Russo Brothers Reveal First Official AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY BTS Photo With A Victor Von Doom Tease

Russo Brothers Reveal First Official AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY BTS Photo With A Victor Von Doom Tease

Avengers: Doomsday has officially begun shooting, and directors Joe and Anthony Russo have shared a behind-the-scenes photo from the movie teasing the arrival of Robert Downey Jr's Victor Von Doom...

By JoshWilding - Apr 28, 2025 04:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Doomsday

Avengers: Doomsday has officially started shooting in the UK, and the Russo Brothers, Joe and Anthony, have shared the first official behind-the-scenes photo from the movie. 

Showcasing a director's chair emblazoned with the words "Victor Von Doom," it appears Robert Downey Jr. will be among the first on set to shoot his scenes as Doctor Doom. Is it us, or does that brown panelling look an awful lot like the X-Mansion? 

It certainly fits the aesthetic of that location, and if we're right, it means we're getting scenes featuring Doom and the original big screen X-Men. That will be just part of the fun when it comes to seeing how things play out in this Multiversal adventure.

It remains to be seen how often the Russos will keep us updated with photos like this one from the Avengers: Doomsday set. Secrecy will likely be paramount for the Russos while shooting the upcoming blockbuster, so this will have to keep us going. 

The Russo Brothers are MCU veterans after helming Captain America: The Winter SoldierCaptain America: Civil WarAvengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.

Despite their struggles away from the franchise—The Electric State received a largely negative response from critics and film fans—it seems fair to say that Doomsday and Secret Wars are in safe hands. During a recent interview, the duo weighed in on the likely runtimes for both movies.

"If I were a betting man," Joe shared, "I would say the first one is two and a half, and the second one's three hours." It seems we now have the current goal for the Multiverse Saga's two-part finale, likely based loosely on where they're going with the scripts for Doomsday and Secret Wars

When it was put to the filmmakers that set photos could spoil some of the biggest moments for fans, Joe said, "We’re pretty good about shutting that down." Anthony added, "We've sort of strategized to hopefully be effective with that."

Joe later confirmed that "quite a bit" of Avengers: Doomsday is being shot on soundstages. "We don’t want people getting photographs, so we are being pretty stringent," he explained before Anthony chimed in to say, "The location work we are doing, we have picked those locations with that in mind, as well."

The filmmakers also revealed that they're gearing up for "a standard-length shoot" with "six months for each of them" currently pencilled in.

Avengers: Doomsday is set to be released in May 2026, with Avengers: Secret Wars scheduled to arrive in May 2027.

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JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 4/28/2025, 4:38 AM
That’s just a chair. User Comment Image
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 4/28/2025, 5:03 AM
@JustAWaffle - josh hyping every clickbait he could get and i was like
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MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/28/2025, 10:48 AM
@JustAWaffle -

Sometimes a chair is just a chair.
Fogs
Fogs - 4/28/2025, 4:43 AM
Interestingly, they're not showing RDJ's name alongside Doom's. Do you remember if that was the case in other films before?

Cause I'm wondering if he's actually an IM Variant and Doom is played by someone else.
SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 4/28/2025, 4:49 AM
@Fogs - Maybe his name is written on the back? This was most likely to put the rumors of him playing a IM variant to rest.
Mortagon1978
Mortagon1978 - 4/28/2025, 5:10 AM
@SpiderParker - Crazy thought. Maybe his playing both. He could keep the mask on when playing Doom and off when playing Tony. Maybe they then do the body swap story from the comics.
IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 4/28/2025, 8:35 AM
@Fogs - Why would his actual name be written as well?! That's not how those set chairs tend to work.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 4/28/2025, 12:18 PM
@Fogs - he is an iron man variant named Victor Doom
McMurdo
McMurdo - 4/28/2025, 12:19 PM
@SpiderParker - zero chance of putting it to rest because it's absolutely what's happening. Him being named Victor in another universe is irrelevant.
Fogs
Fogs - 4/28/2025, 4:13 PM
@IAmAHoot - I have no idea, hence my question.
Fogs
Fogs - 4/28/2025, 4:15 PM
@SpiderParker - Maybe. But as @Mortagon1978 and @McMurdo said, I totally believe he'll be a variant. Probably 2.
SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 4/28/2025, 6:31 PM
@Fogs & @McMurdo - The body swap thing that @Mortagon1978 said is possible but I'm certain its not gonna be a Iron Man variant. They already laid out the seeds by introducing variants with different face like Johnny Storm. That is Victor Von Doom.
IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 4/28/2025, 7:59 PM
@Fogs - My question/comment was the answer. The chairs say your character, not your actual name. Been like that in Hollywood for decades.
Fogs
Fogs - 4/28/2025, 8:50 PM
@IAmAHoot - the more you know... tks
IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 4/28/2025, 9:13 PM
@Fogs - Actually, even thinking about it now I just realized that's why they also always tend to have character names posted on the doors to their trailers instead of the actual name. I never made that connection.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 4/28/2025, 4:47 AM
"Doomsday and Secret Wars are in safe hands"

This site never fails to bring some laughs during a hectic day, lolz 😂

I will say it again. Unlike in the past, marvel is at a low point recently and the Russos can only operate when hype is high. But let's see
SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 4/28/2025, 5:02 AM
@vectorsigma - The world is at a low point recently but lets talk about how Marvel should be above it. Even though, since the pandemic, Marvel always had at least one movie in the top 10 highest grossing which is so hard to reach at $400-$500 million.
SwampThingDC
SwampThingDC - 4/28/2025, 6:18 AM
@SpiderParker - Just because movies make a lot of money, doesn't mean they are good. Marvel is kiddie garbage.
SwampThingDC
SwampThingDC - 4/28/2025, 6:25 AM
@SpiderParker - All Marvel does is copy DC, and they don't have the character depth to do anything. Isn't Marvel for 5 year olds?
tippymcfoo
tippymcfoo - 4/28/2025, 6:55 AM
@SwampThingDC - "Strike that. Reverse it." - Willy Wonka
Latverian
Latverian - 4/28/2025, 8:49 AM
@SwampThingDC - You sound stuck in 2016.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/28/2025, 10:22 AM
@SpiderParker -

"Even though, since the pandemic, Marvel always had at least one movie in the top 10 highest grossing"

An easy accomplishment when so many of the other movies are also slop.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/28/2025, 10:24 AM
@Latverian -

You sound stuck in
Latverian
Latverian - 4/28/2025, 10:33 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea -

Oh, I'm "stuck in" someone, that's for sure.

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MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/28/2025, 10:47 AM
@Latverian -

You tried.

It's important to try.
Latverian
Latverian - 4/28/2025, 11:14 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea -

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TriggatronXXL
TriggatronXXL - 4/28/2025, 2:35 PM
@SwampThingDC - Wha?? WHAT? Am I in one of the alternate universes where Marvel is copying DC? MARVEL copied DC and did a thousand times better??5 yr olds pushed infinity war and end game to billions? Well color me... not believing a word you've said.
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 4/28/2025, 4:18 PM
@vectorsigma - I agree with you. In their defense, they didn't make the shit show that Feige asked them to fix.
SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 4/28/2025, 6:44 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - That was the point genius. Before pandemic and streaming boom, top 10 list would start at $800Mil and after pandemic, it was $400-500M even $200M in one year. People are barely interested in checking out the movies in theater. An easy accomplishment? Right.
SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 4/28/2025, 6:53 PM
@SwampThingDC - Yes, Marvel is for 5 year olds and DC is for 50 year olds. That's why they like the no-kill rule so much that they wanted every single hero to break it only so they can say DC is for adults. Soon, you will demand the fictional cities to be renamed so that you can maintain the air.

Lets not forget the face of DC is such a hit with the adults that you can't stand him be portrayed comic accurate. So, how about you stop telling me how insecure you are.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 4/28/2025, 4:54 AM
They're really going full throttle with the chair stuff, huh?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/28/2025, 10:26 AM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 -

The halfwits love it!
Gabimaru
Gabimaru - 4/28/2025, 4:59 AM
Do they have fetish in chairs?
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 4/28/2025, 5:10 AM
@Gabimaru - I don’t think you get it. The whole two and a half hours is going to be chairs.

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MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/28/2025, 10:30 AM
@Gabimaru -

Halfwits eat up most of what Disney drops in the trough.

If instead of chairs, Disney had used doughnuts or shirts or soccer balls, halfwit Disney devotees would gobble that up, and that would be used repeatedly to keep hype going.
epc1122
epc1122 - 4/28/2025, 5:03 AM
Seems like they’re showing too much before the movie is out. Talk about a spoiler! 😂
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/28/2025, 5:10 AM
And there came a day unlike many others... First day of filming on an Avengers movie.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 4/28/2025, 8:56 AM
@ObserverIO - I remember that line..
Thing94
Thing94 - 4/28/2025, 5:35 AM
Victor Von Doom confirmed and not Tony Stark version 2.0
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/28/2025, 10:32 AM
@Thing94 -

In fairness, it could still be a bait and switch.

I'm not saying it is.
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