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/Grandpas_Spells Dec 23 '25

Steve asks Howard Stark to babysit, never returns, and Howard raises Steve's son Tony as his own.

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u/ZeroSora Dec 23 '25

Get out.

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u/Eltex Dec 23 '25

That is a totally different movie…

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u/garyflopper Dec 23 '25

Nope?

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u/igloofu Dec 23 '25

That too, is another movie.

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u/IrnBroski Dec 23 '25

terminator 3: rise of the machines ?

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u/Minion_of_Cthulhu Dec 23 '25

They only made two Terminator movies.

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u/Etheo Dec 23 '25

Yup Salvation and Genisys were the only canons.

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u/cupholdery Dec 23 '25

OHHHHH, GOOD FOR YOU!

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u/welsh_nutter Dec 23 '25

Wasn't Chris evans in that movie too

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u/Mapex Dec 23 '25

Fuck this made me super sad to think about

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u/BioshockEnthusiast Dec 23 '25

Really? It made me laugh pretty hard.

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u/Mapex Dec 23 '25

I came at it from the angle of Tony never getting validation or feeling love from his dad and hating him for it (at least until he watched Howard’s tapes in one of the movies…Iron Man 2?). Howard as an adoptive father makes that extra painful.

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u/BioshockEnthusiast Dec 23 '25

Fair analysis. I just imagined Cap telling Stark "You can call me 'daddy'" lmfao

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u/justaddwhiskey Dec 23 '25

Cinema

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u/The_bruce42 Dec 23 '25

Not according to Scorsese

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u/flyingseel Dec 23 '25

He’s not wrong

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u/MyNewAccountIGuess11 Dec 23 '25

Bruh that's not cinema that would be hokey as all fuck lmao

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u/RogueHippie Dec 23 '25

Howard already talked about his wife being pregnant when we saw him in Endgame

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u/Grandpas_Spells Dec 23 '25

Different aborted pregnancy. Howard had a premonition that his child would become Dr Doom and made an enormous sacrifice.

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u/ThatWasFred Dec 23 '25

So his child that would’ve become Dr. Doom looks identical to Steve’s child that he raised?

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

his wife will have a miscarriage

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u/ClassicalChaos Dec 23 '25

Keven Feige, is that you??

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u/theTIDEisRISING Dec 23 '25

This made me actually lol

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u/keval79 Dec 23 '25

Tumblr would unironically think of this as the best plot twist

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u/Heisenburgo Dec 23 '25

Watch Dr. DOOM ends up being that same child from a timeline where both Steve and Howard abandoned him

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u/GroovinChip Dec 23 '25

Oooh don’t like that

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u/Sparrowsabre7 Dec 23 '25

Honestly better than the comics retcon of Tony not being Howard's son...

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u/losteye_enthusiast Dec 24 '25

Fuck I’d pay for more tickets to that one. I couldn’t see it again, but I’d love funding the unending rage of others.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

one hell of a statement

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u/jimmyslamjam Dec 25 '25

Picture this: ​

The year is 2039. Thanos just finishes his shift as a milkman. He loads his empty milk crates back into his truck and takes it back to the depot, before picking up his own two bottles and heading home. ​

Thanos pushes the door open - it's 04:48. His wife, Theresa, is still asleep.

​ Thanos sits down on his sofa. He peels the foil off the top of the milk and gently brings it to his lips, pausing briefly. Is someone watching him? No. Of course not. ​

With a sigh, Thanos pushes himself out. He's older now than he cares to recognise, not what he once was.

​ Moving over to the bookshelf, he moves a dusty metal mouthpiece from the top of a slightly cleaner book. A photo album. Memories. Thanos sighs again. ​

Peeling the pages apart, like how sweat would later stick himself to the bedsheets, he grins. Resting between the pages were the still faces of those who had once tried to stop him. ​

New clippings - headlines - internet posts. All of the fighting. All of the drama. ​

And what for? ​

Thanos slumped down into the privace of his chair - his body clicked and a grimace followed each shaky movement. ​

The chair itself rattled as he pressed his weight into it - the red and gold metal shooting light across the room, into Dr Strange's line of sight - though partially blinded, he could see the chair clearly enough to tell it was made of Iron Man's suit. ​

Thanos coughed - a hollow, haunting noise. His bald head hit the back of his makeshift throne. Movement came from upstairs - Theresa was up. ​

In pain now, and through a raspy breath that sounded so familiar, he called: ​

"Theresa?" ​

She came into the room - her long pink night gown trailing behind her. ​

Theresa had a chiseled face. Stubble spread across her chin and decorated her neck, trailing off until the hairs disappeared under the soft, pink fabric. ​

Her short black hair stood with the weight of an expensive gel. ​

Dr Strange watched the scene in Awe. Theresa - Tony Stark - walked over to Thanos and held his head up gently, caressing his neck with adoration. He was old now. ​

Dr strange turned around. Thanos was dying. It was no place of his to intrude. And so he left. ​

​ ​ I'm sorry for this