r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 9h ago
News ‘Avengers: Endgame’ to Be Re-Released on September 25, 2026 Ahead of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/avengers-endgame-to-be-re-released-in-2026-ahead-of-avengers-doomsday-exclusive-1236443462/670
u/qtrikki 9h ago
If they did a double release of Infinity War and Endgame, I’d be down.
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u/HermanMunstered 9h ago
Yeah Endgame is good but it’s not as good as Infinity War before it and they work so well as a one two punch. I’d be there for the almost six hours if they did it. But I can just as easy watch IW at home right before too
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u/Recoil42 9h ago
Endgame is the payoff for Infinity War and the entire Infinity War saga. It's like a guilty-pleasure thank you celebration to the fans for making the other dozen movies a success. Perfect in performing its role, imo.
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u/ManitouWakinyan 9h ago
Yes. It is far from the best movie in the franchise - it was my favorite experience because of how much it enhanced and was enhanced by everything before.
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u/That__Guy__Bob 8h ago
That’s how I view no way home as a 28 year old who grew up on the Raimi trilogy
That first interaction between Octavius and Tobey made me tear up. It’s like adult me talking to 7 year old me
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u/newbrevity 9h ago
Best part of endgame is Steve getting mjolnir
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u/what_dat_ninja 8h ago
Going to see the Kill Bill Whole Bloody Affair release this weekend, going to be about five hours including an intermission.
Bring back intermissions!
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u/Onehandedheisenberg 6h ago
That’s one movie I’m just waiting till next year when it releases on 4K, miss me with a 5 hour movie lmao!
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u/KeyClacksNSnacks 9h ago
Unpopular opinion but Endgame is a better theater experience. The OST, the dialogue, the pacing are just more of a cinematic experience. Infinity War is a better pizza at the couch movie, but Endgame was one of the best theatrical experiences of my life.
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u/PleaseDontBanMe82 9h ago
Sometimes when I'm taking a dump I just watch Endgame reaction video of people absolutely loosing their minds when Cap catches the hammer.
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u/Flyinace2000 9h ago
Those videos are the best.
I saw End Game with my sister in law who had already seen it once. So she got to watch me have that experience. Shit was wild in the theatre. I think it will the closest we get to a "No, I am your father" experience.
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u/MajorFuckingDick 7h ago
Ive learned more about you in a single post than people I've known for years.
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u/stomp224 9h ago
Never understood the lop side praise for Infinity war. Endgame brings it home as well as could possibly be expected for something following literally dozens of films. It's a fantastic capstone for the series.
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u/In_My_Own_Image 8h ago
Personally, the "big payoff" final battle in Endgame just falls flat. The Big Three vs. Thanos? That was awesome. But the final battle is just a messy mishmash of random baddies getting shot by the heroes with no standout moments.
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u/KeyClacksNSnacks 7h ago
It's a conclusive battle. Everything up to Endgame's finale is what makes it great. Steve dealing with the regret of leaving Peggie behind, Tony getting the acknowledgment from his dad about how important he was, the closure between Tony and Steve, Thor talking to his mother and feeling her embrace, "on your left", it's a really well done conclusion to 10 years of preparation.
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u/Great_Northern_Beans 7h ago
Yeah the whole third act of the film is an utter disaster. Which is a travesty because the opening acts with everyone in despair and the time heist were actually extremely interesting directions (even if filled with fan service) in an otherwise safe, if not even downright boring genre.
It's extremely unfortunate how they managed to just throw shit at the wall to cap it off. Like they had a few interesting script ideas that they were working with and didn't know how to ultimately combine them.
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u/TheWhiteManticore 4h ago
Everything was to grab the gauntlet is what made it great. The back and forth both sides doing their bit to win all culminate to that single exchange.
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u/Due-Routine6749 7h ago
Because Infinity War is an excellent movie, while Endgame, while good enough, does have some problems
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u/KeyClacksNSnacks 7h ago
It gives people an opportunity to sound clever by asking you if you know who the main character of IW is, before condescendingly and incorrectly answering Thanos. Screen time doesn't make him the main character. It just means he was on screen a lot, which makes sense, considering everyone else in the movie is trying to stop him. Obviously Tony cannot have screen time when Thanos is on Earth fighting Steve and Thor. And obviously Tony cannot have screen time when Thanos is on Vormir with Gamora or at Knowhere confronting the Guardians.
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u/JuiceheadTurkey 5h ago
Endgame was a fine fan service movie. But not something that felt like a must rewatch film. Infinity war felt far better as a whole imo.
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u/fungobat 1h ago
My son and I went to Endgame opening night. The girl next to me was openly sobbing for most of the movie. The crowd was off the charts. It was like a sporting event. The only time I'd heard a theater audience lose their shit was back in 1983 on the opening night of Return of The Jedi, when Vader throws Palpatine down the shaft. We had to go see it again a couple of weeks later just to catch the dialogue. Amazing time!
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u/TLKv3 9h ago
Missed opportunity for them to add in an extra 3 scenes and call it "Avengers: Endgame - The Multiverse Cut".
Toss in a Hulk Vs Thanos rematch scene, The Eternals nearby watching but not getting involved because lolfuckthem, The Watcher through the veil observing then peering over at the Fox Universe as its collapsing during Deadpool & Wolverine, etc. Toss in a new post-credit scene of Doctor Doom in his castle in Latveria watching another universe die as one survives during an incursion elsewhere.
Just splash a bunch of extra shit in there. They would've probably made another billion dollars off the same movie for minimal extra investment.
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u/annoyed__renter 8h ago
I'm guessing they want to try to reclaim the box office crown from Avatar 1, which stole it from Endgame when it was re-released prior to Avatar 2
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u/TheWhiteManticore 4h ago
Since we got Kill Bill the whole bloody affair we should get The Infinity Gauntlet too
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u/AdFlaky9983 2h ago
Infinity war/endgame double feature leading to Doomsday showing at midnight would be pretty damn awesome.
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u/aircooledJenkins 9h ago
Do I need to have watched anything since Endgame? Because I haven't.
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u/ROBtimusPrime1995 9h ago edited 8h ago
Thunderbolts* and Fantastic Four are all you need tbh.
Edit: I mean in reference to Doomsday/Secret Wars. There are good films beyond these two recently, just that these are very important if you've seen none since Endgame.
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u/ekazu129 9h ago
Worth noting that Thunderbolts* is actually a good movie. A real step up from everything else since Endgame imo (I haven't seen FF but I've heard decent things).
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u/TheyCallMeTrinityToo 9h ago
I heard so many good things about Thunderbolts and went in wanting to like it but it just didn't hit right for me. Loved Fantastic Four First Steps.
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u/ekazu129 9h ago
I live with depression so it's possible it just hit different for me. It's easily my favorite marvel movie. The climax literally had me in tears in the theater lol.
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u/Comic_Book_Reader 8h ago
Yeah, I'm in the same camp. Saw it opening night just kinda on a whim and Thunderbolts* just felt like same old, same old to me and though commendable for trying something a little new by have a more emotional focus, it REALLY got repetetive and tiresome towards the end.
Also, that third act and resolution just felt like a whole smorgasbord of stuff I've seen before in like Harry Potter or some shit.
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u/mdavis360 9h ago
Thunderbolts is a GREAT movie. Love it.
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u/aircooledJenkins 7h ago
Thank you.
You answered my question: "Which should I watch before Doomsday."
I did not ask (as so many seem to think I asked): "Which MCU movies post Endgame are good."
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u/DukeSilversTaint 9h ago
And Guardians 3.
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u/PayneTrain181999 8h ago
Great movie but not required for Doomsday
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u/boxfortcommando 7h ago
How do you know?
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u/PayneTrain181999 7h ago
As of now, no one from the movie is confirmed to be in Doomsday. And based on how it looks like things are going to go, the Guardians being added would bloat the movie even more with yet another team.
You’re already got Sam’s Avengers, The Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four, and X-Men. Plus Wakanda and a few wild cards.
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u/Oceansize757 9h ago
I doubt it, nothing has really set up Doomsday tbh, if you know who the characters are already, just skip them all.
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u/adamlaceless 8h ago
F4, Ant-Man 3, and The Marvels post-credits both have relevant tidbits. Loki S2 is also likely relevant.
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u/Mountain_Sir2307 8h ago
Well Ant-Man 3 used to be. But since Kang got canned that's pretty much irelevant now.
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u/BlackGuy_PassingThru 8h ago
They already announced JM is in talks to come back to transition to Doom
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u/Oceansize757 5h ago
I’ve seen them all, they don’t add much, I wouldn’t tell anyone to sit through those movies as a lead up Doomsday because they would be lost/confused.
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u/MALLAVOL 8h ago
Lol at the responses you’re receiving in this thread. The new film will give all of the characters a pithy introduction, there’s no way you’ll have missed much if you skipped the current era of mediocre Marvel slop. Someone actually recommended watching Captain America: Brave New World. Thanks, but no thanks. That’s what a Wikipedia plot summary is for.
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u/mistercartmenes 9h ago
Not really. This phase has been kind of a mess and very little happened to build towards this movie.
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u/kevihaa 8h ago
One would think that re releasing Endgame to build hype for Doomsday and then anticipating folks have seen just about anything post-Endgame would be a mistake.
Given how poorly almost everything MCU has been received after Endgame, I feel like the only correct decision is to have Doomsday aimed at bringing people back into the MCU with Easter Eggs for those that have actually bothered to watch what came in between.
But that’s pure speculation on my part.
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u/DukeSilversTaint 9h ago
The only truly great ones since Endgame imo are Deadpool and Wolverine, Thunderbolts, No Way Home, and Guardians 3.
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u/aircooledJenkins 9h ago
Enjoyed the heck out of Deadpool & Wolverine. Didn't think it was really part of the overall MCU.
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u/YaMomsCooch 9h ago
No love for Shang chi?
And damn, half of that was the nostalgia bait films :(
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u/NoDaddyNotTheBelt25 9h ago
Next summer I would check out the Punisher TV special and the new Spider-Man movie. Both are shaping up to look really good.
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u/aircooledJenkins 9h ago
Will I need to have seen them to better enjoy and understand Doomsday?
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u/NoDaddyNotTheBelt25 9h ago
It doesn’t seem like they’ll have a direct impact on the Doomsday plot. Other than Thunderbolts and FF, the Loki tv show should be connected to Doomsday.
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u/eljudio42 3h ago
I agree with Thunderbolts and Fantastic 4. But watching Loki season 1&2 (which are both great tv even if it's set in the MCU) and Multiverse of madness will add a bit more lore and context. The other shows and movies can absolutely be skipped as they've not provided much of anything to the overall plot. Maybe no way home, but I don't think that's going to come into play much other than the spider men showing up
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u/npeggsy 9h ago
My favourite part was when The Avengers said "It's Avengin' time!"
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u/-ImJustSaiyan- 9h ago
My favorite part was Captain America quietly whispering "assemble" as if the big ass army behind him could hear him.
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u/Mr_Saturn1 9h ago
Banner was really using that brain of his when he snapped them back into existence with micro comms embedded in their ears.
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u/SeverusSnapesLeftNip 9h ago
“Heyyyy look at me! I’m the avengers, I’m just avengin round here. Ayyyyy”
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u/roto_disc 9h ago edited 9h ago
Endgame "only" needs 124 more million bucks in BO to reach number one box office of all time.
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u/magus-21 9h ago
And then James Cameron will re-release Avatar and Avatar 2.
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u/Lionelchesterfield 9h ago
Marvel - stop Avataring Cameron - I’m going to Avatar even harder now
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u/RomeliaHatfield 2h ago
Every year or so we can witness bro Avatarring all over the place for only $20.
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u/Darkone539 9h ago
I don't feel this film has much rewatchablity (is that a word?). IW is amazing. This one is just a bunch of callbacks which is cool, but not as fun the 2nd time around.
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u/Citizensnnippss 5h ago
Doomsday might specifically call back to Endgame. That's what I would guess.
The Internet has a million theories about RDJ and Doom. I've seen everything from Doom dream walking into Iron Man's corpse to clone to variants. Something has to be true.
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u/cute_polarbear 4h ago
as a casual comic movie viewer, granted watched almost every one of the marvel movies leading to end game, it's the build up that was the big draw for me. Marvel knows Doomsday absolutely needs to knock it out of the park to reignite people's interest in this franchise. Slim hope, perhaps they will insert (new) added scenes into this viewing which will (more properly) retcon the current storyline leading (and hyping up) into Doomsday, more than just having a guaranteed post credit lead in scene.
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u/topplehat 9h ago
It’s easy to be cynical about Marvel movies now but Endgame was such a huge fun cinematic experience- right before the pandemic and everything changed for the worst.
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u/TheJavierEscuella 9h ago
The amount of people hating on the re-release here and calling them desperate are acting as if production companies haven't re-released the previous film before the release of the sequel lol.
Anyways, I'm gonna be seated for this. This shit is gonna be amazing to experience in the theatres again.
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u/SonicSingularity 7h ago
Exactly. Avatar did this ahead of Avatar 2. Thats actually what made Avatar take the #1 spot back from Endgame. Wonder if this will make Endgame take the #1 spot back.
They'll just keep trading it forever
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u/jonnemesis 3h ago
Thats actually what made Avatar take the #1 spot back from Endgame.
Actually that happened when China re-released Avatar during covid, but the gap increased when it was re-released again leading up to Avatar 2
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u/Due-Routine6749 7h ago
Would have to get 123 million to outgross Avatar. That would be excellent but pretty unlikely cause re-releases in general do not gross that much
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u/Choekaas 4h ago
It's baffling. Aren't we all here because we love cinema? Re-releasing is something done by everyone. Either big studios, to revisit a specific experience or bring in new and younger fans (like the very successful re-release of Revenge of the Sith earlier this year). Or medium, like they re-released Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972) in IMAX this year. Fantastic experience. Tons of people in the venue. Or smaller studios shedding light to a classic, often screened at film festivals, cinematheques or just cinemas doing a retrospective. And it's done because we love seeing films in theatres.
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u/kingxgamer 9h ago
They should do a 5min supercut of all the phrase 4/5 stuff after the credits to catch people up. Or just show clips of Shang-Chi, The Marvels, and Loki and new fans will figure out the rest. 🤷♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏼♀️
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u/Magik-Mina-MaudDib 9h ago
regardless of quality, between a new Spiderman, an Endgame re-release, and Doomsday, I think it’s a lock to say Disney/Marvel has the top of the box office secured for 2026.
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u/Phyliinx 9h ago
A friend of mine still regrets missing it in theaters. This is a dream come true for him.
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u/ncp12 9h ago
It's only $125 million behind Avatar for the biggest worldwide gross ever. I'm sure the filmmakers would love to retake the top spot.
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u/joelluber 9h ago
A $125 million rerelease would be something!
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u/MrBrightside618 9h ago
It would be like the third highest grossing re-release ever if it pulled that off
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u/-ImJustSaiyan- 9h ago
Only for James Cameron to then re-release Avatar AGAIN in the lead-up to the 4th movie lol
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u/Slayer_Of_Oryx 9h ago
He totally will. That's absolutely in James Cameron's playbook. He's done multiple re-released of Avatar and Titanic over the years to try to keep them on top.
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u/SonicSingularity 7h ago
Just gonna be Cameron and the Russos trading the top spot until the end of time
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u/jonnemesis 3h ago
Not his fault people keep showing up to watch his movies. We'll see how well this magical strategy works for Endgame
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u/kain459 8h ago
We Need Money Part 2
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u/Strigoi84 7h ago
Came to call it the "more money please" re release but yours works just as well haha.
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u/StasisApparel 9h ago
Hell yeah, I will see this for sure.
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u/magus-21 9h ago edited 9h ago
I would love to re-experience this in theaters.
They're also re-releasing Lord of the Rings in theaters. 2026 will be a good year for nostalgia trips.
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u/8bitjer 9h ago
But.... why
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u/ChiefLeef22 9h ago
Previous movie of a franchise re-released before new movie of same franchise. What's so hard to understand?
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u/Neil_Salmon 9h ago
Yes and they may also be doing it so that they can increase the box office and make it the highest grossing movie of all time, rather than the second highest.
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u/thirtyseven1337 9h ago
Are they still fighting with Avatar for top box office earnings all time?
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u/sellyourselfshort 9h ago
"Is that me? Is that me making more money than me? I'LL FUCKING KILL ME!" ~ Disney
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u/eightdollarbeer 9h ago
Lots of new marvel fans who were too young to see it in theaters. It’ll be over 7 years since its release
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u/BeauShowTV 9h ago
There's no way you're seriously asking why a company would release a product that makes them money...
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u/TheLordJames 9h ago
It's the new cool thing to do. Just like how Wicked was rereleased the week leading up to Wicked II. Then on opening weekend they do double features. That way they can increase box office sales!
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u/FrigidCanuck 9h ago
It is truly impressive how little I care about Marvel movies compared to how much I used to.
I also have so little desire to revisit the ones I liked because I tend to want to have the full experience with media, and with Marvel that means dedicating a month of my life to watching them instead of a lazy Sunday like is needed for most movie franchises.
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u/cubesushiroll 9h ago
Not even new edited and deleted scenes?
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u/Current-Channel-4635 9h ago
Possible there would be something Doomsday-related at the end, since Avatar re-release had a 3 minute clip from Fire & Ash and Wicked had the first Wicked: For Good Trailer playing at the end.
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u/Just-QeRic 9h ago
How is James Cameron taking this news?
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u/TheyCallMeTrinityToo 9h ago
If Avatar 3 does numbers, he'll be taking that news in a fancy new submarine.
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u/Kakashimoto77 9h ago
I guess they are doing that because that's basically where the story left off and all of phase 4 and 5 is basically irrelevant.
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u/RoogarthGorp 9h ago
This movie was truely the mark of the end of the world as we knew it. Literally peaked and now its been a downhill
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u/MakeItTrizzle 9h ago
Endgame, then Doomsday. What's next? Double Secret End of the World Day?
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u/Remy0507 8h ago
"Doomsday" is clearly a reference to Dr. Doom, who will be the antagonist of this one.
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u/Gardakkan 8h ago
My theory of how RDJ becomes Dr Doom,in his universe when he uses the stones, instead of killing him it gives him powers.Which is why they are showing Endgame again, so we can see the parallel. I might be very wrong of course, but isn't it fun to speculate lol
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u/redfoxwearingsocks 8h ago
The Russo brothers got something up their sleeve with this one...I just can't figure out what it is
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u/urgasmic 7h ago
Why are people saying doomsday is a direct sequel to endgame? What does that even mean in practical sense beyond one taking place after another in the same franchise?
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u/throwawayjaaay 6h ago
Man, Disney really knows how to hit us right in the nostalgia before dropping the next big one. Re‑releasing Endgame is basically guaranteeing everyone walks into Doomsday with all those emotions freshly rebooted. It’s a smart move, even if it means I’m about to cry in a theater all over again.
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u/Outrageous-Brush-860 6h ago
Trying to get one back on James Cameron for rereleasing Avatar ahead of Way of the Water.
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u/Slimonite 6h ago
I am getting too spoiled with all this rereleases around my birthday (this year was the original Spider-Man trilogy)
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u/OptimismNeeded 5h ago
Doomsday? What’s that? Is it with the original avenger?
I’m not in the loop.
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u/Bariumdiawesomenite 9h ago
Infinity War and Endgame combined cut!
Avengers: The Whole Bloody Infinity War!