Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Gets High Numbers But Mixed Responses

Nearly two years after Marvel announced Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, fans finally got a clear look at the actor in Avengers: Doomsday. The same man who carried the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Tony Stark now returns as its main villain. That shift alone has people talking, and not in one voice. Marvel Studios has not found its footing since Avengers: Endgame. The Infinity Saga had a clear path and a payoff that connected across films. The follow-up plan centered on Kang the Conqueror fell apart after legal trouble tied to actor Jonathan Majors. The studio pivoted fast. Joe and Anthony Russo came back to direct. Robert Downey Jr. came back too, this time wearing a different face. Avengers: Doomsday | Official Trailer | In Theaters December 18 The first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday leans hard on scale and crossover. It shows heroes from different corners of the franchise meeting in ways that signal a multiverse payoff. It also sells Doom as a threat meant to top anything before. Then comes the final beat. Chris Evans returns as Steve Rogers and calls Mjolnir to his hand. The moment is meant to hit big. Online, it did not land that way. The casting of Downey Jr. as Doctor ...