Copyright takedowns are focusing on what seems to be a leaked model of Marvel’s first Avengers: Doomsday trailer, which is now being snapped out of existence throughout social media.
Uploads of the video file started yesterday, and have been initially straightforward to seek out throughout social media. However at the moment, copyright notices have changed quite a few situations of the file on X and reddit, and the unique video is nowhere to be seen YouTube.
Warning! Potential spoiler for the Avengers: Doomsday trailers follows:
As for the video itself, it contains a blurry first glimpse at a returning character not seen because the final Avengers film: Steve Rogers, the unique Captain America, performed as soon as once more by Chris Evans.
The trailer begins with a determine on a motorcycle pulling as much as a familiar-looking Fifties home, which Marvel followers might acknowledge from Avengers: Endgame’s closing scene. Inside the home, the determine is revealed to be Steve Rogers, as he folds away his Captain America uniform and picks up a younger child. On-screen textual content then reads: “Steve Rogers will return in Avengers: Doomsday.”
Marvel is, in fact, but to formally announce that Steve Rogers will probably be a part of Doomsday’s story. However filming experiences from this summer season appeared to point out this identical home being secretly constructed, sparking hypothesis of the character’s return. Followers additionally spent a great deal of time analysing latest pictures of Evans’ real-life arms, and famous that he appeared to have gotten his physique Captain America prepared.
When requested about not being a part of Doomsday filming, Evans beforehand provided the next reply which didn’t particularly deny he was a part of the film: “Yeah, I speak to [the cast] on a regular basis,” Evans instructed ScreenRant in June this yr. “It is the place Pedro [Pascal] is true now. I imply, it is unhappy to be away. It is unhappy to not be again with the band, however I am certain they’re doing one thing unimaginable, and I am certain it is going to be that a lot tougher when it comes out and you are feeling such as you weren’t invited to the get together.”
Narratively, Rogers’ return would make sense. The character was final seen residing fortunately within the Fifties with Peggy Carter, having presumably accomplished his remaining mission of returning the Infinity Stones to their authentic locations within the timeline. Unpicking this joyful ending may show controversial, however story-wise there is definitely room for Rogers to be concerned in years of additional adventures earlier than he fingers over his protect as an outdated man — one thing Endgame additionally confirmed.
Rogers’ mission of returning the Infinity Stones can also clarify why he is in Doomsday, the finale of Marvel’s Multiverse Saga which has seen quite a few heroes repeatedly meddle with parallel universes regardless of dire warnings of the results ( you, Spider-Man, Physician Unusual, Wanda, Captain Marvel, Loki…). It is simple to see how Cap’s antics may rope him into fixing a bigger multiversal drawback he unwittingly contributed to.
Doomsday is also used to clarify how Rogers managed to get again to the primary MCU actuality as a way to hand his protect over (in response to MCU time-travel guidelines, he ought to technically be in a brand new department of actuality as a substitute). It is a minor plot level within the grand scheme of issues, however one which Avengers director Joe Russo hinted again in 2021 that he and his brother Anthony had thought-about as a transparent concept for extra story that includes Steve Rogers.
“One factor that is clear that Anthony and I’ve mentioned, I do not know that we have mentioned this publicly in any respect, Cap would have needed to have travelled again to the primary timeline,” Joe Russo mentioned. “That is one thing that, sure, he would have been in a department actuality, however he must journey again to the primary timeline to present that protect to Sam Wilson.”
In fact, there are additionally way more easy causes for Steve Rogers’ return. The character was one of many authentic Avengers and performed a key half within the $2.7 billion-grossing Avengers: Endgame. Having the unique Captain America again will undoubtedly be an enormous viewers draw, particularly for individuals who have misplaced curiosity in Marvel over the previous few years amid a string of underwhelming entries in its Multiverse Saga (and a few highlights, you Thunderbolts*).
Having Evans again alongside his former co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Hemsworth (Thor) would undoubtedly assist cement Doomsday as an Avengers-level film occasion (whereas additionally concurrently highlighting Disney’s failure to switch its earlier leads with equally beloved stars within the years since).
Disney is predicted to formally launch the primary Avengers: Doomsday trailer this week, connected to its newest blockbuster Avatar: Fireplace and Ash. A latest report advised that 4 separate trailers would launch over 4 weeks, in a transfer designed to encourage repeat viewings of Avatar and maintain audiences entertained with a collection of huge reveals. Affirmation of Steve Rogers’ return would definitely be a powerful begin.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s Information Editor. You’ll be able to attain Tom at [email protected] or discover him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social
