Doomsday After MCU Debut 4 Years In the past

With a sprawling forged of Marvel veterans and newcomers alike, Avengers: Doomsday is the penultimate chapter within the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s multiverse saga. The much-anticipated movie will probably be helmed by Joe and Anthony Russo, with a script from Michael Waldron and Stephen McFeely.

Doomsday will function each the return of (a few of) Fox’s X-Males forged and lots of MCU heroes, together with Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi. First becoming a member of the franchise in 2021, Shang-Chi’s function in Doomsday will solely be his second outing. Nonetheless, Liu shared with Comicbook.com that audiences will see a special, extra assured model of the character than in his debut movie.

“He’s older,” Liu defined. “I’m older, so attending to deliver slightly bit extra of a high quality of self-assurance is at all times nice, particularly as a result of Shang was such a fish out of water. There’s slightly little bit of a leap in time, so I believe we’ll meet him at a spot the place he’s feeling slightly extra lived in with who he’s and his tasks.“

Little is understood about how Shang-Chi will issue into the plot of Doomsday, however following Liu’s statements and the crossover scene on the finish of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, it is a protected, albeit unsure, wager that he will probably be a full-blown Avenger. Apparently, nevertheless, Liu has teased working with a few of the X-Males forged, additional protecting the Marvel followers guessing.

“First getting that decision after which studying who else was [going to] be there, a few of whom I had the pleasure of assembly and a few I had not but met, however every… one in all them simply iconic, iconic individuals,” the actor stated, cautious to not reveal an excessive amount of however sharing his pleasure about his costars. “Like Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart, simply individuals who I grew up watching and idolizing. After which having gotten possibly, possibly having gotten the chance to do scenes with them sooner or later.“

Elsewhere within the interview, Liu additionally mentioned the pressures of a Marvel promotional cycle and never inflicting leaks. The actor “by no means know[s] when one thing [he says] goes to get picked up right into a soundbite.” For instance, he stated that Shang-Chi would have a brand new go well with in an interview, and it changed into “an unstoppable maelstrom of messed-up traces.”

“I’m very reserved about what to say about it now,” Liu concluded. No matter what particulars he can or can’t reveal, anticipation for Doomsday is barely constructing, with a number of trailers teasing the X-Males, Thor, Captain America, and different returning heroes.

Avengers: Doomsday releases on December 18, 2026.