{"id":650006,"date":"2026-08-22T01:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/650006\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T01:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T01:53:15","slug":"15-movies-shows-to-watch-before-avengers-doomsday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/650006\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Movies &#038; Shows To Watch Before &#8216;Avengers: Doomsday&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/avengers-doomsday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avengers: Doomsday<\/a> will bring the Marvel Cinematic Universe together one more time to face the existential threat of Doctor Doom.<\/p>\n<p>The film, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, is set for release on December 18 of this year as part of Phase 6 of the MCU.<\/p>\n<p>To get up to speed on the events leading up to the new superhero film, Disney+ has assembled a list of movies and shows fans can watch to refresh their memories, as shown in the photo gallery below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/lists\/everything-announced-d23-2026-disney-fan-event\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Everything Announced At D23: New X-Men Cast, \u2018Avengers: Doomsday\u2019 Teaser, \u2018Coco 2,\u2019 \u2018Tangled\u2019 Live Action First Look &amp; More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Avengers: Doomsday will feature different groups of heroes from different universes, including the Avengers, the Wakandans from\u00a0Black Panther, the\u00a0Thunderbolts (known as the New Avengers) from Earth-616, the Fantastic Four from Earth-828, and the original X-Men.<\/p>\n<p>The forthcoming film takes place in the events following the\u00a0Thunderbolts, aka the New Avengers, which starred Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier), Wyatt Russel (John Walker), Olga Kurylenko (Taskmaster), Lewis Pullman (Void), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), and David Harbour (Red Guardian), among others.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences got a first glimpse of Robert Downey Jr.\u2019s Doctor Doom in 2025\u2019s\u00a0The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which featured Pedro Pascal (Mister Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Invisible Woman), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Thing), and Joseph Quinn (Human Torch).<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/gallery\/avengers-doomsday-cast-photos-marvel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Avengers: Doomsday\u2019 Cast Photos: All The Actors Confirmed For Marvel Movie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The movies and shows Marvel recommends you watch before\u00a0Avengers: Doomsday are\u00a0X-Men,\u00a0X2,\u00a0Captain America: The First Avenger,\u00a0The Avengers,\u00a0Avengers: Infinity War,\u00a0Avengers: Endgame,\u00a0Loki,\u00a0Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,\u00a0Spider-Man: No Way Home,\u00a0Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,\u00a0Captain America: Brave New World,\u00a0Deadpool &amp; Wolverine,\u00a0Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,\u00a0Thunderbolts*, and\u00a0The Fantastic Four: First Steps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/gallery\/new-x-men-actors-gallery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meet The New \u2018X-Men\u2019: See The Actors Who\u2019ve Been Cast &amp; The Characters They Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scroll through the photos below to see the movies and shows you need to watch before\u00a0Avengers: Doomsday.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avengers: Doomsday will bring the Marvel Cinematic Universe together one more time to face the existential threat of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[6724,18,117,19,17,1891,327],"class_list":["post-650006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-avengers-doomsday","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-marvel-studios","tag-movies"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117136667773236732","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}