{"id":351453,"date":"2025-12-16T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/351453\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:00:10","slug":"avengers-doomsday-trailer-leak-reveals-return-of-huge-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/351453\/","title":{"rendered":"Avengers: Doomsday trailer leak reveals return of huge character"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The next Avengers film is at the centre of a trailer leak, which confirms the return of a fan-favourite character.<\/p>\n

Avengers: Doomsday<\/a> won\u2019t be released for another year, but the highly secretive project<\/a>, which is bringing back Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr<\/a> as the film\u2019s villain, is already starting its promotional trail.<\/p>\n

Brief teasers are set to be shown before Avatar: Fire and Ash \u2013 in cinemas later this week \u2013 but one has found its way onto the internet and has taken social media by storm.<\/p>\n

*Spoilers follow \u2013 you have been warned*<\/p>\n

The trailer shows an unknown character riding a motorcycle home and, when they go indoors, they pick up their old superhero costume. The camera reveals that the character is former Captain America<\/a> Steve Rogers, played by Chris Evans<\/a>, with a caption informing viewers: \u201cSteve Rogers will return in Avengers: Doomsday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evans left the franchise after Avengers: Endgame in 2019 and has repeatedly denied rumours he would be in the new film. Anthony Mackie\u2019s Sam Wilson \u2013 also known as the Falcon \u2013 picked up the Captain America mantle, and led his own film, Brave New World, earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Response to news that Rogers will return has prompted outcry from those who believe the Marvel<\/a> Cinematic Universe (MCU) has turned its back on Mackie\u2019s character and the time it invested into his story arc.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s worth noting that the trailer does not refer to Rogers as Captain America \u2013 and it also shows the character holding his baby with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), hinting at his hesitancy to rejoin the superhero crew. In other words, Wilson is still very much Captain America.<\/p>\n

It is believed there will be three teasers, which will lead to a full trailer that\u2019ll show off the film\u2019s huge ensemble. This includes new characters from the recent Fantastic 4 film as well as the cast of X-Men, including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn and James Marsden.<\/p>\n

Marvel regained the film rights to X-Men characters through Disney\u2019s acquisition of Fox in March 2019.<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/p>\n

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Chris Evans will return in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ (Disney)<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s directors, the Russo brothers, called the film \u201cbigger than anything we have ever done\u201d earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis movie is, to say the least, a big one for us,\u201d they said in a presentation reel released at Disney convention D23 in August. \u201cWe are bringing together so many of your favourite heroes to face one of the greatest threats to the MCU.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ant-Man actor Paul Rudd stated in the video: \u201cWe\u2019re surrounded by jaw-dropping sets and some truly incredible talent, many of whom you just saw teased in that great video.\u201d<\/p>\n

Downey Jr, who previously starred as Iron Man in the MCU, will play the antagonist Doctor Doom. His return will arrive seven years after Avengers: Endgame, which saw him leave the MCU.<\/p>\n

The bumper cast also features several other returning stars<\/a> such as Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Anthony Mackie (Falcon\/Captain America), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes), Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and Letitia Wright (Black Panther\u2019s Shuri).<\/p>\n

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Anthony Mackie replaced Chris Evans as Captain America (Disney)<\/p>\n

Speaking about his alleged absence from the film, Evans told ScreenRant<\/a> he is \u201csad to be away\u201d from his former co-stars.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sad to not be back with the band, but I\u2019m sure they\u2019re doing something incredible, and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to be that much harder when it comes out, and you feel like you weren\u2019t invited to the party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Avengers: Doomsday will be released on 18 December 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-351453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}