Doomsday will definitely proceed the continued story of the mainline MCU, which, we all know from Thunderbolts* a.ok.a. New Avengers, at present has two groups calling themselves the Avengers, one fronted by Bucky Barnes and one other lead by Captain America Sam Wilson. The collection will see the return of highly-anticipated characters corresponding to Namor from Black Panther: Wakanda Without end and Shang-Chi, whose debut film is well one of many Multiverse Saga standouts, and can deliver the Implausible 4 into the mainline universe.
However it is going to additionally attain again to the origins of the third wave of superhero films, bringing again Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James Marsden, and different stars of Fox X-Males franchise that started in 2000. And, with the return of Robert Downey Jr. and administrators the Russo Brothers, Doomsday can also be recalling Marvel’s glory days.
One one that isn’t coming again, after all, is Kang the Conquerer, the initially supposed massive unhealthy of the Multiverse Saga. Kang famously was jettisoned from Marvel’s plans after information of actor Jonathan Majors’s unhealthy habits got here to mild. Extra than simply exchange the massive villain, Marvel completely reworked plans for the subsequent Avengers film, which was to be helmed by Legend of the Ten Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton and would have had Shang-Chi within the lead.
Cretton was reassigned to direct Spider-Man: Model New Day, however there’s no phrase but on what function Shang-Chi can have within the subsequent Avengers movie. But, if Liu’s feedback are any indication, he’s simply glad to be a part of the celebration. “I imply, there are simply so many actors in it,” he says of Doomsday, “and attending to work with these individuals as friends is admittedly unimaginable as a result of I grew up watching so a lot of them.”
Even when issues go badly for Shang-Chi and the opposite characters that Liu grew up watching, not less than we will relaxation assured that the actors portraying these horrible occasions had fun doing it.
Avengers: Doomsday involves theaters on December 18, 2026.
