The wait is over. Marvel fans who have been counting the days since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame finally got what they came for when Disney unveiled the first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week and it absolutely delivered. Robert Downey Jr. took the stage to thunderous applause in his new role as the armored villain Doctor Doom, with Chris Evans joining him to play the trailer not once but twice for a packed auditorium. The footage showed Thor battling Doom, who catches Mjolnir with his bare hands; the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Avengers colliding in an all-out multiverse war; and the jaw-dropping moment when Steve Rogers who retired to grow old with Peggy Carter in Endgame picks up the shield again. “I said I would only come back if there was a real reason,” Evans told the crowd. “And in Doomsday, there is a very real reason these heroes need Steve Rogers.” The film opens December 18, the same day as Dune: Part III, setting up what could be the biggest box office weekend in history.
But Doomsday was just the beginning. Christopher Nolan debuted never-before-seen Trojan Horse footage from The Odyssey, starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, and Zendaya. Top Gun 3 was officially confirmed with Tom Cruise returning. Paddington 4 is on the way. Rick Moranis is coming out of retirement for Spaceballs: The New One. And Dune: Part III director Denis Villeneuve promised the final chapter is “more action-packed, faster-paced, and more emotional” than its predecessors. It is a genuinely extraordinary time to be a movie fan.
