- A new preview of Avengers: Judgment Day has been released online
- It appeared on the TikTok account of the film’s directors’ production company.
- Behind-the-scenes video appears to contain clues to its plot
Another day, another cryptic sneak peek for Avengers: Judgment Day – and this one seems to include more important clues about its history.
The video, which you can watch below, was uploaded to the official TikTok account of AGBO, the production company founded by the film’s Marvel directors Joe and Anthony Russo. And while it’s another behind-the-scenes footage that doesn’t contain any actual footage from the film, it’s clearly trying to tell us something important.
The first and most obvious story-based clue concerns the Doctor Doom and Iron Man masks shown throughout the video.
Since Robert Downey Jr was publicly introduced as the actor who will play Victor von Doom in Doomsday and Avengers: Secret WarsFans suspected that there is a connection between their two Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) characters.
The prevailing theory is that Doom will be a multiversal variant of the MCU’s Stark/Iron Man, who Downey Jr played from 2008 to 2019. More fuel was added to that hypothesis in July when the Marvel superstar appeared to tease that he would have a dual role in the MCU film.
The Russos’ latest teaser only adds more weight to that theory. In fact, TokTik shows two women standing back to back, one holding an Iron Man mask and the other holding Doctor Doom’s iconic face covering. With the pair back to back, the implication is that Doom is a Stark doppelganger who ended up walking a different path than his MCU counterpart.
As for the other clue, it can be seen at the 0:13 mark. As the camera pans to show the woman holding Doom’s mask, the costumes that Doom, Sue Storm, and Franklin Richards will be wearing can be glimpsed in the background.
It’s a cleverly placed Easter egg that has unsurprisingly become a hot topic of conversation among fans.
On the one hand, it is a clear call back to The fantastic four: first steps‘ mid-credits scene, which included the aforementioned trio. However, the decision to show the outfits of these three characters also draws attention to what happens in the 2015 version of Marvel’s ‘Secret Wars’ comic series.
Potentially huge spoilers follow. for Avengers: Judgment Day and Avengers: Secret Wars.
In 2015’s ‘Secret Wars’, Sue Storm becomes the wife and queen of the God Emperor Doom, who praises him over a mosaic planet known as Battleworld following the collapse of the Marvel multiverse. In this rewritten reality, Franklin is also Doom’s son.
The Russo Brothers have looked to the two ‘Secret Wars’ comic book series for inspiration for the next two Avengers movies, so it’s only fitting that the previous story would be adapted and used at the end of Doomsday or as an important plot point in secret wars. If true, it can’t be a coincidence that the Doom, Storm, and Richards costumes were placed in the background of the Russos’ latest TikTok.
Avengers: Judgment Day is scheduled to hit theaters on December 17, 2026. For all the information on the upcoming Marvel movie Phase 6, check out my guide dedicated to Avengers: Judgment Day.
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