The Tragedy of Doctor Doom Highlighted in New Special Look at "Avengers: Doomsday" Revealed at D23

A newly released special look at the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday shines a light on the story of Doctor Doom.

What's Happening:

• A new "Special Look" at the highly-anticipated Avengers: Doomsday just premiered during the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event.
• Specifically, this trailer of sorts shines a spotlight on Doctor Doom, the villain of the piece who is being brought to life by Robert Downey Jr.
• Doom's story-so-far and his history with Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) of The Fantastic Four is showcased, alongside a battle with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and members of the X-Men.

• The new tease was revealed to attendees of the panel on stage by Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, Robert Downey Jr. (Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom), Chris Evans (Steve Rogers) and Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter).

• A new poster for the film was also shared.

• In Avengers: Doomsday, beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.
• Avengers: Doomsday is already garnering plenty of momentum with fans, proving itself to be a major Marvel event with 27 other returning MCU favorites set to appear in the film.
• The Russo Brothers, who directed Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, will be returning to direct this film and its follow up, Avengers: Secret Wars.
• Avengers: Doomsday arrives in theaters on December 18, 2026.

Be sure to follow along with us all weekend long for continuing coverage from D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event!

More Disney Entertainment News from D23:

• Pixar debuted new concept art for both Coco 2 and Incredibles 3. 
• They also announced a new original film, Ghost Market and shared new art from Gatto.
• A new Kingdom Hearts series is headed to Disney+!
• Plus. Coco will be part of Kingdom Hearts IV.
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3 dropped a new trailer.
• For real life, the first The Bluey Movie teaser arrived. 
• We also got an update on Lilo and Stitch 2. 
• Marvel brought a teaser for VisionQuest and announced the cast of X-Men.
• Outside of movies, a new look at Marvel Wolverine also debuted.
• We now know when Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2 will debut.
• And we have tidbits from Star Wars: Starfighter.
• Zootopia 3 is officially in the works and we have new concept art for Frozen III.
• Walt Disney Animation also revealed some Hexed characters.
• An original WDAS movie called Clay was revealed.
• We got a release date for the live-action Tangled.
• Lastly, Jon Favreau shared more about Oswald.