Marvel fans believed they had witnessed everything from multiverses crumbling, heroes crashing, to timelines shattering. However, as Anthony and Joe Russo explain, ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ is going to take the Marvel Cinematic Universe somewhere it has never been before.
And at the heart of that shift? Robert Downey Jr. not as Iron Man, but as Doctor Doom. And yes, fans are already losing patience.
Doctor Doom Changes The MCU Game
Talking about the next Phase 6 epic, the Russo brothers hinted that ‘Doomsday’ would be functioning on a whole new narrative plane than previous Marvel movies. They said that they are welcoming more complexity and leaning into the difficulties of telling a story of this magnitude. “We also run into the complexity and the difficulty of what these movies can do at a narrative level. I think we’ve found a new level of that in Doomsday,” they told Empire.
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They believe that “Victor von Doom demands a certain tone.” To them, Victor von Doom is not a villain who was introduced to the list. He wants something else. A different tone. A different weight. Another form of narration. That in itself is an indication of a significant tonal shift in the MCU. Doom is not a snappy villain or a misinterpreted antihero; he is complex, scheming, and frequently frighteningly cool.
The casting of Downey Jr., who was the former emotional anchor of the franchise, only increases that change. It is undoubtedly poetic, and even disturbing, to witness the face that has introduced the MCU now embodying its looming threat. ‘Doomsday’ will not just be bigger. It will be more complex and maybe more emotionally challenging than the fans are accustomed to.
‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Features A Huge Reunion With Purpose
To further add to the emotional weight is the confirmed reappearance of Chris Evans as Steve Rogers. The Russo brothers ensured that Captain America has a special place in this story and even in the ensemble itself. To them, they cannot imagine this chapter happening without him. There is so much weight in the Evans and Downey Jr. Reunion, on different sides.
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It draws upon more than ten years of common film history. The Infinity Saga, which was characterized by fans who grew up watching their friendship, can now see something much more complex. In addition to the main ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ will bring together the Mightiest Heroes of the Earth with the Fantastic Four and even the X-Men universe of Fox. It is a grandiose crossover that is both a climax and a clean slate.
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