The Wakandans Meet The Fantastic Four in New “Avengers: Doomsday” Teaser
Shuri (Letitia Wright) is ready to rumble in the new teaser for the Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday. Considering all that Shuri lost the last time we saw her (in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), it makes sense that this teaser opens on a somber note. Her brother, T’Challa (the late, great Chadwick Boseman), and her mother, Ramonda (Angela Bassett), are both gone. In the teaser, we see not only her and her formidable fellow Wakandan, M’Baku (Winston Duke), but also the person responsible for her mother’s death, the immensely powerful Namor (Tenoch Huerta), whom Shuri ultimately got the better of at the end of Wakanda Forever, only to spare his life.
It seems like a good thing she did that, given both the size of Namor’s army and what’s in store for the entire planet, both above and beneath the oceans, in Doomsday. The team is going to need all the help they can get. And more help is on the way as the teaser ends with an introduction between two big, strong guys who are both very good, the aforementioned M’Baku and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), also known as the Thing. When the two men meet, the Wakandan introduces himself as “King M’Baku, of Wakanda.” Ben’s reply? “Ben, ah, Yancy Street, between Broome and Grand.”
Doomsday will likely surpass Avengers: Endgame for the number of combatants involved. Joining the Wakandans, the Fantastic Four, and Namor and his fellow Talokan warriors are a who’s who of MCU legends. We already know that Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers is returning, as is Chris Hemsworth’s Thor. The list also includes Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America (complicating Steve Rogers’ return, one assumes), Sebastian Stan’s Winter Soldier, Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki. There’s more—the retro X-Men and the rest of the New Avengers* (really, the Thunderbolts, which includes Pugh’s Belova, Hannah John-Kamen’s Ghost, and David Harbour’s Alexei Shostakov) will be on hand.
All of these worthy warriors are joining forces to stop Dr. Doom, played by returning MCU OG Robert Downey Jr. It’s no doubt going to be one of the biggest movie events of the year.
Check out the teaser below. Avengers: Doomsday will hit theaters on December 18, 2026.
Featured image: Letitia Wright as Shuri in Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER. Photo by Annette Brown. © 2022 MARVEL.
