Avengers: Doomsday (2026)

[belloq87]

Bringing Evans back speaks to an extreme lack of confidence on Marvel's part.

 

[Jerroddragon]

Bringing Evans back speaks to an extreme lack of confidence on Marvel's part.

100% agree

Besides Falcon (which is only in one movie and a TV show)

Most the characters did not get a chance

Thor was not liked until his 3rd solo movie and like 5th film he was in

Dr Strange was not loved until after Infinity war

I didn't care for Captain America until Winter Solider then he was my favorite character

Its just a joke how the old MCU gave characters time to grow and now its.....ohhh Shang Chi don't make a billion....no more movies or tv shows for you

They played their hand very poorly after end game and this sucks....now we are just back to where we were 4 years ago

 

[Brian G.]

Bringing Evans back speaks to an extreme lack of confidence on Marvel's part.

I'd argue desperation rather than a lack of confidence.

But we already knew that with the RJD/Doom casting. Evans coming back is actually the least unsurprising bit, IMO.

100% agree

Besides Falcon (which is only in one movie and a TV show)

Most the characters did not get a chance

Thor was not liked until his 3rd solo movie and like 5th film he was in

Dr Strange was not loved until after Infinity war

I didn't care for Captain America until Winter Solider then he was my favorite character

Its just a joke how the old MCU gave characters time to grow and now its.....ohhh Shang Chi don't make a billion....no more movies or tv shows for you

They played their hand very poorly after end game and this sucks....now we are just back to where we were 4 years ago

Yeah, you're reading the tea leaves very wrong.

 

[Viator]

Agreeing with @Brian G. that this feels more like desperation than lack of confidence. But when you look at the past five years and the success ratio of Marvel Studios, you can see why they would feel the "need" to be desperate.

COVID + Bob Chapek + Disney+ kind of was a trifecta of screwing over Marvel Studios, in the result of mismanagement and misdirection as a result of bad moment after bad moment. Pair it with Shang-Chi, Wakanda Forever, Volume 3, MoM, and Deadpool/Wolverine being the only successful films (and Ant-Man, Captain Marvel, Thor, Thunderbolts, and Captain America all floundering, and Eternals being a car fire); it makes it all the clearer that this is a red alarm button moment.

Seen some speculation they might've taken the budget from Avatar 4+5 for the sake of Doomsday and Secret Wars, and I can see it if this is them having to do a "do or die" moment.

 

[Jerroddragon]

lol

Call it what you will the point is Moonknight, Shang Chi and other characters got screwed


I love Ironman 1 but many early MCU films were not the best of the characters and we just need more Cross overs as well so people wanted to learn more

Why was Moon Knight not in Thor 4, a movie about gods? No idea but Dr Strange for no real reason showed up in Thor 3 but it was a good thing because people liked the film and liked strange in it for a moment so they were invested in seeing strange more

Shang Chi should have been in a few films....least of which Captain America 4 would have benefited from the character


Also the MCU ust has the problem now of being like Star Wars and scared many times on just going on in on what makes it great, Captain America 4 was like Disney PG version of Winter Soldier, zero backbone to do anything real but make a fake spy thriller

Anyway in the end this movie I'm sure will be good, it just sucks that Shang Chi, Moonknight and Miss Marvel got screwed because the head of the MCU have no idea any more how to make good films, how to make films connected in exciting ways and sucks nostalgic is going to save the day over setting up Doom as a really good villain

 

[TheUniC6]

What do the Fantastic 4, Steve Rogers, and Thor all have in common? They all have kids. I'm sensing a theme here.

My guess is they are planting the seeds for the young Avengers.

 

[Brian G.]

lol

Call it what you will the point is Moonknight, Shang Chi and other characters got screwed


I love Ironman 1 but many early MCU films were not the best of the characters and we just need more Cross overs as well so people wanted to learn more

Why was Moon Knight not in Thor 4, a movie about gods? No idea but Dr Strange for no real reason showed up in Thor 3 but it was a good thing because people liked the film and liked strange in it for a moment so they were invested in seeing strange more

Shang Chi should have been in a few films....least of which Captain America 4 would have benefited from the character


Also the MCU ust has the problem now of being like Star Wars and scared many times on just going on in on what makes it great, Captain America 4 was like Disney PG version of Winter Soldier, zero backbone to do anything real but make a fake spy thriller

Anyway in the end this movie I'm sure will be good, it just sucks that Shang Chi, Moonknight and Miss Marvel got screwed because the head of the MCU have no idea any more how to make good films, how to make films connected in exciting ways and sucks nostalgic is going to save the day over setting up Doom as a really good villain

Look, Phases 4 or 5 are plagued by a variety of issues, but many of their problems have nothing to do with the nonsense you listed.

My guess is they are planting the seeds for the young Avengers.

That ship sailed, me thinks.