Archive · 15 Aug 2026
Avengers: Doomsday Trailer Sparks Wakanda or New York City Debate
Marvel showed a brand-new trailer for the movie Avengers: Doomsday at an event called D23.
In the trailer, there is a big city that has been badly destroyed.
Fans are trying to figure out which city it is.
Some think it might be Wakanda, the secret high-tech country of Black Panther.
Others think it could be New York, where heroes like Spider-Man live.
The trailer also shows Reed Richards talking to a powerful villain named Doctor Doom.
Doctor Doom's friend Sue Storm says he is 'broken' because he lost everything he loved.
The movie is about different universes crashing into each other.
Doctor Doom wants to take over the worlds because he thinks the heroes are living lives that don't belong to them.
Fans are excited and puzzled about what will happen next in this big multiverse story.
Marvel unveiled a new Avengers: Doomsday trailer at the D23 event, giving fans plenty to dissect.
A heavily damaged city scene in the trailer has sparked debate over whether it is Wakanda or New York.
The opening shot shows Reed Richards confronting Doom and asking whether he was responsible for the destruction.
Sue Storm describes Doctor Doom as 'broken' after losing everything he loved, framing him as acting over 'stolen lives.'
Fan theories suggest the scene may be in the X-Men's universe after a fight with Doom and the Sentinels, or in the main MCU universe.
- Who
- Marvel fans, along with characters Reed Richards, Sue Storm, and Victor Von Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr.
- What
- A new Avengers: Doomsday trailer was released, and a damaged city scene sparked debate over its location.
- When
- At the D23 event, when the new trailer was unveiled.
- Where
- D23 event; the debated scene is speculated to be Wakanda or New York.
- Why
- Fans are trying to identify the setting to piece together the film's multiverse storyline.
Wakanda Theory
New York Theory
Opening scene location
Wakanda Theory
Some fans believe the devastated city in the trailer's opening scene is Wakanda, with one user writing 'Bro, this is Wakanda.'
New York Theory
Other fans point out that Spider-Man and Jean Grey appear in New York and question whether the scene is set there or in a different multiverse.
Multiverse setting
Wakanda Theory
Some assume the scene is in the X-Men's universe after their fight with Doom and the Sentinels, explaining why the X-Men would join the Fantastic Four universe.
New York Theory
Others believe the scene is in the main MCU universe, writing 'Is this in the main universe. There's no going back now.'
- Film
- Avengers: Doomsday
- Trailer premiere
- D23 event
- Debated location
- Wakanda or New York
- Opening scene
- Reed Richards confronts Doom about a devastated city
- Doctor Doom actor
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Core plot element
- Multiversal incursions pushing universes toward collision
- Fan theory
- X-Men's universe after a fight with Doom and the Sentinels