Watch out, Tom Holland! Check your six, Mark Ruffalo! You’ve got new competition in the Marvel spoilers game. Anthony Mackie just went on Entertainment Tonight and blurted out the previously unannounced involvement of Paul Bettany in “Avengers: Doomsday.” Yep, Vision will re-assemble with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes on December 18, 2026, and Mackie probably received a not-entirely-pleasant phone call from Marvel Studios’ head honcho Kevin Feige.
Mackie was in the middle of describing the “Avengers” movies as a summer camp experience. It’s one of those things where you just catch up with everybody,” said Mackie. “I got to hang out with Paul Bettany, who I love.” It’s cool that Mackie and Bettany are good friends. I wonder if their families vacation together. Like, do they pile in an RV every summer and head up to Wyoming to go fly fishing? It’s a nice thought.
Marvel Studios makes it very plain to talent and their assistants as to what must not, under any circumstances, be mentioned ahead of time. But let Mackie off the hook here. The cast of “Avengers: Doomsday” is enormous. The man has more important things on his mind than trying to keep straight what he can say pre-release and what’s meant to be a surprise in the movie (which will get spoiled in headlines the second it’s released anyway).
But now that we know Vision is in the movie, let’s guess at his role in the narrative. If you haven’t finished “VisionQuest,” you should duck out now because I’m going to spoil the final episode’s post-credits scene.
Vision might just be The Avengers’ best hope against Doctor Doom
At the end of “VisionQuest,” we’re treated to a replay of the “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” finale, where Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch sacrifices herself to rid the multiverse of the Darkhold. She is crushed by Mount Wundagore, which seemed at the time like a pretty definitive death, but, come on, this the MCU. No one is dead forever.
“VisionQuest” continues this scene with Doctor Doom (Robert Downey Jr.) arriving and lifting the pile of earth off of Wanda. “Scarlet Witch, awaken,” says Doom. “Your power will be mine.” So, shock of shocks, Wanda is back in circulation.
We know from “Avengers Endgame: Encore” that Doctor Doom has also kidnapped the Hulk, so he’s amassing some serious power to wreak a heapin’ helpin’ of havoc. If Wanda is deep in the thrall of Doom, the only hope the Avengers have of turning her back to their side is her beloved Vision. So that “VisionQuest” reveal should’ve had every Marvel fan figuring that Vision would play a pivotal part in “Avengers: Doomsday.” In a little over a month, we’ll know how this all shakes out.
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