avenger : Doomsday ’s impressive casthas look some exciting additions in recent month . Robert Downey Jr. ’s Doctor Doom will be pit by Sam Wilson ’s Captain America , the Fantastic Four , the Thunderbolts and Spider - Man , and I ’m thrilled that Chris Evans and Hayley Atwell have also been confirmed to be returning . The fact that two of theMCU ’s original Avengers team thespian will be coming back , though seemingly in different character , makes me think that Marvel Studios could be setting up a close adaptation of Marvel Comics’Secret Warsevent in the skillful agency .

Robert Downey Jr & Chris Evans Returning For Avengers: Doomsday Raises One Big Avengers Theory

Marvel May Be Introducing An Evil Avengers Team

Since Marvel Studios has n’t revealed who he ’ll be playing inAvengers : Doomsday , I’ve get it on seeing theories that Chris Evans will be rejoining the MCU as a scoundrel . This would see him follow in Robert Downey Jr. ’s footstep , as Downey Jr. play Tony Stark ’s Iron Man for over a decade before being recast as Doctor Doom . I would love to seeChris Evans befit up as a HYDRA - indoctrinate Captain Americaor another iconic Marvel scoundrel , and this gain me think that Marvel will be bringing a wildAvengers : Doomsdaytheory to realisation in 2026 .

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I reckon Doctor Doom and Chris Evans ' new baddie could be primed to be a part of anevil Avengers squad from across the MCU ’s multiverse , perhaps a misrepresented version of the original Avengers team ’s crinkle - up . This could see Downey Jr. , Evans , Mark Ruffalo , Chris Hemsworth , Jeremy Renner and , peradventure , Scarlett Johansson team - up once again , but as dreary rendering of their classic MCU heroes . I consider this would be a grand story to explore inAvengers : Doomsday , and this could fit into the overarching Multiverse Saga narrative dead .

Marvel Comics Make The Alternate Universe Avengers Theory More Likely

Two Avengers Teams Battle In Marvel Comics' Time Runs Out

In the trail - up to Marvel Comics’Secret Warsevent in 2015,Jonathan Hickman’sTime Runs Outarcsaw the heroes of various world oppose to economize their worlds from destructive incursions . Namely , the Avengers teams of Earth-616 and Earth-1610 both sought a way to save their reality , have intercourse the only way to do that would be to demolish the other Earth . I count debut a dark Avengers team inDoomsdaywould be a great elbow room to adapt this plot line , as this squad could push to save their world by trying to destroy the MCU ’s Earth-616 .

Benedict Cumberbatch has confirmed Doctor Strange wo n’t be in Avengers : Doomsday , making me marvel what story will unfold in the upcoming crossover voter .

In Marvel Comics’Time run Out , theIlluminati and the Cabal do succeed in pass over out alternate world , but incursions ravage the multiverse nonetheless , which leads directly into the events ofSecret Wars , with Doctor Doom creating Battleworld from the fragmented population . I ’d love to see this plot line adapt for the MCU in the pass - up to2027’sAvengers : Secret Wars , and debuting a sinister mirror to the Avengers team would set this up perfectly . I reckon this could see Marvel Studios adjust a fib far bigger than Thanos ' quest for the Infinity Stones .

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Pitting The MCU’s New Avengers Against An Alternate Universe Iteration Sets Up A Story That Could Compete With The Infinity Saga

Adapting Time Runs Out & Secret Wars Would Be Huge For The MCU

TheMCU ’s Infinity Sagacame to an end with the Avengers squad and various other heroes of the 616 - Universe fighting the Mad Titan , Thanos , in the ruination of Avengers HQ . The Battle of Earth was epic , widely view to be the top of the MCU so far , butI think that pitting the Avengers against a darker alternate version of the iconic superhero team would bring to the MCU ’s biggest battle yet . The Avengers would n’t only be facing one villain who wants to take a MacGuffin , but many superpowered villains who want to kill them all to economise their mankind .

This motivation would make a black Avengers squad , featuring the like of Doctor Doom and perhaps a HYDRA adaptation of Captain America , among others , far more dangerous and minacious than Thanos ever was . Avengers : Infinity WarandEndgameare , by a wide of the mark margin , Marvel ’s most successful movies yet , but this possibility could seeAvengers : DoomsdayandSecret Warsknock them off the top spot . I ’m very activated about the prospect of seeingTime running Outplay out on - filmdom , peculiarly with the likes ofRobert Downey Jr. and Chris Evansback at the helm .

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