Marvel Has Assigned 42 Hours of Homework Before ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

Marvel and Disney+ have issued a stacked watch list for fans ahead of the cinema release of Avengers: Doomsday on December 18.

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe can be complex terrain to navigate. Its 38 movies and 25 series to date span varying superhero plot lines, crossovers, and multiverse action, with the latest Avengers release likely to spare no less lore and real fan knowledge.

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Marvel released an official “Countdown to Doomsday” playlist with Disney+, featuring 15 official selections to help fans catch up on all the action before watching the new movie. Among the selections, fans will get refreshers on origin stories, team-ups, and key multiversal information gearing them up to the Doomsday storyline.

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The studio also launched the Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday Official Podcast, available on Disney+, YouTube, and audio platforms. The podcast features weekly recaps of the MCU’s Infinity Saga.

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Devoted fans were quick to spot that two X-Men entries predate the MCU entirely, presumably because Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, Ian McKellen, and Alan Cumming are all rumored to be coming back for Doomsday. The Marvels from 2023, interestingly, did not make the cut.

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The official movie watch list will require 42 hours to get through, which is…

Original source: https://www.wired.com/

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