By Chris Snellgrove | Published
Last year, something embarrassing happened to Marvel. They had a big plan to release different teaser trailers Avengers: Doomsday over the course of several weeks, each making its first theatrical debut. The idea was to build hype for the upcoming blockbuster movie and, ideally, get potential fans to come to the theater each week to catch a new preview. Unfortunately, the trailers leaked early online, ruining any real sense of surprise. Now, it's happening again, but there's something more important that's been leaked: actual photos from the show Doomsday it shows Doctor Doom in action!
If you're a Marvel fan looking for serious spoilers, I have good news and bad news. The good news for spidernews is that I'm going to link you to the leaked image and give you an explanation of what's going on in it. The bad news is that it can happen the need separation because the pixilated footage looks like a cropped image on the Atari 2600. As close as it is, though, not AI, meaning this is actually a scene (albeit missing some VFX) from the upcoming movie. If you're ready to open your Christmas present early, read on for your first real look Avengers: Doomsday!
Marvel Leakers: Meet!
You can watch the leak Avengers: Doomsday video above. Sadly, there is no sound, and the video has more pixels than Tony Stark in Iron Man suits. Anyway, what's going on in this trailer? It begins with Doctor Doom appearing to use magic or technology to create some Sentinels, impressive robots that often torment the X-Men. We then see Captain America and Thor getting ready to fight these mutant hunters. Thor summons Stormbreaker, his now familiar weapon, from his hand. Meanwhile, during a crowd pleaser, Cap summons Mjolnir as his weapon of choice.
After that, we see that these two heroes are not the same. The Avengers are here, with Sam Wilson leading them. There are also members of the Fantastic Four and the Thunderbolts, fellow heroes from the MCU. Fighting alongside them are members of the X-Men from the 20th Century Fox X-Men films. This includes the Cyclops, who fire an optic blast before the Sentinels begin their own terrifying protest. Sadly, the photos end when things got really exciting.
In case you don't know, social media be filled with AI videos that users forward as secret movie trailers or leaked videos. This is such a common occurrence that whenever there's a leak from Marvel, the first question everyone has is whether it's fake. So, this Avengers: Doomsday AI video or not? Although nothing has been officially confirmed, this looks like the real deal. The fight is consistent with what we already know about the film; moreover, many AI creators try to make their fake images look as convincing as possible. So, it doesn't make much sense to release AI videos that are noiseless and pixilated for fun.
My personal theory is, between these Avengers: Doomsday leakage and Spider-Man: A New Day trailer leaks, Marvel is doing a bit of guerrilla marketing. Original studio “leaked” photos are a great way to get fans excited about the film, all the while getting entertainment writers (myself included!) to give the MCU another cover. If so, it works: leaks like this help create buzz and maintain your excitement Doomsday very high. Here's hoping it's actually a movie brings on hype, or nothing (even Captain America wielding Thor's hammer) will be able to save Marvel from its cinematic implosion.
