Overview

• A crew wrap gift featuring classic Jack Kirby Doctor Doom art was shared online, and a crew member indicated filming is wrapping this week.
• Marvel played a Doomsday sizzle reel at Destination D23 showing the previously released Downey chair tease, drawing one of the panel’s biggest audience reactions.
• Joe Russo has said Robert Downey Jr. was attached to play Doctor Doom before the Russos agreed to return to direct.
• Avengers: Doomsday is slated for December 18, 2026, with Avengers: Secret Wars scheduled for December 17, 2027.
• Trade and outlet reports point to a large returning and guest cast, while speculation suggests Doom may try to stop multiversal incursions tied to prior MCU events.