What to know
In Ukrainian cinemas the film is released by Kinomania as “Mesnyky: Skhodzhennia Doktora Duma” (literally “Avengers: The Rise of Doctor Doom”). It is produced by Marvel Studios and AGBO and distributed worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The fifth Avengers film was first announced in July 2022 as The Kang Dynasty; the return of the Russo brothers, Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom and the new title were revealed at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2024. Michael Waldron, Stephen McFeely, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers wrote the script, and Alan Silvestri is composing the score.
Filming ran from April 28 to September 19, 2025, at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire under the working title “Apple Pie 1”, as well as at Shinfield Studios in Berkshire and in Bahrain. The cast brings together MCU actors and stars of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men films, among them Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen and James Marsden, while Chris Evans returns as Steve Rogers. The release was moved twice, from May 2025 to May 2026 and then to December 2026. It opens in Ukraine on December 17, 2026, and in the United States on December 18.
The story starts fourteen months after Thunderbolts* (2025), so it is worth revisiting Avengers: Endgame and the Phase Six films first; see Marvel films in order. The sequel, Avengers: Secret Wars, is set for December 17, 2027; everything about the date is in When does Avengers: Doomsday come out.
