardians of the Honmoon. Today, those guardians are Huntrix – a K-pop idol group consisting of rebellious Mira, innocent Zoey, and confident Rumi.
Huntrix are challenged in popularity by a demon-backed idol group called the Saja Boys. This leads to a battle of the bands for the souls of the world. However, Rumi has a secret; a half-demon heritage that threatens to break up the band and her friendships with Zoey and Mira.
Some may question the inclusion of KPop Demon Hunters on a list of superhero movies. Certainly it is more heavily influenced by Korean culture and mythology than traditional comic book heroics. Yet at its core, the movie is a magical girl story, with summoned weapons, colorful costumes, and secret identities. That makes it a superhero movie by most metrics, in terms of story if nothing else.
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As noted earlier, there is little in the way of superhero movies on Netflix in 2026. However, there were still enough titles to make narrowing the list down to a top-five difficult. To that end, these movies were assessed based upon their influence, awards won, and success in establishing an on-going franchise.
These days it can sometimes feel like movie theaters go weeks and weeks between major releases. But arguably the two biggest movies of 2026 — Avengers: Doomsdayand Dune: Part Three — both open on the same day this year, December 18.
Movie theaters are sure to be thrilled (and packed). There hasn’t been that kind of a day in multiplexes since July 21, 2023, the day that both Oppenheimer and Barbie both opened in theaters. Movie lovers dubbed the dual releases “Barbenheimer.” The hype around the competition helped make both movies massive hits.
Marvel star Robert Downey Jr. was in Oppenheimer so he is surely aware of that. Which might explain why he and Dune star just offered up their own suggestion for a “Barbenheimer”-style nickname for December 18: “Dunesday.”
You can watch the stars offer the suggestion at a Marty Supreme screening in the video below:
Doomsday is the first Avengers movie since 2019, and Downey’s first return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe since then as well. Dune: Part Three is director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the first Dune sequel novel, Dune Messiah, and it will supposedly conclude his trilogy of films based on the popular sci-fi books.
Both movies should be huge hits. But unlike Oppenheimer and Barbie, which presumably appealed to very different audiences, Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday would seemly target the same core group — namely huge, titanically obsessive nerds, dorks, and geeks.
Will the excitement around both lift up both movies’ fortunes? I guess we‘ll see. The fact that the competing stars are now hyping the films collectively with a nickname suggests Marvel and Warner Bros. do not plan on shifting either film’s release off that key date.
Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part 3 both open in theaters on December 18. On Dunesday? Are we doing this?
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Remember when Marvel spent an entire afternoon, hour after hour, slowly revealing a room full of director’s chairs? That’s nothing! Now they’re got a YouTube video counting down the 11+ months until Avengers: Doomsdayopens in theaters.
Earlier today, Marvel launched a YouTube stream simply titled “DOOMSDAY CLOCK.” It features the same Avengers logo, the phrase “DOOMSDAY IS COMING” and the countdown graphic that’s been attached to each of the four weekly Doomsday teasers that have played in theaters in front of Avatar: Fire and Ash.
I’ve embedded the stream below, just in case you want to stare at this thing tick down the hours minutes and seconds until Doomsday premieres next winter. (As I write this, over 4100 people are doing exactly that, so you wouldn’t be alone.)
At the same time, Marvel and the Russo brothers’ company released the HD version of the fourth Doomsday teaser, featuring the returns of Black Panther, M’Baki, Namor, and the Fantastic Four’s Ben Grimm.
The debut of this stream raises some questions. Is Marvel literally going to keep this thing live and counting down for the next 11 months? Will it occasionally change? Will it include other previews or clips from the movie? At this point, it’s just a ticking clock.
Avengers: Doomsday is the first Avengers sequel since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, and the return of its directors, Joe and Anthony Russo, to Marvel. The cast includes pretty much every single person who has appeared in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to date, including Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Paul Rudd, Anthony Mackie, Simu Liu, Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, and Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.
Avengers: Doomsday is currently scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026. That’s 11 months, 4 days, 14 hours, 9 minutes, and 27 seconds from now. 26 …. 25 … 24 … 23 …
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The fourth Avengers: Doomsdayteaser is here. (Here in this case means any theater showing Avatar: Fire and Ash.) After Steve Rogers, Thor, and the X-Men, the latest features a major Marvel crossover: Between the forces of Wakanda (including Letitia Wright’s Black Panther and Winston Duke’s M’Baku) and the Fantastic Four (namely Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s Thing). Plus Tenoch Huerta Mejia’s Namor is there as well.
So what brings these huge Marvel characters together? What are they talking about? What’s their Marvel comics history, and what does it mean for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? In our latest Avengers: Doomsday breakdown video, we’ll discuss the latest teaser and all the theories around it. We’ll give you all the info we’ve got about Doctor Doom’s plans for the Avengers’ kids, exactly what universe’s Wakanda and Fantastic Four we’re looking at, and how all of this might also connect to Shang-Chi and his Ten Rings.
If you liked that video on the fourth teaser for Avengers: Doomsday and Doctor Doom’s master plan, check out more of our videos below, including one on the third teaser for Avengers: Doomsday, our full breakdown of the Avengers: Doomsday X-Men teaser, and our full breakdown of the Avengers: Doomsday Thor teaser and what it means for the MCU’s future. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The next big Marvel multiverse movie, Avengers: Doomsday, is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.
At this point, we’ve got the pattern. Each week, a new Avengers: Doomsday teaser has debuted in theaters in front of Avatar: Fire and Ash. For a couple of days, you can only see it in the theater (or on social media in extremely grainy bootleg copies). Then it comes to the internet in full HD. Wash rinse repeat.
The first teaser revealed that Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers would be back in Avengers: Doomsday, despite his supposed retirement in Avengers: Endgame. The second featured Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, who we already knew was one of the main Avengers returning for this fifth Avengers movie.
The third teaser is the most intriguing so far, as it features the returns of Fox X-Men stars Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Ian McKellen as Magneto, and James Marsden as Cyclops — who is seen wearing the character’s classic ’90s Jim Lee-designed costume for the very first time.
In case you missed them, here are the two previous Avengers: Doomsday teasers.
Although not shown in the first teaser, the returning X-Men cast for Doomsday also includes Kelsey Grammer’s Beast, Alan Cumming’s Nightcrawler, Rebecca Romijn’s Mystique, and Channing Tatum’s Gambit from Deadpool & Wolverine.
Additional confirmed stars beyond Evans, Hemsworth, and the cast of the X-Men franchise include Anthony Mackie, Paul Rudd, Simu Liu, Tom Hiddleston, the combined casts of Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and Robert Downey Jr. as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Doctor Doom. Based on the size of the list alone, I have to assume this film is 14 hours long.
Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.
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Some of Marvel’s most popular stars were no-shows in the Avengers: Doomsday cast list.
Supergirl is similar to Guardians of the Galaxy because it does not “religiously” follow its source material, DC head James Gunn says.
The upcoming DC Universe blockbuster will be loosely based on author Tom King’s 2022 comic run Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, and Gunn has now explained the movie will be like his Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, as Supergirl will retain the “core” of King’s original story, while also venturing into new territory.
Speaking on Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast, the 59-year-old filmmaker said: “I think it’s a space fantasy, which is like Guardians in a way, but it’s based on the Tom King book, but it doesn’t follow it religiously, but it has a lot of the core of that there.”
He added: “We’re not adapting Woman of Tomorrow religiously. We’re taking elements of it […] The tone and the general approach and the structure are inspired by it, but we are not telling that story.”
The Superman director noted he was “really excited” for people to see Supergirl and Milly Alcock as the titular Kryptonian heroine.
The first trailer for Supergirl introduced a bruised, world-weary Kara Zor-El (Alcock) as she drifts through space, haunted by Krypton’s fall and numbing her pain on her 23rd birthday. When she crosses paths with the vengeful Ruthye (Eve Ridley), flashes of lost worlds, brutal fights, and a tease of Lobo (Jason Momoa) set up a cosmic revenge story that promises a harder, sharper edge to the DCU.
The upcoming movie, which lands in cinemas in June 2026, also stars Matthias Schoenaerts as Krem of the Yellow Hills, Emily Beecham as Alura and David Krumholtz as Zor-El.
The official synopsis for Supergirl reads: “When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.”
Supergirl director Craig Gillespie previously teased the film was “really an anti-hero story.”
Speaking with media after debuting the first trailer for Supergirl, Gillespie said: “This is really an anti-hero story.
“She’s got a lot of demons, a lot of baggage coming into this, which is very different from where Superman is in his life.”
Gunn added Supergirl was not perfect “at all.”
The Peacemaker creator said: “So many times female superheroes are so perfect. She’s not that at all … Like male superheroes have been allowed to be for a while.”
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The 39-year-old director revealed that when Michael B. Jordan’s Erik Killmonger and Andy Serkis’ Ulysses Klaue were confirmed to be the antagonists of his 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster, Coogler had also pitched the Spider-Man villain to be the big bad for Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa to face off with.
However, Coogler explained he had to drop Kraven the Hunter after Sony Pictures — who owns the movie rights to Spider-Man and his villains — rejected his pitch, as the studio had plans to produce their own spinoff flick about the character.
During an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Coogler said: “When I took that job, Joe Robert Cole, who’s my co-writer on both the Panthers, [he] had been working with Marvel and they had a line, so when I showed up, it was like, ‘Hey, we have our villains. Our villains are Klaue and Erik Killmonger.’ That had been decided upon.
“The outline of villains was Klaw and Kilmonger, but they weren’t sure. They weren’t sure. Klaw felt slightly modular to them, and obviously, it was the great Andy Serkis, so I’m hyped to work with him … I’m a big Spider-Man fan, especially Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Kraven is in that. He’s also great in the books.
“I was like, ‘Yo, can I have Kraven in the movie?’ They were like, ‘We don’t think so, but let us check.’ So, they hit Sony, and Sony was like, ‘Absolutely not.’ They came back to me like, ‘Yo, we can’t do it.’ So, I was like, ‘Okay.’”
Black Panther follows T’Challa (Boseman) as he returns home to Wakanda to claim the throne after his father’s death and step into his role as king.
When a powerful outsider (Jordan) challenges his rule, T’Challa must confront his nation’s past and decide what kind of leader – and hero – he will become.
Following the 2022 sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — which saw Letitia Wright’s Shuri take on the mantle from T’Challa after Boseman passed away from colon cancer in 2020 — Coogler confirmed he was working on the third instalment.
Speaking during the Sinners panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles, he teased: “If it was anybody but you, I would say, ‘I can neither confirm or deny.’ But we’re working on it hard. So it’s next. Yes, it’s the next movie.”
Coogler also confirmed he was writing a role for Denzel Washington for the third Black Panther film.
Speaking on the 7pm in Brooklyn podcast, the director said: “Denzel is family at this point. I’ve been trying to work with him since day one.
“I think he’s the greatest living actor, and in terms of what he means to our culture, forget about it. I’ve been talking to him about this for a long time.”
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The following post contains spoilers for the third Avengers: Doomsday trailer. Can you spoil a trailer? Debatable. But we’re warning you anyway.
The first Avengers: Doomsdayteaser reintroduced Steve Rogers. The second focused on Thor and his daughter, Love. The third … is all about the X-Men.
While it mostly features Patrick Stewart’s Professor X and Ian McKellen’s Magneto, the part that really has our attention is the stuff with Cyclops, played by James Marsden, and finally wearing his classic Jim Lee X-Men costume in live-action for the very first time. The trailer shows Cyclops screaming in rage, unleashing a massive optic blast, surrounded by the ruins of the X-Mansion. Look closely and you’ll even see the legs of a massive Sentinel robot.
There’s only one thing that could get this character this mad — and it basically confirms everything we suspect about the plot of Avengers: Doomsday. Our latest Marvel breakdown video goes through the X-Men Doomsday teaser, and explains how it reveals Doctor Doom’s master plan and connects the entire Marvel multiverse. Watch it below:
If you liked that video on on the third teaser for Avengers: Doomsday, check out more of our videos below, including our full breakdown of the Avengers: Doomsday X-Men teaser, our full breakdown of the Avengers: Doomsday Thor teaser, and one on the first teaser for Avengers: Doomsday and what it means for the MCU’s future. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The next big Marvel multiverse movie, Avengers: Doomsday , is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.
At this point Avengers: Doomsday is now a full-fledged Marvel Cinematic Universe reunion. It stars and is directed by people who all claimed they were done (done!) with Marvel after 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
Not so much. First Marvel coaxed back Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of Endgame (and Avengers: Infinity War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Captain America: Civil War) to direct Doomsday, after the project was retooled following Jonathan Majors’ firing. (It turns out Kang’s dynasty wasn’t all that dynastic.) Then they got Robert Downey Jr. to come back and play Doctor Doom, even though Downey’s Iron Man heroically sacrificed himself to save half of the universe in Endgame.
Now the first teaser for Doomsday, which opens in theaters about a year from today, confirms that Chris Evans, whose Captain America supposedly retired from superhero stuff at the end of Endgame, will appear in the film as well. Following its debut in theaters ahead of Avatar: Fire and Ash, you can now watch this clip below in a non-crappy bootleg version:
So clearly Avengers: Doomsday is. folksy domestic drama about former superhero Steve Rogers taking care of his cherubic newborn baby. Sounds great, to be honest. (I presume everyone sees the wedding ring on Steve’s finger in the YouTube thumbnail, right?)
In addition to Downey and Evans, the film will also feature Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie (as the new Captain America who took over for Steve Rogers after he “retired”), Paul Rudd, Simu Liu, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Channing Tatum, Tom Hiddleston, the combined casts of Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and many more. Based on the size of the cast list alone, I have to assume this film is 14 hours long.
Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.
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The following post contains spoilers for the trailer of Avengers: Doomsday. By extension, I guess, it contains spoilers for Avengers: Doomsday. That’s where we’re at these days.
Avengers: Endgame apparently wasn’t the end for Steve Rogers after alll…
The first teaser for Avengers: Doomsday is now playing in theaters in front of Avatar: Fire and Ash. (As of yet, it hasn’t been posted online.) And the minute-long clip is all about an actor who didn’t even appear in that endless array of director’s chairs that Marvel spent an entire day hyping a couple of months ago: Chris Evans, who played the original Captain America, Steve Rogers, from 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger to 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
Endgame was supposed to start Evans’ “retirement” from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But the Doomsday trailer shows Evans, his old Captain America costume, a baby (?!?), and the phrase “Steve Rogers Will Return in Avengers: Doomsday.” So there you go.
The teaser also includes a countdown to the film’s release similar to the official one posted by the Russo brothers on their Instagram account. It’s counting down the 12 months until Doomsday’s release next holiday season.
The confirmation that Evans will appear in Doomsday means that the film marks the return of both Marvel stars who supposedly called it quits with Endgame. The film was also supposed to mark the farewell for Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man; Downey’s casting as the MCU’s Doctor Doom was revealed back at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.
In addition to Downey and Evans, the film will also feature Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Paul Rudd, Simu Liu, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Channing Tatum, Tom Hiddleston, the combined casts of Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and many more. Based on the size of the cast list alone, I have to assume this film is 14 hours long.
Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026. Our full breakdown of the Doomsday teaser is below.
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The following post contains spoilers for the first Avengers: Doomsday trailer. Can you spoil a trailer? Debatable. But we’re warning you anyway.
The first teaser for Avengers: Doomsday is playing in theaters starting today; you can see it in front of screenings of Avatar: Fire and Ash. As of this writing, it’s not available online — but ScreenCrush has seen it and we are here to give you a full breakdown of what this teaser contains and what that means for the film and the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Most importantly: The teaser is all about Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers, who “retired” from superheroism at the end of Avengers: Endgame, but is the only Marvel hero onscreen in this Doomsday teaser. (The teaser even ends with the phrase “Steve Rogers Will Return in Avengers: Doomsday.”) It also shows Steve’s Endgame costume, and it also reveals Evans holding a baby — apparently the child of Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter.
Want to know whether Steve has ever had a baby in the comics? Want to know what Marvel animated film starred a child of Captain America? Watch our full Doomsday teaser breakdown below:
If you liked that video on the first teaser for Avengers: Doomsday and what it means for the MCU’s future, check out more of our videos below, including one on all the clues about Avengers: Doomsday in Avengers: Endgame, one on the latest theory about Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s villain, and one on the latest rumors about the Avengers: Doomsday trailer. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The next big Marvel multiverse movie, Avengers: Doomsday , is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.
After Superman, the next movie in the new DC Universe is Supergirl. This version of the classic DC character, played by Milly Alcock, is based on a very specific comics storyline, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by writer Tom King and artist Bilquis Evely. If you know that book, you know this story. If you don’t, well, you are in for some really fun surprises.
But there’s a lot more to Supergirl’s history than just that one story, and a lot of it is reflected in the first trailer for the new film. In our latest DC video, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about Supergirl, and we’ll point out all the DC Easter eggs, hidden references, and little details you might have missed in the Supergirl trailer. Did you catch the reference to the original Christopher Reeve Superman? We did.
If you liked that video on all of the cool DC Easter eggs in the trailer for the new Supergirl film, check out more of our videos below, including one on why versus movies are bad, our video interview with DC’s James Gunn (!), and one on the Season 2 finale of Peacemaker and how it sets up the future of the new DC Universe. Plus, there’s tons more over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. DC’s Supergirl is scheduled to open in theaters on June 26, 2026.
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If you grew up in the 1980s, you surely have fond memories of these popular (now discontinued) snacks.
We know that Spider-Man: Brand New Daytakes place in the New York City we saw in the first season of Daredevil: Born Again. We also know that Jon Bernthal’s Punisher will appear in the film, along with Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk. What we don’t know yet is who the main villain of the film will be — but some clues about the cast, and some early photos from the set give us some very big hints about their identity.
In our latest Marvel Cinematic Universe video, we’ll lay out our latest theory about Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s villain, and explain how it connects to Daredevil: Born Again, the She-Hulk TV series and, most importantly, the Tom Hardy Venom movies.
If you liked that video on the latest theory about Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s villain, check out more of our videos below, including one on the latest rumors about the Avengers: Doomsday trailer, one on all of the clues that Tony Stark was always Doctor Doom in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and our breakdown of the one scene that made the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe work. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The next big Marvel multiverse movie, Avengers: Doomsday , is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026. Spider-Man: Brand: New Day is scheduled to open in theaters on July 31, 2026.
According to the latest rumors, we should finally see the first trailer for Avengers: Doomsdayin front of next month’s Avatar: Fire and Ash. But what is going to be in that trailer?
There are a lot of rumors about that as well. Are there upwards of 30 different cuts of the trailer out there? Could there be variants (even female variants) of Doctor Doom? Will Jonathan Majors return as Kang? Will Hugh Jackman show up to tease the return of Wolverine? Will dogs and cats finally live together, inciting mass hysteria?
Marvel fans: Take a breath. It’s gonna be all right. In our latest MCU video, we separate the fact from the fiction in all the rumors swirling around the Avengers: Doomsday trailer, and what they mean for the future of the movie and Marvel as a whole. Watch it below…
If you liked that video on all the latest rumors about the Avengers: Doomsday trailer, check out more of our videos below, including one on all of the clues that Tony Stark was always Doctor Doom in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, our breakdown of the one scene that made the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe work, and one on all of Marvel’s teases of their upcoming TV slate from New York Comic-Con. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The next big Marvel multiverse movie, Avengers: Doomsday , is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026.
JLaservideo dropped over $40,000 upgrading gadgets to be closer to the tech that superheroes might have. His engineering improvements include a gallium Gatling gun, a spiky theft-deterrent briefcase, a hammer made from a meteor, an underwater jetpack, and a customized hydrofoil fit for the Silver Surfer.
JLaservideo dropped over $40,000 upgrading gadgets to be closer to the tech that superheroes might have. His engineering improvements include a gallium Gatling gun, a spiky theft-deterrent briefcase, a hammer made from a meteor, an underwater jetpack, and a customized hydrofoil fit for the Silver Surfer.
There are surely better superhero movies than 2000’s X-Men, but there may not be a more important comic book movie in the history of Hollywood.
Yes, studios had attempted to turn comics into franchises before Fox made X-Men, and Warner Bros. had already had huge success with their Superman and Batman film series. Remember, though, where Superman and Batman were in the late 1990s.
At that point, the Christopher Reeve Superman saga had been defunct for over a decade, and Warners’ first attempt to reboot the Man of Steel flamed out in spectacular fashion when Tim Burton’s Superman Lives died a very premature death. In some ways, that was still a better outcome than what happened to the Batman franchise, which had become a laughingstock by the end of the decade thanks to the absurd Batman & Robin. It was the era of Steel and Spawn and The Shadow.Those who wanted to believe that comic book movies were juvenile junk had plenty of evidence to support their claims.
There had never been a major Marvel film in theaters at that point, and there was plenty of skepticism in the industry that such a thing was even possible. Fox had spent years trying to adapt Marvel’s X-Men comics, but the property’s enormous cast of characters, elaborate super powers, and exaggerated costumes all proved difficult to translate into a single live-action feature. When they finally did it in the summer of 2000, and the film proved to be a major financial hit across multiple demographics, it completely changed how Hollywood producers viewed comics as source material.
Which is why I was so fascinated by the debut issue of Flix!, which I recently acquired from a friend. Flix! was a publication by the staff of Wizard, the leading magazine in the 1990s about the worlds of comics and superheroes. Wizard #99 from November of 1999 came bagged with the first (and, as far as I can tell, only) issue of Flix! Its cover features an image of Wolverine’s claws with the caption “It’s On! X-Men Begins Filming! The Full Scoop Inside! Entire Cast Revealed!”
Only the cast they reveal is not completely accurate — and a lot of the information contained inside is incorrect, either because of bad intel or films that changed drastically during their development. That almost makes Flix! a time capsule from an alternate reality where Jim Caviezel was nearly in X-Men and Arnold Schwarzenegger played Doc Savage, as well as a pretty compelling document of a huge pivot point in the history of mainstream Hollywood. Join me on a look back at a time when the very idea that a major studio might create a Marvel movie was such a big deal that someone made an entire magazine out of it.
A Look Inside Flix!, a Short-Lived Magazine Dedicated to Comic Book Movies From 1999
The comic magazine Wizard tried to expand into comic book movies in the late 1990s with something called Flix!, all about the world of superheroes onscreen. 25 years later, it is a wild time capsule.