I’m Convinced Avengers: Doomsday’s Trailer Footage Is A Total Lie

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Marvel Studios has officially begun promoting their upcoming film, Avengers: Doomsday, and the first teaser trailer centers around Chris Evans’ return as Steve Rogers. The short trailer, lasting less than 90 seconds, doesn’t offer much detailed footage. Its main purpose is to confirm Steve Rogers’ return and reveal that he now has a son.

The Steve Rogers trailer begins with a motorcyclist arriving home, but it’s not until the very last shot – a slow camera movement from a baby up to Chris Evans’ face – that viewers finally realize he’s coming back.

The more I’ve watched the trailer, the more uneasy I’ve become. While the clips are good for a short teaser, they don’t quite feel like they belong in the actual movie. It’s starting to make me think Marvel might be deliberately misleading us, and the trailer doesn’t show any real footage from Avengers: Doomsday. Their strategy of releasing four trailers could be a way to hide what the movie is truly about.

Avengers: Doomsday’s Trailers Using Fake Footage Would Continue A Marvel & Russo Brothers Trend

To control the narrative around Avengers: Doomsday, the filmmakers included footage specifically created for the trailer. While some of the trailer footage might end up in the actual movie, the slow reveal of Steve Rogers’ face feels underwhelming now. Unless this trailer is the very beginning of Doomsday, it seems like everything was carefully planned for marketing purposes rather than being intended for the final cut of the film.

It initially seems unlikely that Marvel Studios would create four trailers for a highly anticipated film using footage ultimately cut from the final version. However, this is Marvel – a studio known for its extreme secrecy and dedication to surprising audiences with each new MCU release.

Movie trailers often show scenes that don’t actually appear in the final film. A good example is the trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming, which featured Iron Man flying alongside Spider-Man. Director Jon Watts revealed this shot was created just for the trailer and never made it into the movie (according to ScreenCrush).

The trailer for Avengers: Infinity War featured a dramatic shot of Captain America and the Avengers charging into battle in Wakanda, including the Hulk. According to director Anthony Russo, this particular shot wasn’t even from the film itself—it was created specifically for the trailer (as reported by Happy Sad Confused).

Now that the Russo brothers are directing the upcoming film, it’s likely they’ll continue using footage that wasn’t originally planned for release. They’ve done this before, notably with Avengers: Endgame, where they modified promotional shots – changing things like Black Widow’s hairstyle, costumes, and even locations. In fact, Anthony Russo admitted seven years ago that they enjoy using a bit of misdirection in their marketing, viewing it as a separate experience from the movie itself.

When making a trailer, we use a wide range of footage. We approach trailers as a distinct experience from the movie itself. Because audiences are so savvy and consume so much content, it’s crucial to be clever in how we edit trailers – viewers can often predict the entire plot just from watching one. We have plenty of shots that weren’t included in the final film, and we can use visual effects to create a specific narrative for the trailer, one that’s designed to entice viewers without giving everything away.

This just reinforces my feeling that the Russo brothers are intentionally misleading fans with these Doomsday trailers. They’re highlighting that Chris Evans is returning and that Steve Rogers has a son, and that’s what they want us to focus on. I suspect the footage used to convey this might have been created specifically for the trailer, or even digitally changed.

I have a feeling that what Marvel and the directors, the Russos, want to emphasize in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday trailers is more important than the actual scenes we see. The trailer footage might even be misleading, and not actually appear in the final movie, so focusing on the overall message is key.

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2025-12-25 02:38