Marvel Studios re-released Avengers: Endgame this weekend (you can check out my review here), and the Encore presentation features quite a bit of additional footage in the form of four new scenes that set up December's Avengers: Doomsday.
However, one of these scenes is only available with Infinity Vision, Dolby, and IMAX screenings.
Spoilers follow.
Unless you forked out for these more expensive seats, you won't get to see the sequence with TVA Agents Mobius (Owen Wilson), Ouroboros (Ke Huy Quan), and Casey (Eugene Cordero) monitoring the incursions, as Ouroboros realizes that "the Multiverse is collapsing."
To be fair, a lot of people who purchased their tickets online did suspect that this would be the case, as Infinity Vision, Dolby Vision, and IMAX shows were listed with a runtime of 185 mins, while other screenings were 183 mins. Even so, many moviegoers were not aware of this and have taken to social media to express their disappointment.
Is this something that should have been made clearer in the marketing? Let us know in the comments.
Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars were hit with significant delays last year, with Doomsday now set to arrive in theaters on December 18, 2026, and Secret Wars positioned for December 17, 2027.
Both movies will be directed by the Russo brothers, who also make their MCU return after helming Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
"Universes collide and the Multiverse Saga begins its final chapter in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday. Beloved heroes from three distinct universes will be set on a deadly collision course and ultimately face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered. This epic film will lay the foundation for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe."
Doomsday will star:
Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Lewis Pullman as Sentry, Florence Pugh as Yelena, Danny Ramirez as Falcon, Ian McKellen as Magneto, Sebastian Stan as Bucky, Winston Duke as M’Baku, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Kelsey Grammer as Beast, James Marsden as Cyclops, Channing Tatum as Gambit, and Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent
Along with Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, Patrick Stewart as Professor X, Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler, Letitia Wright as Black Panther, Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor, Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, and, of course, Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.