According to insider Daniel Richtman (via ComicBookMovie), Spider-Man 4 starring Tom Holland is being developed as a ‘direct sequel’ to Avengers: Doomsday and will set-up the road to Avengers: Secret Wars.

It has been said that Spider-Man is going to be playing a major part in the upcoming Avengers films with Peter Parker going up against a villain with the face of his mentor, but it’s unclear where things will be by the time Spider-Man 4 comes along.

The recent leaks have fans speculating that the introduction of Doom’s Battleworld—a melding of several timelines with different versions of the Marvel characters—would happen in Avengers: Doomsday, but it’s possible that the concept art could be for Secret Wars, and Doomsday will introduce Doom and end with the creation of Battleworld.

So if that’s the case, where would Spider-Man 4 take place?

It’s unclear where the story should go for Peter Parker’s return to the spotlight, but it has been said that the movie is going to be street-level with Peter kind of losing himself in the Spider-Man persona. Since the project is still in development, it’s too early to tell what the plan is, but hopefully things will be cleared up by next year when Avengers 5 finally comes to cinemas.

Catch Avengers: Doomsday when it releases in theaters on May 1, 2026. Spider-Man 4 is set to release months later on July 31, 2026.

According to insider Daniel RPK (via @NolanAnalyst), RDJ was offered the part of Poseidon in The Odyssey, but he had to turn it down because he was already committed to Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars.

In the Odyssey, Odysseus invokes the wrath of Poseidon by blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus. This results in Poseidon delaying Odysseus journey home by 10 years by punishing him with storms.

With Nolan’s minimalist preference for cinema, it’s unclear how he’s going to treat Greek gods and heroes, but I think that’s going to be the general hook of The Odyssey, with the fantastical nature of Odysseus’ story being told through Nolan’s hyper-realistic lens.

As for RDJ, a lot of fans are admittedly disappointed that he’s going to be playing Doctor Doom after a spectacular exit from Marvel. After landing an Oscar with Oppenheimer, fans thought that RDJ had already put superhero films behind him, but the Russos are teasing that they have a story that is enticing enough to tell with Downey behind the mask.

For now, The Odyssey is set to come out July 17, 2026. Avengers: Doomsday is going to hit theaters earlier with a May 1, 2026 slate.

With Electric State getting its own prequel video game The Electric State: Kid Cosmos, Variety asked the Russos if they would be open to making a Marvel game based on Avengers: Doomsday, to Joe Russo says, “We would definitely be open to it.”

Though the Russo’s AGBO brand has been focused on movies, it does look like they’re going to be expanding their territory for games—with an emphasis on world-building in Doomsday. Russo continues, “Right now, what we’re doing is creating new IP. At AGBO, we want to tell new stories. We want to tell new stories with new characters and new worlds that people haven’t seen before. So Anthony and I and Donald are working together to build out new worlds. And we have three that we’re currently working on that the intention is, for every world we build to have the scale and depth of a Star Wars universe, but in a different genre. And then we’ll build materials around those new worlds. We’ll tell stories in different ways using different media in those worlds.”

While Marvel Rivals may be a success now, fans have pointed out that Marvel had been having a hard time getting their games off the ground, with the Avengers game being an infamous flop.

Admittedly, though tie-in games were a thing back in the early 2000s, development and standards have just gone up so much in recent years that it would be too expensive (and too risky) to make a game that has canon implications in the MCU. Marvel Studios already has enough problems just integrating a cohesive narrative for both movies and films; just imagine having them coordinate with games too.

Who knows, maybe some developer will find some kind of magical formula to bring tie-in games back, but as of now, it seems like the cheapest solution is puzzle games—like what Kid Cosmos is going to be for Electric State.

Is it so hard for someone to make a pixilated fighter game for the MCU Avengers? How about a retro beat-em-up like the TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge?

Avengers: Doomsday is expected to release in theaters on May 1, 2026.

According to @REDACTEDSpider, Spider-Man will be mostly masked for the majority of Doomsday, and a big reason is said to be because of Tom Holland’s schedule. Holland will not only be shooting Doomsday, but Spider-Man 4 and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey as well, which means he’s going to be very busy.

With Spider-Man just having his mask on though, the movie can very much just have someone fill in for Holland, and he’ll just add his voice to the character later when he’s not fighting off a Cyclops in a cave for Nolan.

The way No Way Home ended, Spider-Man’s inner circle has definitely shrunken down, and barely anyone knows him; so it would make sense that he would be keeping his identity secret from a new Avengers team. As Brave New World has confirmed, there is no Avengers lineup yet, and Spider-Man is very much considered a regular after the events of Endgame; but since nobody knows Peter Parker, there’s no one to vouch for him, and he may as well be stuck in rookie status again.

As for Spider-Man 4, no major story details have been revealed yet, but it’s said to be the most expensive MCU Spidey film produced yet, with a budget of around $200 million. It’s certainly sad that it won’t be a street-level Spidey story, but with Sony’s SUMC currently dead, they probably had to throw that money somewhere.

Avengers: Doomsday is expected to hit theaters on May 1, 2026.

According to ScreenGeek, Marvel head Kevin Feige is looking to bring Majors back for a future project just to tie up any loose ends. They write:

According to our sources, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige is considering bringing Jonathan Majors back into the MCU. The idea is for Majors to appear in a future Marvel project to wrap up some loose ends with Kang and close the character’s story. 

So far, nothing official has been confirmed, but this does seem like a good move for Marvel, seeing that a lot of people were already invested in the Kang storyline they were building up, and the disappointment was clear online when it was announced that Kang Dynasty was being retooled as Avengers: Doomsday.

There were actually calls to recast Kang after Majors got the guilty verdict, but those ultimately went nowhere as Marvel announced that Robert Downey Jr. was going to play Doctor Doom.

As someone who was up for the recast, I would want Marvel to just tie up any loose ends with Kang. They’ve spent years hyping the character up, and it was such a shame that we never got to see him actually clash with the Avengers.

We don’t know what Marvel has planned for Majors, but I just want to see the arc closed properly after all this build-up.

The next Avengers movie, Doomsday, is set to hit theaters on May 1, 2026.

Talking to Variety, Cumberbatch has confirmed that he’ll be sitting out Doomsday to play a major role in Secret Wars. The reason for Strange’s absence from the movie is said to be “the character not aligning with this part of the story.” He does confirm that he’s going to be in Secret Wars ‘a lot’ and that Strange is “quite central to where things might go.”

We don’t know what that means officially, but a lot have been speculating that Marvel is trying to future-proof their stories from canon inconsistencies and actors’ contracts expiring by establishing a multiverse after Secret Wars and just having multiple timelines running parallel to each other.

Since Strange is one of the first characters to jump the Multiverse in the MCU, it’s possible that he would have something to do with the change of the status quo by the end of Secret Wars; but then again, this is just speculation on the fans’ part.

With Cumberbatch sitting out Doomsday, some are guessing that the next Doctor Strange movie could release right before Secret Wars to fully establish his role in the second film. We don’t know exactly what they have planned for Cumberbatch, but it does seem like he’s in no hurry to leave the MCU anytime soon.

Avengers: Doomsday is set to release in theaters on May 1, 2026. Secret Wars comes out May 7, 2027.

According to insider Daniel Richtman (via ComicBookMovie), Scarlett Johansson is set to reprise her part as Black Widow in Avengers: Doomsday. So far, nothing official has been confirmed, but Johansson joining along with RDJ and Evans further fuels the theory that Doom will be working with a variant team of Avengers who are actually ‘evil’ this time around.

So far, Avengers characters who aren’t dead or dying like Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) were expected to make an appearance, but some think it’s possible they could also be part of this Doctor Doom super team that the New Avengers will have to deal with.

Honestly, I was up for a clash with Kang with the next Avengers film, and I think that the bringing back of the Russo Brothers and RDJ feels like another Rise of Skywalker situation happening over at Marvel. If they’re pushing forward with it though, all fans can do is hope that the Russos have a dynamite idea, and this would set everything up properly for Secret Wars to be the next big thing.

Avengers: Doomsday is set to release in theatres on May 1, 2026.

Marvel is currently pushing forward with their next Avengers movie Doomsday with returning directors the Russo Brothers, and it looks like they’ve found another MCU vet to make a return.

According to The Wrap, former Captain America Chris Evans has been cast in Doomsday. It’s not clear who Evans is playing yet, but with RDJ expected to play a completely different character, maybe the same thing could go for someone like Evans.

My speculation would be that Evans could also be playing a villain, and might be a variant of the Red Skull that works with Doom. If that was the case, maybe the main villains of Doomsday could be variants of the Avengers in the first movie, except they’re all villains.

It’s an admittedly wacky idea, but it could ‘raise the stakes’ for this new Avengers team as they take on a twisted version of their predecessors.

Then again, it’s very possible that Evans could just be playing Steve Rogers again. It would be pretty boring if he was just the same character (and kind of spoils his arc), but it would be fantastic if he was a Cap variant like the HYDRA agent Cap or the old man Steve Rogers that runs SHIELD.

Until Marvel Studios reveals anything more, all fans can really do is guess. I’ll admit, I was bummed they didn’t just recast Kang after all that build-up, but this is where the story is now, and we have no choice but to let Feige and his team cook.

Avengers: Doomsday is expected to hit theatres on May 1, 2026.

It’s not clear what Marvel has in store for the Scarlet Witch, but a rumor suggests that she could be teaming up with a major Avengers villain—Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom.

According to scooper @MyTimeToShineH, Wanda is expected to be a “major player” in the Avengers movies, and she’ll be sharing a lot of screentime with RDJ. Here’s the post:

I hear Wanda will be a main player in both Avengers films

Will share a lot of screen time with RDJ's Doom (as his lover?) pic.twitter.com/y59oBx5qt0

— MyTimeToShineHello (@MyTimeToShineH) October 9, 2024

Admittedly MTTSH has been wrong in the past, but the pairing of Doom and Wanda has already happened in the comics. Plus, with Doom expected to be of a scientific intellectual, a team-up with Scarlet Witch could give him a huge advantage when it comes to magic—which Doom was also proficient in when it came to the comics.

https://twitter.com/TheBarzul/status/1819339211771691089

Already some are not a fan of the pairing since Wanda is supposed to be with Vision, but seeing as he’s dead and a version of him is flying around that doesn’t remember his relationship with Wanda, a short alliance with Doom could make the two a literal power couple.

Admittedly, I like when Doom is in a love triangle with Reed and Sue Storm, but they already did that in the original Fantastic Four movies, so pairing Doom with someone like Wanda could shake things up a bit romance-wise.

Avengers: Doomsday is expected to hit theatres on May 1, 2026.

As it turns out, it’s possible that the two won’t even be rivals at all—at least, when it comes to the 616 timeline.

According to The Cosmic Circus’ Alex Perez, the relationship between Reed Richards and Victor is going to be more akin of that between Tony Stark and Thanos in the Infinity Saga. Here’s what he said:

“Doom and Reed don’t really interact in the Fantastic Four movie. I’d like to think of it more as Thanos and Tony in Infinity War, where like, Tony knew a threat from space was coming, but he didn’t know exactly who it was until Infinity War, yet Thanos knew nearly everything he needed to know about Tony. Just switch Thanos with Doom and Tony with Reed.”

This should be disappointing to a lot of Marvel fans since the Reed Richards/Doom rivalry in the comics is iconic; and while it’s not Thanos and Tony, the fact that the two kind of match each others’ freak is what makes watching them clash interesting.

Who knows, maybe there could be some changes when it comes to how they’re tackling the character. I mean, plot points change all the time with a franchise like this, but Marvel has done major origin upheavals for the big screen before.

One of the biggest examples was with Ultron. In the movies, Tony Stark and Bruce Banner create Ultron, but in the comics, he’s famously built by scientist Hank Pym a.k.a. Ant-Man a.k.a. Giant-Man.

Until Marvel gives us some more details regarding Reed Richards relationship with Victor, all we can really do is hang on to rumors.

Avengers: Doomsday is set to release in theatres on May 1, 2026.