Marvel Studios brought a new Avengers: Doomsday trailer to last month's San Diego Comic-Con, and it quickly leaked online. Despite only being available as a low-resolution recording, most fans agreed it was a much better trailer than the officially released version.
Well, that or another new look at the movie may be imminent. Scooper @MyTimeToShineH is reporting that, after last month's Infinity Vision tickets went on sale in the U.S. in July, global ticket sales for the next Avengers movie begin this Friday, August 14, at 9 am PT (several other trusted social media pages are reporting the same thing). This will also invoice non-Infinity Vision screens in the U.S.
If accurate, we can expect a trailer or several posters to accompany the ticket launch, and it comes right in time for Marvel Studios to potentially steal the show with some big announcements at D23 later that same day.
Whether a full X-Men cast reveal will be among them is now in doubt. While the trades have revealed that Samara Weaving is playing Emma Frost and that Kit Connor is a lock for Cyclops, it seems several other actors have yet to sign on the dotted line.
Daniel Richtman notes, "They’re having some issues with the X-Men casting, so I’m not sure they’ll announce the cast at D23. It all depends on whether they can lock everyone in on time."
This is pretty normal for a big movie, and working out everything from money to scheduling to chemistry between actors takes time. At the very least, we'd expect a title reveal and release date announcement (and while this is by no means a "scoop," we've heard rumblings that Uncanny X-Men is a potential title).
Recently, Spider-Man: Brand New Day star Sadie Sink said she's been testing with other potential X-Men actors. "There are certain characters that it’s important to establish, like, do you have chemistry with this person? That’s always gonna be a part of the process."
"It’s just exciting to step back into the character a bit and think about, we met her in the Spider-Man movie at a really challenging point of her life, so what does she look like going forward?" she mused. "With what she’s learned, how has she changed and who is she at her core when she’s not looking for V-Max and strapped to a chair and all of that? So, yeah, I have been involved, of course, in figuring that out."
Stay tuned for more on Avengers: Doomsday and X-Men as we have it.
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 join them, as do X-Men franchise stars Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, with 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. The movie is produced by Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, and Jonathan Schwartz, with Callum McDougall serving as executive producer.
Avengers: Doomsday is set to be released on December 18.