'Avengers: Doomsday' trailer teases Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom - USA Today

Marvel Studios has released the first trailer for 'Avengers: Doomsday,' featuring Robert Downey Jr. as the villain Doctor Doom. The footage highlights a crossover between the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men as they face a new threat.
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This film marks a major shift in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by bringing back a key actor in a new role and integrating the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises.
Marvel Studios has dropped the first full trailer for " Avengers: Doomsday ," the highly anticipated sequel that brings back former Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. in a shocking new role : the villain Doctor Doom .
The jam-packed trailer, released on July 20, features our first glimpse at Downey's Doom, who faces off against Chris Hemsworth's Thor on a battlefield but seems undeterred as he stops Thor in his tracks. Downey's voice as Doom is also seemingly revealed at the beginning of the trailer.
"Something's coming," says a voice that appears to be Doom's, with Downey speaking in a thick accent that makes him sound nothing like Tony Stark. "Something we may not be able to deter. Before this day is done, we shall be faced with an unthinkable decision."
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