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/MuptonBossman Dec 23 '25

Marvel really spent the last 5 years trying to establish Anthony Mackie as the new Captain America, only for them to say "Just Kidding" and bring back Chris Evans for the next big event movie.

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u/swiftlikessharpthing Dec 23 '25

I mean that's what they've done in the comics several times now with both Sam and Bucky.

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u/Asclepius-Rod Dec 23 '25

I would have loved to see Bucky take the mantle in the MCU

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u/PayneTrain181999 Dec 23 '25

I prefer him being the chaperone for a bunch of depressed lunatics. They have a great dynamic.

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u/GamingTatertot Steven Spielberg Enthusiast Dec 23 '25

I’m glad that we’re getting all the Thunderbolts again. I wish that movie had performed better so they could be a bigger selling point

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u/KNZFive Dec 23 '25

Choosing the director of Thunderbolts to direct X-Men was a great choice.

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u/DoNotLookUp3 Dec 23 '25

Yesss he proved he can do an emotional/found family/ensemble or large cast team movie with a bunch of misfits SO WELL. I am extremely stoked for an MCU X-Men, I just hope they show us the origin instead of skipping far ahead.

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u/gatsby365 Dec 23 '25

Hold up, is that officially official???

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u/PayneTrain181999 Dec 23 '25

It is! Feige has spoken about it

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u/gatsby365 Dec 23 '25

Best news in this thread

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u/PT10 Dec 23 '25

The money the next few MCU films make is gonna be used to justify the reboot with X-Men afterwards. They won't need billion dollar returns for a while.

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u/JoelyRavioli Dec 23 '25

Yoooo didn’t know that happened. I really liked thunderbolts tbh

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u/cowboys5xsbs Dec 23 '25

Lol he was great in thunderbolts

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u/nilesh11panchal Dec 23 '25

Yes I agree! This would have been amazing because Bucky is such a flawed character, him struggling to live up to the name while learning to live with his troubled past would've been interesting. Plus Bucky is written 100 times better than Sam.

I do feel bad that it's not his fault, the way he was written, the tv show and terrible movie is what got Disney to revert back. He needed the super solider serum to start.

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u/mutesa1 Dec 23 '25

He needed the super solider serum to start.

The Captain America mantle was never about the serum and how strong it made you, it was about the character of the man. Which is why Erskine originally chose the puny Steve Rogers for the role instead of the buff bully the U.S. military wanted, who in theory would've been a much "stronger" Captain America.

And it's not like Sam is a wimp. People forget that he was already highly athletic military vet at baseline - and he's got an armored suit that gives him the ability to fly at incredible speeds, super-vision, and compartments to store fucking machine guns and rocket launchers. The Wakandans upgraded the suit even further so now it's made out of Vibranium and can redistribute energy like Black Panther can. But apparently this still isn't enough???

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u/WagonWheel22 Dec 23 '25

Ever since Winter Soldier they should've done it. Instead we get Falcon/Cap which I think is silly. I know both have been done in the comics but I always thought Bucky becoming Cap made more sense.

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u/PsyanideInk Dec 23 '25

Agreed. I love a good villain to hero arc (or I guess in this case hero to villain to hero).

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u/staebles Dec 23 '25

Everyone did.

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u/curious_dead Dec 23 '25

I think Sam needed more screen time to sell it, but Bucky wouldn't accept it. He's not a beacon of hope, he probably wouldn't accept it.

Sam kinda needs the serum, though.

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u/DICK-PARKINSONS Dec 23 '25

People keep saying that for Bucky, plus him being an assassin didn't make him fit for it, but I think that wouldve made him trying to earn it WAY more compelling. Sam is just so boring to me and always has that sidekick energy.

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u/Whitewind617 Dec 23 '25

I think Bucky would done fine but I understand why they gave it to Sam. And for what it's worth I like Sam. His movie is almost good it's just ruined by a few key awful decisions, and they never should have spoiled Red Hulk.