Avengers Doomsday trailer: Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom rules as top villain

The latest Avengers: Doomsday trailer puts Doctor Doom at the heart of the conflict, revealing his break with The Fantastic Four, his terrifying power over Thor and his connection to the X-Men through the Sentinels.

In Short

• The trailer of Avengers: Doomsday is out
• Robert Downey Jr's look as villain is the highlight of the footage
• Film is slated to release in theatres on December 18

The second trailer for Avengers: Doomsday is out, putting Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom front and centre. The trailer offers a closer look at the villain’s emotional backstory, his connection to The Fantastic Four and the terrifying extent of his powers. Unveiled at Disney’s D23, the footage expands on the story teased in the first trailer and sets up a major confrontation between Doom and some of Marvel’s most powerful heroes.

The two-minute, ten-second trailer sheds light on Victor von Doom’s past and his relationship with The Fantastic Four, particularly Reed Richards and Sue Storm. Vanessa Kirby’s Sue is heard explaining Victor’s transformation to a group of heroes that includes the Avengers, Shang-Chi, the X-Men, Steve Rogers and Shuri.

“Victor was always the smartest guy in every room. He used to be different. He used to be kind, he used to be caring. And then, everything he loved was taken from him. I knew he was lost, but I did not realise he was broken,” Sue says.

The clip then shifts to Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards confronting Doom and asking him, “Did you do this?”

Doom responds with a cryptic warning: “All of you have lived stolen lives. But now you must give them back.”

The sequence cuts between the superheroes and glimpses of their lives and families before showing Doom standing before a tapestry depicting his wife and son, hinting at the personal tragedy that may have shaped his motivations.

One of the highlights in the trailer sees Chris Hemsworth’s Thor going up against Doom. Armed with Stormbreaker, Thor charges towards the villain and warns, “I swear you will beg for hell long before I grant it.”

But Doom barely appears threatened. He stops Thor’s attack using just two fingers before overpowering the God of Thunder and sending him flying with a blast of green energy.

The clip ends with Doom summoning an army of Sentinels, further tying the events of Avengers: Doomsday to the X-Men and hinting at the scale of the multiversal conflict ahead.

Avengers: Doomsday brings together heroes from three different universes as they find themselves on a collision course with a powerful existential threat. With Doctor Doom at the centre of the conflict, the film is expected to unite characters from across the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men.

The ensemble includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Paul Rudd, Anthony Mackie, Florence Pugh, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Wyatt Russell, Channing Tatum, Simu Liu, Ian McKellen, Tom Hiddleston, James Marsden, Patrick Stewart, Joseph Quinn, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Letitia Wright, Lewis Pullman, Kelsey Grammer, Kathryn Newton, Danny Ramirez, Winston Duke, Alan Cumming, Hannah John-Kamen, Rebecca Romijn, Mabel Cadena and Tenoch Huerta Meja.

Avengers: Doomsday is slated to hit the screens on December 18.

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