Avengers: Doomsday promises to put a far more serious spin on Chris Hemsworth's Asgardian hero after the largely comedic (and not overly well-received) Thor: Love and Thunder.
Trailers for the movie have shown Thor battling—and being overpowered by—Doctor Doom, so will he get a power upgrade for the final battle?
A new action figure certainly seems to suggest so. As you can see below, Thor appears to don a helmet made of pure lightning, which could be an indication that he'll tap into the Odinforce to try and put an end to Victor Von Doom's Multiversal machinations.
Of course, toys aren't always indicative of what we see on screen and are often based on outdated concept art or ideas. Still, this is an intriguing hint at what may be to come in Avengers: Doomsday, and it's likely that Thor will be unleashed in a way we haven't seen in the MCU before.
Meanwhile, eagle-eyed fans have noticed that a Sentinel head in a recent Jeep commercial appears to have claw marks across its face. This has led to rampant speculation on social media that Marvel Studios is teasing plans for Wolverine—or perhaps X-23—in Avengers: Doomsday.
We have a feeling this might be a case of looking a little too hard for something that's not there. However, we know adverts like these use material from the movies (a cost-saving exercise), so it's certainly not impossible that this is representative of what we'll see in theaters next month.
Still, we'd bet on those marks being a result of Thor's Stormbreaker, Nightcrawler's sword, or perhaps even a certain Merc with a Mouth's katanas...
In Avengers: Doomsday, beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.
Avengers: Doomsday stars Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Winston Duke, Tom Hiddleston, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright, Paul Rudd, and Robert Downey Jr. Wyatt Russell, Simu Liu, Tenoch Huerta Mejia, Mabel Cadena, Florence Pugh, Danny Ramirez, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, Lewis Pullman, India Rose Hemsworth, and Wesley Holloway all make their Avengers franchise debuts.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps leads Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn, joined by X-Men franchise stars Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, and James Marsden, plus Deadpool & Wolverine star Channing Tatum.
The Russo Brothers direct Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars from a screenplay by Stephen McFeely, with whom they previously collaborated on the Avengers and Captain America franchises. Loki and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness writer Michael Waldron has also been enlisted to refine the story, alongside Spider-Man: Brand New Day's Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers.
Avengers: Doomsday is set to be released on December 18.