‘Avengers: Doomsday’ has undergone significant changes since it was first announced as ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.’ Rumors have persistently suggested that Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will face a multiverse cast of evil twins. According to @MyTimeToShineH, in the final version of ‘Doomsday,’ “The Avengers will fight evil versions of themselves.”
For example, it remains unclear whether this means Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. will portray double roles as Captain America and Captain Hydra or Iron Man and Doctor Doom.
In related news, a new leaker on the scene, @BeyondReporter, has supported recent reports about Elizabeth Olsen reprising her role as the Scarlet Witch in ‘Avengers: Doomsday.’
In August, Robert Downey Jr. broke his silence about being cast as Victor Von Doom while discussing his casting as Iron Man in Disneyland’s upcoming Stark Flight Lab ride. He also confirmed his involvement as Doom while reflecting on Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige’s commitment to treating the character with care.
“So, probably a year ago…cause, you know, [Kevin] Feige and I have kept in touch. We’re pals. Favreau, Feige, and I have kept in touch. I’m close with the Russo Brothers; we have other business we’re doing. So, there’s this little group of fellow travellers and I had this instinct that I wanted to go to Bob Iger and I had an idea outside of the Cinematic Universe for how I could be of service to what’s going on in the Parks and all their location-based entertainment.”
“Susan and I were sitting down with Feige at one point and he said, ‘It just keeps occurring to me that if you were to come back…’ and Susan was like, ‘Wait, wait, come back as what?’ Then we both realised over time that it was another thing that just disproves any doubt anyone could ever have about that guy, a very sophisticated creative thinker, about how can we not go backwards, how can we not disappoint expectations, how we can continue to beat expectations? And he brought up Victor Von Doom. I looked up this character and I was like, ‘Wow.’ Later, Kevin goes, ‘Let’s get Victor Von Doom right. Let’s get that right.'”
“So then I said to Kevin, ‘Can I go talk to Bob Iger?’ He goes, ‘About?’ I go, ‘About everything. I’d gone to Bob’s house and I don’t know how to describe that experience. I’ve had a lot of really cool experiences, but I go to Iger’s pad, we sit down and he goes, ‘I like it.’ I was like, ‘He likes it.’ He said, ‘Come by the Imagineering Campus.’ Feige and I go to the Imagineering Campus and you want to talk about two guys that are not easy to have their minds blown, let alone at the same time…I can’t say too much, but what is going on there right now is so beyond my expectation of what was possible.”
‘Avengers: Doomsday’ is set to be released in May 2026, with ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ scheduled to arrive in May 2027.
