RUMOR: Doctor Doom Will Be AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY's "Hero"...And He'll Have His Own Team - SPOILERS

RUMOR: Doctor Doom Will Be AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY's "Hero"...And He'll Have His Own Team - SPOILERS

New details about Marvel Studios' plans for Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday have been revealed, along with new insights into the state of the Multiverse post-Loki season 2...

By JoshWilding - Aug 13, 2025 12:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Doomsday
Source: The Cosmic Circus

Robert Downey Jr.'s return to the MCU has split opinions. Even if the Oscar-winner had signed up to don Iron Man's armour again, fans would have likely had something to say about Marvel Studios undoing Tony Stark's heroic sacrifice in Avengers: Endgame, but having him wear Doctor Doom's mask, instead? That's a big swing. 

Downey will be front and centre as the Multiverse Saga's new big bad in Avengers: Doomsday, and according to The Cosmic Circus, Victor Von Doom will be the "main character or 'hero,'" similar to how Josh Brolin's Thanos was Avengers: Infinity War's protagonist. 

The site also reveals that, along with Captain America's Avengers, the New Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and "Team Loki," Doom will also have his own group (previously rumoured to be a Multiversal Masters of Evil). 

Thanos wanted to collect the Infinity Stones, but what does Victor want? "He sees the incursions that are happening as a danger to the Multiverse, and he wants to put a stop to it using a young Franklin Richards," the site explains. "He sees himself as the hero in this story and will do whatever it takes to make sure he stays on top."

To drive home the dire state the Multiverse is in, it's said that we'll visit an Earth that's been completely decimated by an incursion, helping the movie's true heroes better understand what's at stake. 

Interestingly, even with Loki's intervention at the end of his series, "the Multiverse is still on the brink of collapse, and there's only a handful of viable Earths left."

We'll also get to see a "neat place" from Marvel Animation's What If...? in live-action for the first time, and one character who supposedly won't be by Doom's side is Secret Wars comic book standout Molecule Man. We have good reason to believe Franklin Richards or Loki will take his place in this story, though. 

Avengers: Doomsday stars 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, Florence Pugh, Danny Ramirez, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, and Lewis Pullman all make the Avengers franchise debuts in the movie. 

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, and Deadpool & Wolverine star Channing Tatum.

The Russo Brothers direct the movie from a script by Stephen McFeely, with whom they previously collaborated on the Captain America and Avengers franchises.

Avengers: Doomsday is set to be released on December 18, 2026, with Avengers: Secret Wars scheduled to arrive on December 17, 2027.

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clogan
clogan - 8/13/2025, 12:23 PM
#DoomDidNothingWrong
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 8/13/2025, 1:31 PM
@clogan - #THANOSWASRIGHT
IMCOOLURNOT
IMCOOLURNOT - 8/13/2025, 1:59 PM
@WruceBayne - YES!


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Corruptor
Corruptor - 8/13/2025, 8:06 PM
@IMCOOLURNOT - Thanos wouldn't care about that. I mean he'd kill them all in a moment and leave a wasteland worse than the ones they made for themselves. But he wouldn't care.
We didn't need carey sharey Thanos. But that is what we got.
Irregular
Irregular - 8/13/2025, 12:23 PM
I'm surprised none of these rumors bring up Valerie. Or maybe they're holding that "rumor" close to the chest....
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 8/13/2025, 12:24 PM
This means Kang Is Back Baby! JABARI..Better go look for the JABARI tribe
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/13/2025, 2:21 PM
@Malatrova15 - why would that brain villain be in this?
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 8/13/2025, 12:27 PM
If true so it is just a recycled story arc of thanos doing what he is doing "for the benefit of most".

Creatively bankrupt marvel 😭
DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/13/2025, 12:33 PM
@vectorsigma -

Do you hate everything except for chinese kiddie cartoons.?

clogan
clogan - 8/13/2025, 12:34 PM
@vectorsigma - Y-you don't understand! This time it's d-d-different! Cuz it's Doom!!
AllsGood
AllsGood - 8/13/2025, 12:40 PM
@vectorsigma - Great DCU Superman Won the 2025 Smallest Box Office Flop Award.

Marvel Studios had made 32 Billion and Counting at the Box Office.

WB/DCU Not even threat to Marvel Studios. Marvel VS Marvel

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/13/2025, 1:08 PM
@AllsGood - they're doing a good job kneecapping themselves
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 8/13/2025, 1:10 PM
@DocSpock - i only hate how marvel has become. Just one thing.

AllsGood
AllsGood - 8/13/2025, 1:20 PM
@bobevanz - Next we have a Hulk and Spider-Man. Not even worried Box office will be Massive.
Yellow
Yellow - 8/13/2025, 2:10 PM
@vectorsigma - well...lowkey that's what happened before Secret Wars, Strange and Doom doing their thing with MoleculeMan and stuff so...yeah.

I get you hate Marvel, but if you hate something so bad why commenting THE SAME thing in every article? It's a little toxic.

You don't like something, you stop paying attention to that something
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/13/2025, 2:26 PM
@AllsGood - did better than fantastic four
NonPlayerC
NonPlayerC - 8/13/2025, 3:22 PM
@vectorsigma - have you read the secret wars comic? because this isn't much of a spoiler
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 8/13/2025, 4:09 PM
@DocSpock - how bold to call them cartoons, these are CCP propaganda against our Values
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 8/13/2025, 4:12 PM
@vectorsigma - lol Marvel Its Just Spiderman and X amen…we are back to 2004
DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/13/2025, 5:33 PM
@Malatrova15 -

Well, that too.
Corruptor
Corruptor - 8/17/2025, 8:54 AM
@vectorsigma - which Thanos shouldn't have been doing in the first place.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 8/17/2025, 9:02 AM
@NonPlayerC - no i have not. The thing is, it has been done with thanos and seeing it again with a new big bad will feel redundant even if it the same in the comics
Simonsonrules
Simonsonrules - 8/13/2025, 12:28 PM
So does this mean that RDJ is indeed the "lead" (as if that was ever not the plan, lol)?

SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 8/13/2025, 12:29 PM
But are they going to market it by saying "iT's NoT a pARt oNE" like they tried to say about Infinity War when it was 100% part one or are they going to actually make it a legitimate standalone film.

Also, they still better have a good reason for bringing Stark's face back into this universe.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/13/2025, 3:04 PM
@SummersEssex - You know its gonna be a part 1 lol.

They are rehashing the same formula as Infinity War/Endgame.

Doom will be the bad guy/star of the movie. He will be trying to "save the multiverse" while doing bad things. He'll win at the end and cause a crazy event that will end a lot of characters and fold on realities into one.

The Secret Wars will be a giant multiversal battle royale with whacky variants all fighting each other until they beat Doom and reset the MCU.

Sound about right?
CaptainDC
CaptainDC - 8/13/2025, 12:34 PM
Links up well with the reports that Chris Evans is back
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 8/13/2025, 12:34 PM
The mistake they made with this was going away from Kang.

"Even with Loki's intervention at the end of his series, the Multiverse is still on the brink of collapse, and there's only a handful of viable Earths left."

This is always where things were leading. Although what Loki did was noble, it was still reckless in the grand scheme of the multiverse. He Who Remains had an interesting "necessary evil" angle going because although he was killing/pruning people and timelines, he was also stopping incursions. I'm sure they're picking that up with Doom, but I thought what was established already was working.

I kinda wished they would have introduced Doom sooner, let Kang have Doomsday/Kang dynasty and Doom take over secret wars
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/13/2025, 12:38 PM
@MyCoolYoung - agreed…

I would rather they had maintained course rather then let a vocal minority affect their decision since I was enjoying Kang personally but now they pivoted and we are left with a villain who has no real buildup so far.

However it is what it is now so I hope Doomsday SW still turn out well!!.
Vigor
Vigor - 8/13/2025, 1:03 PM
@MyCoolYoung @TheVisionary25 - im with you both
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 8/13/2025, 2:17 PM
@TheVisionary25 @Vigor - They definitely allowed a small majority to dictate too much, then Feige didn't make it better by saying Kang is no Thanos. Those Loki season finales, both when he talked to He Who Remains, had people excited, in my opinion.

I'm hoping for the best. I just hope they don't go for infinity war but bigger
YonnyLayna
YonnyLayna - 8/14/2025, 11:44 PM
@MyCoolYoung - Kang's plot was just too wacky and dense,it would never work for movie audience.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 8/15/2025, 12:18 AM
@YonnyLayna - I don’t agree. It wasn’t dense at all to me and all of the multiverse movies made the most money in these sagas
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 8/13/2025, 12:35 PM
They need to Stop making Villians nice.
Irregular
Irregular - 8/13/2025, 12:41 PM
@Lokiwasright - I mean....Doom usually DOES believe he is the hero in his story all the time. So I mean, that does make sense.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 8/13/2025, 1:10 PM
@Lokiwasright - In every scenario that involves Doom, He genuinely believes he is the hero.
Yellow
Yellow - 8/13/2025, 2:16 PM
@Lokiwasright - works for some villains actually.

i prefer that to the "i'm going to kill with my killing laser that kills every not killed nuahhaha" type of villain
Typhoon20
Typhoon20 - 8/13/2025, 5:25 PM
@SonOfAGif - Every villain believes they're the hero, doesn't mean they should be portrayed as such.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 8/13/2025, 5:31 PM
@Typhoon20 - That's not true. Majority of Batman and Spider-man's villains know and openly admit they're criminals.
YonnyLayna
YonnyLayna - 8/14/2025, 11:45 PM
@SonOfAGif - Yep but that's not the case neither with Doom or Magneto, You can't reverse them to muahaha.
CaptainDC
CaptainDC - 8/13/2025, 12:48 PM
Also can’t help but seeing this translate into Secret Wars with the last remaining Earths being Tobey Maguire, Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Andrew Garfield, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and Nicolas Cage for the multiversal swan song.
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