Marvel Studios is luring tens of millions of followers again to theaters to see Avengers: Endgame yet again, to arrange for the discharge of Avengers: Doomsday. Nevertheless, the actual draw of Avengers: Endgame Encore is the brand new footage that Marvel has teased. Followers have puzzled if it will likely be previous footage that was by no means seen within the authentic theatrical movie; new footage that helps join Endgame to Doomsday, or a mix of each. On the very least, followers have been praying that the brand new footage is price all of the hype it’s gotten.
The primary Avengers: Endgame Encore screenings at the moment are being held, and MCU followers have rushed again to the web with some massive reveals about what’s within the new footage. However simply listening to what’s on the market isn’t sufficient: we’re right here to clarify what Avengers: Endgame Encore bonus scenes actually imply for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the way they arrange what’s coming in Doomsday.
Endgame‘s Ending Isn’t The Finish (& Neither Was Loki‘s)
The unique ending of Avengers: Endgame noticed Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) return the Infinity Stones to their correct timelines, after which (by some means) return to the post-WWII period of Earth-616 to reside out his days together with his love, Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), altering historical past as we all know it. Or did he?
The brand new Endgame Encore bonus footage reveals that Steve and Peggy Carter’s dance is interrupted by the arrival of Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Loki comes wearing his Time Variance Authority uniform (as seen in his Disney+ collection), trying super-serious. Steve seems trepidatious, but it surely’s clear he and Loki want to speak.
Based mostly on this scene, and what else we’ve seen from the Avengers: Doomsday trailers, it looks as if early rumors and leaks will turn into true, and Loki will recruit Steve (and Peggy?) into the struggle to cease the collapse of the multiverse. That additionally leads right into a second standard principle that the Doomsday trailer scene of Thor’s reunion with Steve additionally options Loki, therefore Thor’s disbelief. He hasn’t seen his brother since Thanos killed him in Avengers: Infinity Warfare, and is aware of nothing in regards to the Loki variant who took a heroic flip in Loki and have become the God of Tales holding the multiverse collectively.
To that finish: It’s not good that the multiverse is falling aside when Loki is not sitting on his godly throne underneath Yggdrasil, the World Tree. The connection is one thing that Avengers: Doomsday will certainly want to clarify.
The Hulk Will get Recruited For Doomsday
Bruce Banner/Hulk’s (Mark Ruffalo) look in Spider-Man: Model New Day appeared to finish with the implication that Banner and Hulk can be sidelined for the occasions of Avengers: Doomsday. Jean Grey inflicting a Savage Hulk rampage made Banner willfully undergo being arrested and dedicated to a holding facility – which is precisely the place we discover him in one in all Avengers: Endgame Encore‘s bonus scenes.
Within the scene, Banner is recording a video weblog, wherein he explains that he’s been dwelling in an underground navy complicated positioned two miles beneath the Earth. Banner’s new goal has been engaged on a gamma-suppression serum. In the midst of his confessional, Banner’s electronics (together with his webcam) go haywire; within the midst of the damaged, static-filled visuals we hear Banner being confronted by Physician Doom (Robert Downey Jr.). Doom proclaims that he has come to “acquire” Banner; the Hulk appears to return out, but it surely’s in useless as Doom teleports them away, leaving a teleportation rune or sigil burned into the ground.
There have been persistent rumors that Avengers: Doomsday would see Doom gathering a cabal of villains to assist him in his quest to create a brand new actuality. It’s a narrative arc that correlates to Marvel’s 2015 Secret Wars comedian, which sees Doom’s new actuality, “Battleworld,” managed by “Barons.” These Barons have been principally Marvel villains or villainous variants of characters, corresponding to “Maestro,” an imperial model of Hulk who existed within the Battleworld actuality, and hoped to unseat “God-Emperor” Doom.
Within the MCU, we’ve heard rumors that Avengers: Doomsday will reveal a second the place Doom unleashes a squad of highly effective lieutenants towards heroes just like the X-Males and Avengers. Scarlet Witch, Physician Unusual, and Magneto have been rumored to be on that villain squad, as have Maestro Hulk and “King Thanos,” an older, future timeline variant of the Mad Titan. This Hulk scene in Endgame Encore now makes that rumor look a lot more true.
The Marvel Multiverse Collapses (Poor Mobius)
A remaining scene straight teases the start of Avengers: Doomsday by taking us again to the Time Variance Authority (TVA) from Loki and Deadpool and Wolverine. Our good buddy Mobius M. Mobius (Owen Wilson) is exhibiting up for an additional work shift, solely this one isn’t like something that’s described within the TVA Handbook.
Miss Minutes greets Mobius and the opposite TVA brokers by reiterating the TVA’s mission, however when Mobius will get to his administration station, the technicians are in an actual tizzy. Universes 10005 (the Fox X-Males Universe) and 1127 (some random actuality) are colliding in an incursion – and never solely that, however they each begin attacking each other with missiles. O.B. (Ke Huy Quan) deduces that one Earth is attempting to annihilate the opposite and keep away from its personal destruction. Earlier than anybody can course of that reality, the variety of Earths crashing in incursions and being destroyed jumps exponentially, topping out at 3,000 worlds dying in a couple of cases. And all of the TVA can do is watch it occur.
There have been many rumors about how the TVA will match into the occasions of Avengers: Doomsday, however after this Endgame Encore bonus scene, it feels secure to imagine that we will see the TVA and key brokers like Mobius and O.B. in Avengers: Doomsday. This scene additionally teases a gap to that movie that has been within the rumors and leaks: Particularly that we may see iconic franchises like Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man universe being worn out in Doomsday‘s opening scene, whereas Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man will get teleported away on the final second by the TVA.
Disney D23 Expo 2026 revealed a set piece that hints at a large battle being fought on the TVA throughout Doomsday, one rumored to incorporate a “Multiversal Avengers.” The staff would come with Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), survivors of the lifeless worlds (like Tobey’s Spider-Man), and different characters plucked from numerous Marvel film timelines (James McAvoy’s Professor X, Michael Fassbender’s Magneto). After seeing these blockbuster-sized upgrades to the TVA units, we consider it!
That’s what you might want to know after seeing Avengers: Endgame Encore (in theaters now), in preparation for Avengers: Doomsday (which will probably be launched on December 18th).