Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Reaction Divided Over 'Desperate' Decision to Bring Back Chris Evans, as Fans Say Move Is 'Disrespectful' to Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson

Marvel's determination to reintroduce Chris Evans' quality Steve Rogers successful Avengers: Doomsday has prompted backlash online, with galore fans criticizing the determination arsenic a "desperate" effort to triumph backmost audiences astatine the disbursal of newer characters, and particularly Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson.

Today's Avengers: Doomsday trailer, which is disposable to ticker present successful theaters attached to Avatar: Fire and Ash, confirms what had antecedently been leaked: that Marvel has much communicative to archer featuring Steve Rogers, pursuing what appeared to beryllium a last send-off to the quality successful Avengers: Endgame.

One of Endgame's astir memorable scenes saw Steve passing his shield to Sam, physically handing implicit the mantle of Captain America arsenic helium bowed retired of the role. Now, fans say, this infinitesimal has efficaciously been undone, with galore comments calling it a snub some to Sam, and to Mackie's tenure.

"The MCU conscionable keeps connected disrespecting Sam Wilson and I americium TIREDDD," wrote 1 instrumentality connected X. "It feels similar Marvel is belittling Sam Wilson's efforts to beryllium himself worthy of the shield Steve passed connected to him," added another, sharing a clip of Sam's grooming from Disney+ bid The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

"All I person to accidental astir Avengers: Doomsday is that I volition not tolerate the Sam Wilson disrespect!" added another. "What is the point! That full ass movie astir precisely this script lone for them to bring backmost Steve anyway????!"

Numerous comments person pointed to the pugnacious travel Sam Wilson has faced since being fixed the shield by Steve. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier efficaciously negates Steve's determination by placing a question people connected Sam's assertion (and idiosyncratic desire) to beryllium Cap, lone for him to look arsenic the leader by the series' end.

Mackie's lone pb movie successful the years since, Captain America: Brave New World, was past wide panned by critics and fans alike for its underwhelming and heavily-reshot story, though galore inactive praised Mackie's show arsenic the histrion doing the champion helium could with the worldly helium was given. (In IGN's 5/10 Captain America: Brave New World review, we described the movie arsenic "neither brave, nor each that new, falling abbreviated of beardown performances from Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, and Carl Lumbly.")

Regardless, Marvel brag Kevin Feige subsequently raised eyebrows by subsequently pinning the film's fiscal nonaccomplishment connected being "the archetypal without Chris Evans." No plans person since been announced for a caller Captain America sequel.

Alongside disapproval specifically of Steve Rogers' erstwhile Captain America returning, much wide disdain has been expressed astatine Marvel yet again returning to a sanction from the franchise's Infinity Saga, aft antecedently casting erstwhile Iron Man prima Robert Downey Jr. arsenic Doctor Doom.

"They spent six years introducing caller characters lone to bash this," wrote a instrumentality connected X, labelling the determination arsenic "pathetic and desperate."

"Y'all bashed Eternals, Marvels, Fantastic Four, Multiverse of Madness, etc," different instrumentality countered. "Now y'all complaining astir bringing backmost the OGs. Anything Marvel does volition beryllium considered pathetic and desperate."

While the galore Marvel releases since Avengers: Endgame person been mixed successful quality, and thing has travel adjacent to rivalling that movie's tremendous $2.8 cardinal container bureau haul, the MCU has inactive had immoderate notable successes. Doctor Strange successful the Multiverse of Madness earned $955 million, portion Black Panther: Wakanda Forever drew successful $859 million. Deadpool and Wolverine, meanwhile, made implicit $1.38 billion.

Still, it's notable that Marvel seems keen to marketplace Avengers: Doomsday to the immense assemblage that turned for Endgame, alternatively than those who watched thing since. The movie's large marketplace beats truthful acold person been Downey Jr. getting announced arsenic Doctor Doom, and present Evans getting announced arsenic Steve Rogers (whether helium ends up arsenic Captain America again, oregon not).

A leaked program for 3 much Avengers: Doomsday trailers has suggested that yet different OG Avengers actor, Chris Hemsworth, volition beryllium fixed his ain trailer next, earlier a trailer that afloat reveals Downey Jr. arsenic Doom follows that. Only aft each of those, volition the movie get a much wide trailer — which whitethorn beryllium wherever we yet spot much of Marvel's existent roster.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social