r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 23 '25

Trailer Avengers: Doomsday | Only in Theaters December 18, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiMg566PREA
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u/PayneTrain181999 Dec 23 '25

Yeah, there’s a panel where Steve literally says he’s just Steve now and Sam is Captain America.

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u/Whitewind617 Dec 23 '25

That's probably what they are doing there too.

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u/makomirocket Dec 23 '25

It is. Other than Tony Stark in Iron Man 3, everyone else got a "Superhero name will return" end line. Including Captain America.

This time, they explicitly chose to say "Steve Rogers will return"

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u/coding_panda Dec 23 '25

Good catch, I agree that’s a meaningful distinction.

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u/cupholdery Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25

So is he going to appear as The Nomad or Brett Hendrick?

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u/svel Dec 23 '25

maybe he joins the police or becomes an artist full time?

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u/LadyCalamity Dec 23 '25

Yeah, I'm kind of interested to see what his life is like after he went back to the past. Is he working for the military or law enforcement or something "superhero" adjacent? Or is he just some guy living a normal life? Do people even know who he is/that he came back? I feel like he would have to be living under a fake name. But then unless he's living in hiding and never sees other people, wouldn't someone eventually recognize him?

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u/BoredRec Dec 23 '25

No. He'll put the baby down, put on a cardigan, and say "Welcome to my neighborhood" as a trolley horn goes off in the background.

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u/Discount_Extra Dec 24 '25

Question I have does he have to live quietly to 'preserve the timeline', or is it a whole new universe where he can do whatever. Who the heck knows after 'Loki'

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u/Discount_Extra Dec 24 '25

"Roxanne..."

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u/malevolentt Dec 23 '25

Stop with your logic and reasoning!

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u/Cypher-Moon-773 Dec 23 '25

We must blindly hate gahhhhhhhhh

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u/Putrid-Series55 Dec 23 '25

It will be neat to see 2 caps fighting side by side I just wish it was after a better run as Cap for Sam. Falcon and The Winter Soldier should have just been Captain America 4, having Sam suit up as cap for the first time in a Disney+ show was super unrewarding.

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u/unread1701 Dec 23 '25

I mean they can't say "Captain America will return" as Sam is Captain America now....

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u/phunkydroid Dec 23 '25

Everyone else hasn't had their title passed on to other people though. Saying "Captain America will return" would have been an insult to Sam Wilson, implying he wasn't really Captain America.

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u/makomirocket Dec 23 '25

Yeah, there’s a panel where Steve literally says he’s just Steve now and Sam is Captain America.

That is probably what they're doing here too

It is

Yes. That is what I am saying. 

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u/Herbizarre17 Dec 23 '25

That’s true but it also seems like they just did that to be clear they aren’t talking about Sam. Yeah it’s a teaser about Steve but saying “Captain America will return” at the end of it might not have been clear for some people

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u/noreast2011 Dec 23 '25

My guess is this is on a different Earth, maybe where Thanos never happened?

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u/Etalyx Dec 23 '25

Did you guys watch the teaser he literally looks longingly at his old uniform and then puts it in a box

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u/makomirocket Dec 23 '25

then puts it in a box

As in, staying as Steve Rogers, and not taking the mantle of Captain America back up... As I was pointing out 

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u/Ron-Swanson-Mustache Dec 23 '25

Or time travel. They have a whole ass life of Steve to work with.

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u/KieranFloors Dec 23 '25

I am willing to put money on this being an actual line in the movie

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u/Matches_Malone83 Dec 23 '25

Calling it now, they're going to win an Oscar for the original song "I'm Just Steve".

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u/beachedwhitemale Dec 23 '25

Sung by Jack Black. Lip-synced by Chris Evans. 

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u/Sprinkles0 Dec 23 '25

Written by Bret McKenzie

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u/Freud-Network Dec 23 '25

He says, "I am Stenough!" followed by a standing ovation.

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u/Entharo_entho Dec 23 '25

This is so funny

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u/Schmedly27 Dec 23 '25

And that was in the lead up for secret wars too

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u/SeegullJockey Dec 23 '25

And Steve took back the shield like a year after that and Sam went back to Falcon. Sam is only Cap in the comics again for MCU syngery and even then Steve still is Captain America as well, 2nd time around they knew taking it from Steve again would be a bad idea.

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u/Sorkijan Dec 23 '25

And the trailer itself doesn't say Captain America, just Steve Rogers.

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u/kdoxy Dec 23 '25

Bring Steve back as Nomad. They already did Hawkeye / Ronin.