Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Officially Confirms The Return of Captain America Star Chris Evans

It's present official: Captain America prima Chris Evans volition beryllium backmost successful Avengers: Doomsday.

Disney's archetypal trailer for the December 2026 blockbuster — which archetypal leaked online earlier this week — has present been officially released successful theaters alongside the archetypal showings of Avatar: Fire and Ash. And with this, Evans' instrumentality is present acceptable successful stone.

The minute-long trailer begins with a acquainted fig parking a motorcycle extracurricular a 1950s-style house. After cautiously folding distant his Captain America uniform, Evans is past revealed — and we spot him holding a baby. The trailer past cuts to black, earlier on-screen substance confirms: "Steve Rogers volition instrumentality successful Avengers: Doomsday." Finally, we spot a ticking countdown clock, tracking the months, days, hours, minutes and seconds until Avengers: Doomsday arrives successful theaters a twelvemonth from now, connected December 18, 2026.

Earlier today, Avengers: Doomsday directors Joe and Anthony Russo posted their ain abbreviated teaser for their upcoming Marvel blockbuster, precisely 12 months earlier its theatrical merchandise — featuring the countdown timepiece present seen successful the Steve Rogers uncover trailer.

And arsenic IGN reported this morning, contiguous has seen fans heading into Avatar: Fire and Ash screening astir the satellite expecting to spot the Doomsday trailer, though galore (but not all) person been near disappointed. Disney appears to person kept the trailer to a precise constricted merchandise until now, with clips posted to societal media inactive being removed by copyright claim.

For galore Marvel fans, Evans' instrumentality volition not travel arsenic excessively overmuch of a surprise. Outside of the trailer's leak online this week, filming reports from this summertime appeared to amusement the aforesaid 1950s-style location being secretly constructed, with galore fans recognizing its plan from the last country successful Avengers: Endgame. Fans besides spent a bully woody of clip analysing caller photos of Evans' real-life arms, and noted that helium appeared to person returned to his Captain America physique.

Now, the spoiler tag has good and genuinely been snipped disconnected by Marvel, which is intelligibly keen to archer audiences to expect much from Evans' character, a twelvemonth successful beforehand of Doomsday's release.

So, what's going connected here, story-wise? Of course, the past clip we saw Steve Rogers successful Avengers: Endgame, helium was disconnected to instrumentality the Infinity Stones to their archetypal places crossed reality. Following that, helium was expected to instrumentality to the contiguous — but alternatively stayed successful the 1950s, seemingly to unrecorded retired a peaceful beingness with his sweetheart Peggy Carter.

But fans deliberation there's much communicative to archer present — communicative which would past instrumentality spot earlier Steve turns up arsenic an aged antheral and hands his shield implicit to Sam Wilson, thing that besides happened successful Endgame. Could Steve's multiversal ngo person someway attracted the attraction of Doctor Doom, mounting up a caller rivalry betwixt Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans' characters?

The thought of much communicative for Steve Rogers is besides thing Avengers: Endgame and Doomsday directors Joe and Anthony Russo person teased, arsenic aboriginal arsenic 2021. Could everything that's astir to hap successful Doomsday (and Secret Wars) instrumentality spot earlier Steve hands implicit the shield? And however volition the information that Steve Rogers is present a begetter play out? Is his babe astir to beryllium kid-napped by Doctor Doom, conscionable arsenic Sue and Reed Richards' toddler Franklin was? It's going to beryllium a agelong 12 months until we find out.

Disney's theatrical merchandise of the archetypal Avengers: Doomsday trailer is reportedly conscionable the archetypal of 4 abstracted trailers acceptable to beryllium shown with Avatar implicit the adjacent 4 weeks, successful a determination designed to promote repetition viewings and support audiences entertained with a bid of large reveals. Confirmation of Steve Rogers' instrumentality is surely a beardown start.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social