Avengers: Doomsday (2026): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• In November 2023, Cretton departed, Waldron replaced Loveness as writer, and Marvel was considering moving away from the Kang storyline, in part due to Majors's legal issues; Majors was fired the following month.
• Feige stated that "Time Runs Out", the prelude storyline for the 2015–16 "Secret Wars", also served as inspiration for the two films, and said one of their goals was to give closure to Marvel storylines that predated the MCU, including those of characters from 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series.
• In April 2024, Alan Silvestri indicated that he could be composing the music for an upcoming MCU project after previously doing so for Infinity War, Endgame, and other MCU films.
• The Kang Dynasty was inspired by a 2001–02 comic book storyline written by Kurt Busiek in which Kang the Conqueror travels through time to enslave humanity.
• Production designer Gavin Bocquet and cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel reteamed with the Russo brothers after working on their television series Citadel (2023–present); Sigel also worked on the Russos' film Cherry (2021) and a selection of Fox's X-Men films.
• Rebecca Rubin at Variety reported in March 2026 that early box office tracking was "strong" and there were predictions that Doomsday would be 2026's highest-grossing film.
• The film generated $16.5 million in advance premium format ticket sales in the first 24 hours of sales in July 2026, more than double the pre-sales Deadpool & Wolverine had.
• Pre-sales had reached $50 million by early September 2026, 100 days before its release, becoming the first film to achieve that in that time frame.
• Chris Hemsworth as Thor:The Asgardian god of thunder and a founding Avenger, based on the Norse mythological deity of the same name.
• Tom Hiddleston as Loki:The Asgardian god of mischief and Thor's adopted brother, based on the Norse mythological deity of the same name.
• Principal photography for Doomsday began on April 28, 2025, at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England, under the working title Apple Pie 1.
• Chris Evans as Steve Rogers:The former leader of the Avengers, a super soldier, and World War II veteran who was the first person to carry the Captain America mantle.
• Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, and written by Michael Waldron, Stephen McFeely, and the writing team of Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, the film features an ensemble cast led by Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.
• Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova / Black Widow:A member of the New Avengers who was trained in the Red Room as a Black Widow assassin.

Source: Wikipedia

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