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Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Reunites Stewart and McKellen, Gives Cyclops a Comic-Accurate Spotlight

The third weekly character teaser advances Marvel’s X-Men integration into its Avengers campaign to build momentum toward December 18, 2026.

Overview

  • The latest teaser features Patrick Stewart’s Professor X, Ian McKellen’s Magneto, and James Marsden’s Cyclops, bringing the original Fox-era X-Men into the new campaign.
  • Magneto and Professor X are shown greeting over a chessboard before Cyclops, in a faithful blue-and-yellow suit, removes his visor and blasts at apparent Sentinels in a ruined X-Mansion.
  • The spot closes with the card “The X-Men will return in Avengers: Doomsday,” reaffirming a December 18, 2026 theatrical release.
  • Fans online praised Cyclops’ prominent moment and comic-accurate look, calling the brief appearance a long-awaited showcase for the character.
  • The Sentinel imagery is fueling unconfirmed theories about Doctor Doom’s involvement, while prior teasers already confirmed returns for Steve Rogers and Thor in this ongoing weekly rollout.