I think that's punny enough but yes, with Deadpool & Wolverine dominating the box office, the MCU thought they might as well extend that to SDCC as well.
Let's start with the biggest news drop of the night. Not only did we get Robert Downey Jr back in the MCU movies for the next two Avengers movies but there was a twist. Nope, we didn't get him back as a variant of Tony Stark/Iron Man. Instead we got him for Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom and Downey Jr certainly dressed for the occasion.
I have to admit, I have mixed feelings on the casting. I get why some are viewing it as a desperate move on the MCU's part and I definitely feel they could've bagged a hot high profile actor for the role. Perhaps it might work though as it's certainly gotten people paying very close attention now that these upcoming movies are pivoting away from Kang (Jonathan Majors).
Speaking of the movies, they're titled Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars with the Russo brothers returning to direct them. Both movies will also be written by Steve McFeely and will be released May 1st 2026 and May 7th 2027 respectively.
The second biggest buzz from the MCU panel was of course about a certain family. Now titled The Fantastic Four: First Steps and keeping it's July 25th 2025 release, the main cast showed up to Hall H and exclusive footage was unveiled.
The footage showed the foursome - Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) in space suits, Reed teaching a science class and a futuristic setting, in spite of the movie being set in the 1960s.
Over the last few months, the cast was rounded out to include Shalla-Bal/Silver Surfer (Julia Gardner), Galactus (Ralph Ineson) as well as Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser and John Malkovich in undisclosed roles. Matt Shakman is directing the movie, written by Josh Friedman (having done rewrites from a script by Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer).
Last but not least, there was panels for both Captain America: Brave New World (February 14th 2025) and Thunderbolts* (May 2nd 2025). Neither hit quite as big as the other panels did but there was something delightful in watching Harrison Ford embrace playing Red Hulk in Hall H while Giancarlo Esposito's character was revealed to be Seth Voelker/Sidewinder. Those first two panels were definitely modest with both movies nearer to release. Of course with D23 around the corner, expect some bigger news for the MCU to be released.
I'll cover the D23 news next month but overall, a good level of news came out last night at SDCC for the MCU. What was your favourite reveal?
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