“Avengers: Doomsday” promotional initiative kicked off approximately one year before the movie’s debut, with content surfacing online well ahead of its theatrical release. Marvel is leveraging “Avatar: Fire and Ash” to advertise next year’s grand “Avengers” crossover in an unanticipated manner. Each week, a fresh teaser is unveiled ahead of “Avatar 3” screening, culminating in a total of four brief trailers. Following the clips featuring Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth), there were expectations of seeing Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom in the third clip, but that’s not the direction taken. Instead, Marvel is opting for a different surprise-and-impact approach this week. The third “Doomsday” teaser showcases Fox’s “X-Men,” cherished Marvel characters that have scarcely appeared in the MCU to date, including James Marsden’s Cyclops.
This may seem like we’re treading into spoiler territory without warning, but that isn’t the case. Marvel has already navigated through numerous alternate realities since “Avengers: Endgame,” providing us a glimpse into at least one universe where live-action X-Men are present. In “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” we encountered one variant of Professor X (Patrick Stewart). Then, “The Marvels” introduced Kelsey Grammer’s Beast. With “Deadpool & Wolverine,” the Marvel Cinematic Universe welcomed Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), and Gambit (Channing Tatum).
Fast-forward to late March of 2025, when Marvel organized a surprise “Doomsday” cast revelation. The studio revealed the identities of 27 actors during an event that spanned five hours and 30 minutes, garnering 275 million views. Marvel affirmed that Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, and
