'Three Distinct Universes': Avengers: Doomsday Official Plot Description Teases Scale and Scope

Marvel has released an authoritative crippled statement for Avengers: Doomsday, detailing the standard and scope of the movie arsenic the MCU's Multiverse Saga "begins its last chapter."

Notably, the statement discusses the relation of "beloved heroes from 3 chiseled universes" being acceptable connected a "deadly collision course." Of course, we person a bully thought which universes these volition be.

In the continuity of the main MCU (Earth-616), 2 Avengers teams present exist, with the main radical led by Sam Wilson/Captain America. Then there's the New Avengers (formerly known arsenic the Thunderbolts) which includes Yelena Belova and Bucky Barnes. Of course, OG Avenger Thor is inactive knocking astir (as is Hulk, but he's successful Spider-Man: Brand New Day instead), arsenic good arsenic different heroes specified arsenic Ant-Man and Shang-Chi. And past there's the Wakanda contingent: Shuri, M'Baku, Namor and truthful forth.

Outside the main MCU, but already connected people to articulation it: The Fantastic Four, including Reed Richards and Sue Storm, who popped up successful a caller Avengers: Doomsday teaser conscionable today. While primitively from Earth-828, the squad were seen hopping realities successful Thunderbolts*/The New Avengers' post-credits scene.

Finally, there's the X-Men from the archetypal Fox movie universe, dubbed Earth-10005. We cognize that a tiny radical of surviving X-Men including Professor X, Cyclops, Nightcrawler and Magneto volition feature. This is besides the beingness wherever fans presume Monica Rambeau ended up successful the finale of The Marvels, which saw her conscionable Hank McCoy/Beast.

"Universes collide and the Multiverse Saga begins its last section successful Marvel Studios' Avengers: Doomsday," the movie's statement reads, arsenic seen connected Rotten Tomatoes. "Beloved heroes from 3 chiseled universes volition beryllium acceptable connected a deadly collision people and yet look an existential menace dissimilar thing they've ever encountered. This epic movie volition laic the instauration for the aboriginal of the Marvel Cinematic Universe."

What could the existential menace be? It'd beryllium casual to accidental Doctor Doom, though this statement apt refers to the conception of Incursions – realities crashing into each other, leaving astatine slightest 1 of them annihilated. We've seen the menace of this look successful Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, arsenic good arsenic Loki. And galore MCU projects successful this caller saga person seen multiversal travel, which presumably does not assistance sphere the cloth of world (looking astatine you, Deadpool).

Intriguingly, this statement does not look to notation the determination of Steve Rogers, whose whereabouts are chartless pursuing his ngo to instrumentality the Infinity Stones. Sure, he's shacked up with Peggy Carter, but wherever is that location he's in? MCU clip question rules would suggest he'd person ended up successful a branched beingness (even though helium mysteriously ends up backmost successful the main MCU arsenic an aged antheral – a crippled spread fans expect Doomsday and/or Secret Wars to explain).

The information there's nary notation of his determination arsenic a 4th abstracted beingness could assistance substance rumors that Rogers is really hiding retired successful a beingness we've seen before. But it besides seems apt we'll spot different corners of the multiverse successful Doomsday too. Loki being portion of the movie suggests a travel to the TVA is connected the cards, and determination is plentifulness of speculation we whitethorn besides spot a instrumentality of different Marvel greats specified arsenic Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man. But clearly, those 3 main realities listed supra are acceptable to beryllium the halfway focus.

Although we've gotten a fewer teaser trailers for Avengers: Doomsday, the afloat trailer has lone been seen by CinemaCon attendees up to this point. All volition beryllium revealed connected December 18, erstwhile Avengers: Doomsday yet arrives. In the meantime, though, basal by for overmuch much this play astatine San Diego Comic-Con, wherever IGN volition beryllium reporting from the show.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social