{"id":410298,"date":"2026-01-13T15:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410298\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:43:08","slug":"doomsday-trailer-gives-us-an-unlikely-team-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410298\/","title":{"rendered":"Doomsday’ Trailer Gives Us an Unlikely Team-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a Tuesday morning, and Avatar: Fire and Ash is still playing in theaters<\/a>, so you know what that means: it\u2019s time to sit down and watch a much nicer quality version of an Avengers: Doomsday<\/a> trailer you already saw a camrip of on social media a week ago.<\/p>\n

At least this time, whether or not you saw the leaks that have heralded every delayed online release rolling out Marvel\u2019s Doomsday marketing plan<\/a>, there is a surprisingly novel element to this latest one: it shows a new team-up for the latest entry in a superhero team-up movie. Imagine that!<\/p>\n

The fourth\u00a0Doomsday teaser jukes perhaps where many would\u2019ve expected it to jive. After last week\u2019s action-packed X-Men tease<\/a>, things are back to a bit more of a calm, yet dire portent as we catch up with the worlds of Wakanda and Talokan after the events of\u00a0Wakanda Forever. With Shuri mourning the loss of much of her family and Namor ever-vigilant for things that go bump in the ocean, it\u2019s an intriguing figure we see when Shuri and M\u2019Baku meet to disrupt that contemplation: none other than Ben Grimm of the Fantastic Four.<\/p>\n

After their brief appearance arriving into the primary MCU timeline during Thunderbolts\u2018 post-credit scene<\/a>, this is our first proper glimpse of the Fantastic Four joining up with the rest of the MCU, which is a fun little treat. It\u2019s especially nice considering that Namor himself has a long history in the comics with the group, so even if he\u2019s not present for this welcoming, it\u2019s nice to at least put these two corners of the Marvel universe in each other\u2019s paths like this.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s also an intriguing choice for one of these teasers. The past three have focused on some big familiar heavy hitters making their comebacks for Doomsday\u2014the \u201csurprise\u201d return<\/a> of Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, another original Avenger<\/a> (and Hollywood Chris) in Thor, and then of course the invocation of the Fox X-Men films. In contrast, this feels a bit more interestingly muted\u2026 and, of course, it continues to kick the can of whether or not one of these teasers will give us a proper look at Robert Downey Jr.\u2019s Doctor Doom. At least we\u2019re inching ever closer to that possibility with the arrival of a Fantastic Four member on the scene.<\/p>\n

Time will tell if this is all we\u2019ll be getting from\u00a0Doomsday for now\u2014early rumors about the campaign did say there would be just four teasers<\/a>\u2014or if we\u2019ll be getting more as long as the box office is in a state of Pandora-induced mania. Interestingly, unlike with the online release of its past teasers, Marvel left up a livestream ticking down to Doomsday\u2018s December 18 release date. Could we have more teasers to come today, or are we in for another long event moment like the initial cast reveal<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Or are we just sitting down for a long, clock-tick-filled countdown? Regardless, Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters on December 18.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a Tuesday morning, and Avatar: Fire and Ash is still playing in theaters, so you know what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,22160,134,11204,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-410298","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-avengers-doomsday","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-marvel-studios","13":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410298","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=410298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}