"Doomsday" is set to bring Robert Downey Jr. back to the franchise as villain Doctor Doom, Marvel revealed at Comic-Con in July. Downey now joins a star-studded list of returning names, as seen in a more than five-hourlong livestream in March.

Disney is sweeping the floor to keep its 2026 release slate clean. Marvel films were pushed back as the company announced that Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars now have new release dates.

Marvel Studios about the dates and it confirmed that the shift is largely to give the filmmakers more time. These are massive movies, after all, and with directors Joe and Anthony Russo helming both films,