Marvel fans get one more trip back to the Infinity Saga before Avengers: Doomsday. Avengers: Endgame Encore arrives on Disney+ on Friday, Nov. 13, Collider reported, as Marvel Studios rolled out a new "Countdown to 'Doomsday'" TV spot and poster.
The updated cut runs about four minutes longer than the 2019 film, with revised color grading and added scenes that connect it to Doomsday. Encore played in theaters in September, opening with an estimated $86 million worldwide. The original Endgame grossed more than $2.9 billion at the global box office.
Anthony Russo has said the original film was built to finish several characters' stories, and that when the brothers began planning Doomsday, they realized they needed to pick up where they left off. Encore is Marvel's bridge between the two.
The road to Doomsday
Avengers: Doomsday opens in theaters Dec. 18, with Anthony and Joe Russo, who directed Endgame, back behind the camera and Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU as Doctor Doom.
Disney+ is also launching a "Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday" collection for viewers planning a rewatch before December, along with a five-episode companion podcast hosted by Iman Vellani and Frank Alvarez that revisits Infinity Saga films. Its final episode covers Endgame.
The streaming release lands days after the VisionQuest finale brought back Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch in a scene that sets up Doomsday. Earlier this year, a Doomsday teaser showed M'Baku as king of Wakanda, with Black Panther characters meeting the Fantastic Four.
With five weeks to go, Marvel is making sure the Infinity Saga is fresh in viewers' minds when the next chapter opens.
