Avengers: Doomsday revealed the start of production earlier this week, confirming some returning cast and re-affirming the return of Robert Downey Jr. to the MCU as the new Doctor Doom. Folks were shocked when Downey revealed his return at San Diego Comic-Con in 2024, confirming the company’s decision to move on from Jonathan Majors’s Kang after his conviction and introducing Doctor Doom to the MCU in major fashion.
From that point, speculation started to grow about how these changes would lead to Avengers: Secret Wars and the eventual rumored soft reboot of the MCU with all of their tools in the same toolbox from now on.Downey’s return also means the return of the Russo brothers, who made their intentions clear to pull from several Marvel events to craft their own story for Doomsday and Secret Wars. They claimed they wanted to pull from the original event and the 2015 crossover written by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic, but would the duo stop there? And how will Doomsday bridge the gap to Secret Wars for the MCU? Will all the seeds that have been planted show growth, starting with Fantastic Four: First Steps and the beginning of Phase 6 of the MCU?MarvelThere are plenty of possible theories fans can dive into with months until the release of Fantastic Four and a year until Avengers: Doomsday.
With the cast confirmation released on March 26th, we can confirm that X-Men characters and the Fantastic Four will have major roles in the film. This also confirms that these ch.