'Prepare for DUNESDAY' — Shang Chi Star Simu Liu Is Hyped for Dune: Part 3 and Avengers: Doomsday Hitting Theaters on the Same Day

As the hype bid for Avengers: Doomsday picks up steam, the realization that Dune: Part 3 shares the aforesaid merchandise day arsenic Marvel’s behemoth is spreading crossed societal media — and Shang Chi prima Simu Liu has travel up for the cleanable sanction for this treble bill: DUNESDAY.

At the clip of this article’s publication, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part 3 is inactive connected way for merchandise connected December 18, 2026 — the aforesaid time arsenic Avengers: Doomsday. This heavyweight subject fabrication blockbuster clash volition beryllium a bonanza for theaters and cinemagoers, you’d imagine. But tin it beryllium to beryllium 2026’s mentation of the ‘Barbenheimer’ improvement of the summertime of 2023?

For now, it’s each hype. Simu Liu, who is acceptable to reprise his relation arsenic Shang-Chi successful Avengers: Doomsday, took to Twitter / X to declare: “Prepare for DUNESDAY.”

But volition DUNESDAY really travel to pass? While Warner Bros. inactive has Dune: Part 3 down for December 18, 2026, it possibly wouldn’t travel arsenic overmuch of a astonishment to spot the institution bring the movie forward, adjacent by a week oregon two, conscionable to get retired of the mode of the existent Doomsday. As of now, though, a twelvemonth from launch, we’re acceptable for a clash.

We’re inactive waiting for the debut trailer for Dune: Part 3, which volition spot Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, and Anya Taylor-Joy each reprise their roles from the erstwhile films. Meanwhile, we person our archetypal teaser trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, which confirms the instrumentality of Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers, seemingly with a babe successful tow. A leaked Thor-themed 2nd trailer is expected to deed theaters alongside Avatar: Fire and Ash aboriginal this week.

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