‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Kevin Feige Explains Why Marvel’s Heroes Are Scattered When the Incursions Hit
Few questions around ‘Avengers: Doomsday‘ have fans talking more than the state of its teams. The movie brings together the Avengers, Marvel’s Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Thunderbolts and the Wakandans, which makes it one of the most crowded crossovers the studio has attempted. Working out who is aligned with whom has become a favorite guessing game ahead of release.
The ending of ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ revealed that Sam Wilson was ready to reassemble Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, and the Thunderbolts’ installation as the New Avengers hasn’t curtailed that ambition. That leaves the MCU with a patchwork of groups rather than 1 unified squad. Although no official plot synopsis has been revealed, the film is a major crossover in which these factions team up to battle Doctor Doom.
Now Marvel boss Kevin Feige has given the clearest hint yet about where those teams stand. Speaking to Empire, he said the incursions arrive after “years of seemingly no organised Avengers team.” He added that it is always fun to put your heroes on the back foot.
The phrasing paints a picture very different from the well-oiled machine fans remember from ‘Avengers: Endgame’. Instead of a battle-ready roster, the heroes appear to meet the crisis scattered, rusty and still figuring out how to work together. That is a classic setup for a story built around underdogs.
It also explains why so many groups seem to exist at once. With no single Avengers team in charge, Sam Wilson’s group, the New Avengers and the Wakandans all appear to be operating on their own. The multiverse threat is what forces them into the same room.
Feige has also offered earlier insight into the team dynamics, and it suggests Ant-Man will be part of the film without being a main character. Taken together, the comments point to an ensemble where the spotlight shifts constantly.
The word at the center of Feige’s comment is not new to him. He previously told ComicBook.com that, for people who know the comics, incursions are universes coming together. He also confirmed that the Avengers will visit the Baxter Building.
Feige has also confirmed that the story is inspired by a very famous comic run. Those collisions are also likely what leads to the Avengers and Fantastic Four encountering the X-Men. In other words, the scattered state of the Avengers is a vulnerability the story seems designed to exploit.
Feige’s remarks come from Empire’s world-exclusive ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ issue. It includes 4 collectible covers and a 22-page deep dive with Feige, directors Joe and Anthony Russo, Robert Downey Jr. and many of the film’s heroes. The issue hits stands on November 19.
The feature explores closing the Multiverse Saga and going bigger than ‘Avengers: Endgame’. That is a lofty promise, and it explains why the marketing has leaned so heavily on team imagery. Every new group portrait or character grid is meant to remind audiences how many heroes are about to collide.
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Feige has been open about how much this crossover means to him. At an event in Shanghai, he said that bringing together members of the X-Men, the Avengers, the New Avengers and the Fantastic Four was a dream he never thought would come true. Marvel has officially confirmed 33 characters for the film.
‘Avengers: Doomsday’ arrives in theaters on December 18, directed by Joe and Anthony Russo from a screenplay by Stephen McFeely. ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ follows on December 17, 2027. With the premiere weeks away, expect more details about how these teams fit together to keep surfacing.
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