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Doctor Doom has officially arrived in the MCU. This villain, a master of cutting-edge science and powerful magic, will unleash a cascading crisis across the entire Multiverse.[1]
On July 22, 2022, it was reported that Marvel Studios had filed trademarks for four movies, which included Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and its follow-up Avengers: Secret Wars.[27] The project was officially announced a day later during Marvel Studios' panel at San Diego Comic-Con.[28]Destin Daniel Cretton was set to direct the film,[29] with Jeff Loveness hired to write the screenplay after working on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.[30]
On June 13, 2023, Disney pushed back the film's release date to May 1, 2026, taking over the release date of Avengers: Secret Wars. This came in line during the writers strike in America,[31] in addition to recent abuse & harassment allegations against Jonathan Majors. By December 18, Marvel Studios officially cut ties after he was convicted of assault and harassment charges.[32]
On November 15, 2023, Destin Daniel Cretton was reported no longer attached to the film as the director, though he remains as the director on Shang-Chi 2 and Wonder Man.[33] Michael Waldron was set to write the screenplay for the film.[34]
In June 2024, Shawn Levy was in talks on to direct the film, but had yet made a decision whether to accept the gig. Filming is scheduled to begin in early 2025, with over 60 MCU characters expected to appear.[35] A month later, Joe Russo and Anthony Russo were in early talks to direct the film.[36] The following month, Robert Downey Jr. was revealed to had been cast as the main antagonist, Doctor Doom.[9] Two days later, it Alan Silvestri was hired to compose the score for the film.[37] Filming is scheduled to begin in March 2025 in London, and it is scheduled to wrap in August.[38]
Production officially started in March 2025,[39] while filming officially began on April 28 in London.[40] Filming was officially wrapped on September 19, 2025.[41]
Release[]
The film was originally scheduled for release on May 2, 2025, but was delayed to May 1, 2026, in part due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, followed by another delay to December 18 to allow more time for production to be completed.[42]
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This film comes out seven years after Avengers: Endgame, which was the same number of years between the first Avengers film and Avengers: Endgame.
This will be the first Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film to be the fifth installment in its series.
This marks the first time since Avengers: Endgame where Robert Downey Jr. properly appears (not counting Spider-Man: Far From Home and all other films that uses archival footage of himself as Iron Man). But for the second time, he will be playing Doctor Doom instead of Iron Man after 16 years.
The original villain of the two parter was the Council of Kangs. This was changed due to Jonathan Majors' criminal charges and subsequent conviction.
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