The superhero film rumor mill is nothing new, however Avengers: Doomsday has been a much bigger lightning rod for hypothesis, uncertainty, and misinformation than the common Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. A part of it is because Marvel has been conserving the film beneath wraps with enigmatic teases and trailers that you just most likely don’t know are (supposed to be) enjoying forward of Avatar: Fire and Ash in the event you’re not tuned into the house. However even in case you are being attentive to Doomsday’s hype cycle, it’s onerous to belief that the knowledge, photographs, or clips you’re seeing are even actual.
A part of that is simply the consequence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe being one of the crucial distinguished items of contemporary popular culture in a brainrotted, engagement-driven information local weather. Tens of millions of individuals share with out verifying, publish with out sourcing, and get so enthusiastic about Doomsday’s nostalgia baiting that they talk about theories as in the event that they’re truth till the common passerby has no cause to imagine they’re faux. The larger your viewers, the extra slop will get generated round you, and Avengers: Doomsday, with all its pandering by bringing again outdated characters and actors, is primed to fall into this entice.
So what does that seem like? A number of the easiest examples contain folks making what look like AI photographs purporting to be from the Avengers: Doomsday trailers enjoying earlier than Avatar, together with ones that don’t appear to have been launched but like one specializing in Chris Hemsworth’s Thor.
already its been 4 THOR in marvel universe 😂#AvengersDoomsday #Thor pic.twitter.com/9wsHoOBPjh
— screentime (@something_al_) December 17, 2025
A few of these mock-ups are clearly being made with humorous intent, reasonably than the hope of feeding off of Marvel followers’ determined want for any details about this film. One of many funniest examples occurred when an Alien fan account used faux footage of Doomsday as a approach to introduce Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Besides, the fabricated clips, together with certainly one of Physician Doom being known as a “Stark clone” in reference to the villain being performed by Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr., may very well be convincing sufficient on their very own to somebody who wouldn’t confirm them earlier than dropping them of their group chats.
NEW leaked Avengers: Doomsday teaser trailer… that is ABSOLUTELY INSANE! #AvengersDoomsday pic.twitter.com/e6T2ufrLZT
— Alien Idea (@Alien_Theory) December 16, 2025
The speculation that Physician Doom is likely to be some sort of multiverse variant of Tony Stark has been circulating ever since Downey Jr. was cast as the villain last year, so it’s not shocking that mock-ups would possibly lean into this, however it’s a symptom of a bigger illness that has contaminated on-line conversations concerning the MCU for almost 20 years. Should you seek for most of those films or characters on most social media platforms, you’ll discover deepfakes, photoshops, idea artwork from doubtful sources, and theories introduced as in the event that they’re confirmed. Some fan accounts on X will say one thing false or unverified about an upcoming movie, put “(Source: [some random profile with no credibility or even ties to insider information])” on the finish of it, and other people will share it with out checking as a result of the publish construction has grow to be so ubiquitous within the on-line rumor mill.
Whereas the superfan who lives and breathes something Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige places in entrance of them lives on this filth yr spherical, for the informal viewer, this self-sustaining slop is normally inconsequential, and so they don’t have to have a look at the fixed unfold of misinformation. Nonetheless, when one thing like Doomsday’s theater-exclusive teasers are placing the movie into the precise information cycle, the common individual is caught within the crossfire, and since these trailers aren’t being launched on-line by way of official channels, anybody who desires to see them with out paying for tickets to Avatar has to depend on a system of leaks and rumors that has been damaged for years.
The unfold of pretend, AI-generated trailers has grow to be such a nuisance that even YouTube has began stepping in by shutting down prominent channels that made AI-generated film promos. It’s humorous how huge tech begins taking a tough stance on generative AI when it threatens a giant firm’s backside line, huh?
