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Avengers: Doomsday has already begun for MCU fans, according to Joe Russo.

Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday is currently in post-production. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, also known as the Russo Brothers, the movie will be released in United States theaters at the end of this year. The sequel, Avengers: Secret Wars, follows in 2027.

Marvel has now released four Doomsday teaser trailers. The first teaser reveals that Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers is returning to the MCU, while the second focuses on Chris Hemsworth’s Thor and the third on a handful of X-Men characters. The fourth teaser then puts the spotlight on Letitia Wright’s Black Panther/Shuri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s Ben Grimm/The Thing, among others.

What did Joe Russo say about Avengers: Doomsday?

Speaking on the Empire podcast, per The Hollywood Reporter, Joe Russo cryptically discussed how the Avengers: Doomsday teaser trailers are actually the beginning of the Doomsday event for MCU fans.

“Each one of those trailers is narrative information,” he said. “And it’s all part of a larger story. And so, I would argue that Doomsday has already started for you.”

It’s not entirely clear what Joe Russo means by this at this time. Having said that, the Russos made a similar comment before. Following the release of the fourth Avengers: Doomsday teaser trailer, the official Russo Brothers Instagram said, “What you’ve been watching for the last four weeks… are not teasers. Or trailers. They are stories. They are clues…Pay attention. #DoomsdayHasBegun.”

Some MCU fans believe they’ve cracked a secret code hidden within the four Doomsday trailers that relates to specific timestamps in Avengers: Endgame. Whether this was intentionally done by Marvel or just a coincidence remains unclear at this time.

Avengers: Doomsday arrives on December 18, 2026, as part of Phase 6 of the MCU. Avengers: Secret Wars is then dated for December 17, 2027.