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Marvel's Endgame Encore Re-release Teases Avengers: Doomsday Connection
Marvel has brought Avengers: Endgame back to theaters with some new scenes.
The re-release is called Avengers: Endgame Encore.
The extra scenes give fans a preview of Avengers: Doomsday.
People watching on special large screens can see more bonus footage.
Regular screenings show a shorter version.
Anthony Russo said the new material does not change the original Endgame story.
He said the next Avengers movie will build on the feelings and events connected to Endgame.
The new film is scheduled to arrive on December 18.
Avengers: Endgame Encore adds new footage connecting the 2019 film to Avengers: Doomsday.
Premium large-format screenings include roughly three minutes of footage and an exclusive Doomsday post-credits tag.
Standard screenings include a shorter bonus segment lasting about one minute and 58 seconds.
Director Anthony Russo said the footage expands the story without changing Endgame's original narrative.
Russo said Endgame's lasting impact eventually helped inspire the direction of Avengers: Doomsday.
- Who
- Marvel and director Anthony Russo are behind the Endgame Encore re-release and its connection to Avengers: Doomsday.
- What
- Avengers: Endgame has been re-released with bonus scenes and a Doomsday preview.
- Where
- The bonus material is being shown in theaters, with the fullest version available in IMAX and Infinity Vision-certified screens.
- When
- The re-release is now in theaters, while Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled for December 18.
- Why
- The added footage was intended to connect Endgame's lasting impact with the story of Avengers: Doomsday without altering the original film.
Key facts
- Re-release title
- Avengers: Endgame Encore
- Original film
- Avengers: Endgame, released in 2019
- Upcoming film
- Avengers: Doomsday
- Doomsday release date
- December 18
- Full bonus length
- Roughly three minutes in premium large-format screenings
- Standard bonus length
- About one minute and 58 seconds
- Director quoted
- Anthony Russo
Quotes
Anthony Russo
Director of Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Doomsday
“Audiences are coming to Avengers: Doomsday with a lot of emotional connection to prior experiences within the MCU. And we have those same emotional connections. So, we want to honor that and figure out how we are using that value and that emotional investment to go somewhere new.”
livemint.com
“We weren’t going to mess with what that movie is”
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