Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans are fighting again.
Downey’s Iron Man and Evans’ Captain America fought over content for superhero movie buffs in Captain America: Civil War a decade ago. They are once again facing off on screen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but now Downey is under an entirely different mask.
At CinemaCon, a convention for movie theater owners, Downey was on hand to unveil the first trailer for Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday (released December 18), marking the Oscar winner’s first appearance as the villainous Doctor Doom.
“What I want to do is give out, like, 37,000 spoilers right now. Should I do it just for fun?” Downey said, teasing the crowd, who gave him a standing ovation upon his entrance. He added that Doom as a character is “pretty epic, to say the least.”
Instead of revelations, Downey introduced fresh footage. Disney did not immediately release it to the public online, but CinemaCon attendees provided details on social media. Details include the appearance of the Fantastic Four, a showdown between Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) and Gambit (Channing Tatum), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) fighting Doom, and Captain America once again calling on Thor’s hammer Mjolnir.
Evans joined Downey on the CinemaCon stage, looking a little awkward.
“Hello, friend,” Evans said. “Things are still a little tense,” Downey jokingly retorted.
Evans, who left the MCU after 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” explained, “I said I would only come back for a real reason, and in “Doomsday,” there’s a real reason why superheroes need Steve Rogers.
“I love you, Downey, but I don’t like this guy,” Evans joked about Doom.
“It’s a fighting word,” Downey added.
The all-star cast of “Doomsday” includes Tom Hiddleston, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Pedro Pascal, James Marsden, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Leticia Wright, Tenoch Huerta Mejia, Winston Duke, Paul Rudd, Danny Ramirez, Russell, who also includes Wyatt, Florence Pugh, David Harbor, Hannah John-Kamen, and Louis Pullman.
Disney also announced the launch of Infinity Vision, a new partnership between the studio and movie theaters around the world to help audiences seek the best theatrical experience possible. Infinity Vision will be available in Doomsday, starting with the September re-release of Endgame.
Contributor: Brendan Morrow
