The Doom Boom: Marvel Studios brings “Doomsday” and more to the busiest Comic-Con panel ever

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After years of massive Comic-Con conventions with the full cast of the Avengers, Marvel Studios couldn’t possibly expand. But oh boy, they did it.

For their first time in Hall H, the studio surprised the 7,000-strong audience by revealing a hidden stage at the back of the cavernous room, with cast members from Lightning strikes* The first decade of the twenty-first century X-Men Appearance of films.

After giving brief speeches, the performers made their way from the back, through the entire hall, blaring fans along the way and the audience screaming as if it were a Beatles or BTS concert. They joined the main stage already populated by Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell and star Robert Downey Jr.

It was just one part of a large-scale painting, which included amazing discoveries that… Alien: Romulus David Johnson will play T’Challa’s (late Chadwick Boseman) son. Black Panther 3 For a December 15, 2028 release. He will take on the mantle of Black Panther.

Another bombshell: Not only will Ryan Gosling play Ghost Rider in a new movie, but… Deadpool Wolverine And Gosling Star Wars: Starfighter Director Shawn Levy will direct for a 2028 release.

Even Ryan Reynolds, who didn’t attend the Apple TV screening of his upcoming comedy may day Earlier in the day, he crashed the proceedings – dressed as a cosplayer named Ricky, but actually as Deadpool. He pointedly asked if production had started. (Obviously he wasn’t invited.) Downey was having none of it, and jokingly looked annoyed at the mouthy dealer.

“It’s in the can, brother. Look around. Did you hit your head?” Downey told Deadpool, who then asked about possible additional filming to add new people to the mix. The crowd “panicked” in grief.

On some level, there has been pressure all week on Marvel to do everything they can to showcase it at Comic-Con. On Monday, it released the trailer for doomsdayAlthough it achieved record views showing a lot of interest, the reaction was not enthusiastic. And with a checkered roster since the massive event of 2019 avengers: endgame, The company needs to show that doomsday Not an understanding of past glories. Although there was no indication of future quality, Saturday’s panel demolished any negativity from the previous days.

In addition to the big news and the huge power of the cast, the spectacle was huge with light shows and pop music. And oh yes the fashion. Each attendee received a Doom mask and cape which they donned when asked by Downey, who in his Doom accent asked the assembled Legion to join his cause. With this panel, Marvel continues to up the ante. The crowd was constantly on its feet. Every time they sit down, some revelation pushes them back, to see, to scream, to record on their phones.

In a few replays, Marvel showed the Hall H-only reel that shot an extended look, but it was, for many fans, what the initial trailer should have been: something that clearly laid out the stakes and threat. “Victor, did you do this?!” Richards screams Pascal to death. “You’ve all lived stolen lives,” Doom says at one point, and he raises an army of giant mutant-killing robots known as Sentinels from Earth. He throws Thor aside like a doll. It begins with Susan Storm (aka the Invisible Woman) explaining Dom’s motivations, saying: “Everything he loved was taken from him.”

In front of the painting, the feeling in the room was electric. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people camped out overnight for a chance to score the hottest Comic-Con tickets. Marvel distributed Doctor Doom masks and capes, while the Fantastic Four robot HERBIE was on stage.

And it starts with an impressive collection of Marvel’s greatest hits – not just from Marvel Studios, but from the films they’ve made before Iron man The MCU began in 2008. There were shots of Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man and Patrick Stewart’s Professor X. Feige, with the help of Jon Bernthal, also showed action sequences from Spider-Man: A Brand New Daywhich opens next week and of which only a few have been shown.

Marvel President Kevin Feige, a confident and articulate speaker, began his talk by talking about where all things Marvel Studios come from, the comics. He noted the change in leadership in the publishing department, thanked outgoing editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski for his work and praised new chief Stephen Walker.

“Without comics, there would be no MCU, no movies, no TV shows, no anime,” Feige said. “nothing.”