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Marvel Studios returned to San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H with a sprawling Avengers: Doomsday panel, screening exclusive footage for the Dec. 18, 2026 release and bringing directors Anthony and Joe Russo onstage with a large cast led by Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, according to The Walt Disney Company.
Disney’s July 25, 2026 account of the presentation says Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige moderated the mega-panel, that Hayley Atwell confirmed a return as Peggy Carter, and that each Hall H attendee received a Doctor Doom mask and cloak. Variety and Collider, reporting from the room, describe Hall H-only footage centered on Sue Storm’s narration of Victor von Doom’s past, Reed Richards confronting Doom amid ruined scenery, and Doom raising Sentinels as Thor is overpowered.
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Earlier in the week, Marvel.com posted the public Avengers: Doomsday trailer and opened Infinity Vision premium-format tickets ahead of the Dec. 18 theatrical date. Variety separately reported about $16.5 million in first-day advance sales for those limited premium screens, noting Dune: Part Three holds the IMAX footprint on the same opening weekend, so Disney is steering early buyers toward Infinity Vision certified theaters rather than Imax.
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Avengers: Doomsday is positioned as an MCU crossover of Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men threads against Downey’s Doom, directed by the Russo brothers and produced by Feige, Louis D’Esposito, and Jonathan Schwartz. Gizmodo’s Hall H rundown places the new trailer after cast introductions that included Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal, with Ryan Reynolds briefly interrupting in a Deadpool costume. Public plot details remain sparse beyond the studio logline about heroes from three universes on a collision course.