‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Doesn’t Want To Lean On The Past, Says Joe Russo

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We still don’t have an actual Avengers: Doomsday trailer with more than 2-3 characters in it at a time, but promotion for the movie is starting to lurch forward all the same.

There is some new information from an interview with the Russos in Sound Sphere magazine, where one of the questions was asking about why Doctor Doom looks like Tony Stark, given that they’re both played by the same actor, Robert Downey Jr. Joe Russo had this to say:

“No better actor in the world than Robert Downey. I’m not going to give away anything. It will all make sense when you watch the movies… This is starting over from scratch. We want to make sure everybody feels like we’re not leaning on anything from the past. This is going to be a you’ll see when you see the movie, a complete new direction.”

That last bit is being circulated and dissected quite a bit, given that so much of Avengers: Doomsday is pulling directly from the past. Not just characters who have been set up for the film over a 5-10 years like in past Avengers movies, but:

Bringing Downey Jr. back at all, which is the definition of leaning on the past, no matter what he’s saying here. They reiterate that Downey Jr. was the one who talked them into coming back to do Doomsday in the first place.
Re-recruiting Chris Evans to return as not-Captain America, given that the mantle is supposed to be with Sam Wilson now. But here he is as Steve again.
The film features a hodgepodge of FOX-era X-Men, a series that started 26 years ago and is bringing back Patrick Stewart, age 86, and Ian McKellen, age 87.

In addition to this news, THR is reporting that Avengers: Doomsday tickets will be up for pre-sale on Monday, July 20, five months ahead of its December 18, 2026 release. This is notably the same day that Dune Part 3 comes out, and is booking all the IMAX screens.

In addition, we have at least a temporary reported runtime for Avengers: Doomsday. Here’s how that stacks up against the other films in the series, ahead of a final cut:

The Avengers – 2 hours 23 minutes
Avengers: Age of Ultron – 2 hours, 22 minutes
Avengers: Infinite War – 2 hours, 29 minutes
Avengers: Endgame – 3 hours, 1 minute
Avengers: Doomsday – 2 hours, 45 minutes

So, the second longest. I would imagine that at least part of this is that so many characters have to be set up in a way that we did not see previously, in effect re-introduced to audiences, given that ones like Shang-Chi and the Fantastic Four have only been in one movie each. Not all that many people saw Thunderbolts, Loki’s last outing was at the tail end of a Disney Plus show. You get the idea.

So, Avengers: Doomsday is shaping up, and we’ll see if we get anything like an official trailer soon. Though this may not fully spool up until after Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

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