Marvel Studios don bring Avengers: Endgame back to cinema as Avengers Endgame: Encore, and di re-release dey come with new footage wey dey set up Avengers: Doomsday. Di film start showing on September 24, three months before Doomsday land for December 18. Di new version no be ordinary re-release. E get almost five minutes of new scenes, all of dem dey show at di end of di film.
Anthony Russo, wey direct Endgame and Doomsday with im brother Joe Russo, call am full-circle moment. He still remember opening night for 2019 when e sit inside dark theater, listen to audience react as Steve Rogers pick up Mjolnir or Carol Danvers streak through di sky. ‘Di energy dat night had, dat was really di first sign of it,’ Russo recall. ‘I knew na very unique, important experience just from dat first screening.’
Russo talk say di timing of Avengers: Endgame remarkable well well, especially because months later COVID change theatergoing for profound way. He say to see theatrical experience regain strength and vigor over di years since then dey important and inspiring. So di chance to bring Endgame back to theaters again and tie am to dat moment before di theatrical experience was disrupted get layer of power. He feel grateful.
Avengers Endgame: Encore get exclusive new footage wey directly set up Doomsday. Fans go see additional sneak peek if dem watch di film for IMAX or Infinity Vision, a new certification for Premium Large Format theaters wey guarantee exceptional film presentation. Russo say dem no go mess with wetin di movie be. Instead, di new scenes add depth to Avengers story while dem dey tease wetin dey ahead for Doomsday.
While dem dey make Endgame, di Russos focus on present, not future. Dia main goal na to deliver satisfactory conclusion to Infinity Saga. Dem too busy with Thanos to start thinking about Doom. E reach few years later di team start to talk about where these characters fit go next and how events of Endgame fit get lasting repercussions throughout Marvel Cinematic Universe. Dat idea grow into Avengers: Doomsday, wey follow beloved heroes from different universes as dem find demsef on deadly collision course, facing existential threat.
Robert Downey Jr. star as brilliant and menacing Victor Von Doom, sharp contrast to im longtime role as hero Tony Stark and Iron Man. Di Russos say Downey always be dia number one choice to play Doom, especially because he don be foundational part of MCU since 2008 Iron Man. Anthony Russo still remember how emotional e be to film Tony final scene for Endgame, as Tony sacrifice himself to save universe with one snap. ‘Dat wasn’t part of original photography,’ Russo explain. ‘We shot dat pickup on same stage opposite Paramount movie lot where Robert audition for Iron Man. Dat pickup very memorable for dat reason.’
Russo say he and im brother want bring dat same emotional weight to Avengers: Doomsday. ‘Audiences dey come to Avengers: Doomsday with plenty emotional connection to prior experiences inside MCU,’ he talk. ‘And we get those same emotional connections. So we want honor dat and figure out how we dey use dat value and emotional investment to go somewhere new.’
For di new scenes inside Avengers Endgame: Encore, one scene dey spliced into final scene before closing credits. Avengers: Endgame originally end with Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter sharing romantic dance. Now, instead of cutting to credits, di movie continue for another minute. As Steve and Peggy dey dance, dem hear knock for door. Peggy answer and ask unseen person, ‘Can I help you?’ Di person answer, ‘No. But I believe I can help you. Both of you.’ Na Tom Hiddleston’s Loki step inside. Loki and Steve share look, Steve clearly shocked by im presence, before movie cut to closing credits.
Another scene show during credits and feature Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner, apparently after events of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Bruce dey record message explaining say he recently suffer im first incident in more than decade and now dey hide out in self-containment inside underground military complex. He talk say he dey experiment with new gamma suppression serum. While he dey speak, lights flicker and machines start to glitch inside Bruce underground lab. As screen cut to black, we hear voice of Downey’s Doctor Doom. ‘Mr. Banner,’ Doom talk. ‘What are you doing here?’ Bruce ask. ‘I’m here to collect you,’ Doom reply menacingly. Dem see glowing green symbol appear for ground, and scene end with Bruce nowhere in sight. Ruffalo no dey cast list for Doomsday when dem announce am last year.
Next scene happen for Time Variance Authority headquarters from Loki, where photo of Loki on wall talk, ‘Employee of all time.’ Mobius, wey Owen Wilson play, and other TVA agents dey discuss say two universes about to collide. For monitor, dem observe wetin look like missiles wey dem launch from both Earths at each other. Each universe dey try take out di other before collision, as Ke Huy Quan’s O.B. explain. Alarm begin sound, things grow more frantic as TVA agents explain say increasing number, as many as 3,000 universes, dey collide into each other. ‘Di multiverse dey collapse,’ O.B. warn, and scene end there.
Original version of Avengers: Endgame no get any credits scenes, but e get credits sound. When credits finish scroll for 2019 movie, metal clanging sound dey, with no visual. At di time, dem explain say na full-circle nod to first MCU movie, Iron Man, and di sound na Tony Stark working on im suit from dat film. ‘E really just homage, sort of small bookend,’ director Joe Russo tell USA TODAY for 2019. ‘E start am and e end am.’ But Avengers Endgame: Encore retcon dis: along with clanging sounds, we now see few quick shots of Doctor Doom crafting im mask. Dis retroactively make ending of Endgame a teaser for Doomsday, even if e no be original intention.
