Marvel fans eagerly awaiting the new Avengers: Doomsday trailer say they’ve left Avatar: Fire and Ash midnight screenings disappointed when it didn’t turn up — though others report successfully catching a glimpse.
The rollout of Disney’s highly-anticipated first look at Avengers: Doomsday has been chaotic, following footage widely-believed to be from the trailer leaking online earlier this week, confirming the return of a major fan-favorite character. A plan to roll out four different Avengers: Doomsday trailers over Avatar: Fire and Ash’s first four weeks has also been verified by The Hollywood Reporter, further prepping audiences for what’s to come.
Now, with Avatar: Fire and Ash releasing around the world and early screenings taking place, Marvel fans are headed to their local theaters expecting the Doomsday trailer to appear. Many have been left disappointed, though there have also been reports of it popping up, and even more leaked footage of the trailer has now appeared online.
Many of the disappointed reports come from European theatergoers, who attended Avatar: Fire and Ash screenings in the early hours of this morning.
“POV: you’re going to see Avatar at Pathe Cinemas, you’re all excited to see the first images of Avengers Doomsday since everyone’s talking about it and… nothing,” French Marvel fan AlexDC815 wrote on social media. “Am I the only one who didn’t get the teaser for Avengers Doomsday before Avatar 3?” questioned another French fan, Cov_Universe.
A third fan complained that they went to see Avatar at Disney Village, housed within the Disneyland Paris resort, and still didn’t get the Avengers trailer. “I didn’t get an Avengers Doomsday trailer before Avatar AT DISNEY VILLAGE???” wrote Pau7line, accompanying their post with a gif of a confused-looking dog.
The same was true for some fans on the other side of the Atlantic. “I WANT MY MONEY BACK!” demanded NacaoMarvete616, based in Brazil. “As I suspected, in my session at Cinemark, 10 minutes of advertisements and not a single trailer was shown! Neither for Avengers: Doomsday nor for any movie. Brazilian cinemas are a joke! Then they complain that the public doesn’t go to the cinemas!”
But not everyone has said they’ve left disappointed. Over the past 12 hours, IGN has seen fresh clips of the Avengers: Doomsday trailer surface on social media apparently taken from within busy movie theaters — and we’ve also seen those same clips removed by a copyright claim, all but confirming their legitimacy.
Meanwhile, French pop culture blog JournalduGeek has reported that it attended an Avatar: Fire and Ash screening and did see the Avengers: Doomsday trailer. Indeed, in a second report, the outlet says it’s conducted research and confirmed that the trailer will play at Paris’ iconic Grand Rex theater in all screenings, while showings at the major French theater chain UGC are not guaranteed.
For more on what everyone is saying is in that trailer (or rather who), IGN has rounded up the clip’s supposed contents.
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