Film

Avengers: Doomsday

Name: Avengers: Doomsday
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
Released: 2026
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Paul Rudd

The biggest crossover Marvel has attempted since Endgame: Avengers, X-Men-era mutants, and the Fantastic Four all funnelled into one film, with Robert Downey Jr. returning not as Iron Man but as Doctor Doom. It's the Russo brothers back in the chair, promising spectacle-scale stakes and a villain built from the ground up as a former hero's dark mirror. For ensemble-superhero die-hards who track every post-credits thread.

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