Avengers: Doomsday and its follow-up, Secret Wars, are shaping up to be a Marvel fan’s dream. Secret Wars will be the crossover to end all crossovers, combining a decade’s worth of set-up into one massive adventure. Sure, it doesn’t have the sturdiest foundation to build on, as Marvel’s Cinematic Universe has become pretty chaotic. But that’s ideally where Doomsday picks up the slack: the 2026 film will be the first Avengers team-up since Endgame, and it’s tasked with consolidating the messy Multiverse Saga under the threat of one villain, Doctor Doom.
Doom is a formidable force in his own right, but he may also have the power of the multiverse on his side. Worlds are colliding, and characters from parallel realities will find themselves fighting alongside heroes from the MCU’s main timeline. Doomsday directors Joe and Anthony Russo are looking to unite around 60 characters in the upcoming films, which makes Marvel’s first casting announcement feel like just a drop in the bucket.
