‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Has a ‘Surprise’ Ending, But Is That Actually a Surprise?
Even with everything teased during Avengers Endgame: Encore, we still don’t know a ton about Avengers: Doomsday. We know it’s Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr., versus a bunch of Avengers and X-Men from previous movies, and that the multiverse will play a role. We also know, like Avengers: Infinity War before it, there’s more to the story, with Avengers: Secret Wars coming in 2027.
- ▪Even with everything teased during Avengers Endgame: Encore, we still don’t know a ton about Avengers: Doomsday.
- ▪We know it’s Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr., versus a bunch of Avengers and X-Men from previous movies, and that the multiverse will play a role.
- ▪We also know, like Avengers: Infinity War before it, there’s more to the story, with Avengers: Secret Wars coming in 2027.
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Even with everything teased during Avengers Endgame: Encore, we still don’t know a ton about Avengers: Doomsday. We know it’s Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr., versus a bunch of Avengers and X-Men from previous movies, and that the multiverse will play a role. We also know, like Avengers: Infinity War before it, there’s more to the story, with Avengers: Secret Wars coming in 2027. So, when the Russo brothers talk about the ending of Doomsday, we have to be extra careful about what they say. In a new interview with Fandango, Joe and Anthony Russo were asked about what kind of expression they expect to see from audiences at the end of Doomsday.
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