‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ Trailer: Marvel’s Infinity Saga Finale Returns With New Footage Ahead Of ‘Doomsday’

Seven years later, Marvel Studios wants audiences to assemble for “Avengers: Endgame” one more time. The studio has released a new trailer and poster for “Avengers Endgame: Encore,” a theatrical re-release of Anthony and Joe Russo’s 2019 blockbuster arriving September 25, with tickets now on sale. The trailer itself doesn’t reveal anything new, instead revisiting some of the film’s biggest moments as Marvel prepares to put the Infinity Saga finale back on the big screen ahead of December’s “Avengers: Doomsday.”

What audiences will actually get beyond the original movie is a little more intriguing. Marvel says the Encore presentation will include an “exclusive look” at “Avengers: Doomsday.” Additionally, viewers seeing the film on IMAX and Infinity Vision-certified screens will receive another sneak peek at the upcoming Avengers movie.

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Marvel hasn’t specified what either look contains or how long each one runs. However, theater listings have “Avengers Endgame: Encore” clocking in at 185 minutes —3 hours and 5 minutes—four minutes longer than the original 181-minute theatrical cut. Whether all four of those additional minutes are devoted to “Doomsday,” or include some other material, remains unclear.

That makes the “Doomsday” tease the real selling point here. Robert Downey Jr., whose Tony Stark/Iron Man died defeating Thanos in “Endgame,” is returning to the MCU as Doctor Doom, with the Russos once again directing. The filmmakers have been unusually cagey about precisely what Downey’s return means, recently describing Doom as a “brand-new character that you can’t even guess at.”

Originally released in 2019, “Endgame” was directed by the Russos from a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, with a sprawling cast led by Downey, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, and Josh Brolin. The film briefly became the highest-grossing movie of all time and served as Marvel’s massive closing chapter to the first 22 MCU films. Read our original ‘Avengers: Endgame’ review.

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Infinity Vision, meanwhile, is Disney’s new certification for premium large-format theaters, promising qualifying venues with large screens, brighter projection, and high-end sound.

“Avengers Endgame: Encore” returns to theaters September 25. “Avengers: Doomsday” opens December 18. Watch the trailer below.