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Marvel unveils the first teaser for Avengers: Doomsday
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Chris Evans returns as Captain America for the first time since Avengers: Endgame
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Steve Rogers is shown living on a farm and holding a newborn baby
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Teaser is screening exclusively with Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Avengers: Doomsday releases worldwide on December 18, 2026
Marvel Studios has confirmed that Chris Evans will return as Captain America in Avengers: Doomsday, marking his first full reappearance as Steve Rogers since Avengers: Endgame in 2019. The reveal comes through a short teaser currently playing in cinemas ahead of Avatar: Fire and Ash. The footage places Chris Evans at the center of Marvel’s marketing once again and introduces an unexpected development that has sparked widespread discussion: Steve Rogers is shown holding a baby.
The teaser offers no dialogue and little direct context, but its imagery signals a clear shift in how the character is being framed. Steve Rogers is no longer presented solely as a frontline soldier. Instead, the clip suggests a quieter life, one that includes family, privacy, and responsibilities outside of battle.
Chris Evans returns as Captain America in Avengers: Doomsday
The teaser opens on a rural setting. There is farmland, an open road, and long stretches of silence. Steve Rogers arrives on a motorcycle, wearing a blue helmet with a familiar outline. A piano version of the Avengers theme plays in the background. Inside a modest farmhouse, Steve removes what appears to be part of his Captain America gear and sets it aside. He then lifts a newborn baby into his arms.
There are no spoken lines and no explanation. The scene ends with a title card confirming Chris Evans will return in Avengers: Doomsday, followed by a digital clock counting down 12 months to release.
This is the first time Marvel has placed Chris Evans so prominently in promotional material since Endgame. While Evans has made brief appearances since then, including a cameo as the Human Torch in Deadpool & Wolverine, this marks a full return to his defining Marvel role as Captain America.
Why the Avengers: Doomsday teaser matters for Chris Evans
Marvel has chosen a controlled release strategy for this teaser. Instead of dropping it online, the studio attached it exclusively to Avatar: Fire and Ash screenings. Some fans expected the footage to surface earlier after short clips appeared on social media last week. Those posts were quickly removed following copyright claims.
Disney has used similar rollout methods in the past, testing reactions in theaters before a wider digital release. The decision suggests Marvel is being careful with how Chris Evans’ return as Captain America is introduced, particularly given the emotional weight attached to Steve Rogers’ original ending.
The teaser is part of Marvel’s one-year countdown to the release of Avengers: Doomsday. Industry sources indicate that additional clips may be attached to future Avatar: Fire and Ash screenings through December, potentially focusing on different returning characters.
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Chris Evans and the question of Steve Rogers after Endgame
Steve Rogers’ story appeared to conclude definitively in Avengers: Endgame. After returning the Infinity Stones, he chose to remain in the past and live out his life with Peggy Carter. When he reappeared, he was elderly and passed the Captain America shield to Sam Wilson.
Sam Wilson later took on the role in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and is set to lead Captain America: Brave New World next year. That transition was presented as permanent.
However, Marvel’s recent focus on alternate timelines and the multiverse has reopened possibilities. The Avengers: Doomsday teaser avoids confirming where or when this version of Steve Rogers exists. His age is unclear. He is not shown alongside any Avengers team members. The clip leaves open whether this is the same Steve Rogers, a variant, or a version shaped by multiverse events.
The presence of a baby adds another layer of uncertainty. Steve Rogers’ enhanced physiology has been explored extensively in Marvel comics, and viewers are already questioning whether the child will be central to the story or simply a personal detail meant to redefine the character’s emotional stakes.
What Avengers: Doomsday means for Chris Evans and Marvel
Avengers: Doomsday is expected to bring together a wide range of characters from across Marvel’s history. Robert Downey Jr is confirmed to appear, not as Iron Man, but as Doctor Doom. That casting sets up a high-profile dynamic between Downey Jr and Chris Evans, two actors closely associated with the MCU’s early success.
The confirmed cast list includes Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Simu Liu, Florence Pugh, Paul Rudd, Vanessa Kirby, Pedro Pascal, and others. Actors from the former X-Men franchise, including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and Kelsey Grammer, are also set to appear as Marvel continues to merge legacy properties into its shared universe.
With Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel is positioning Chris Evans and Steve Rogers at the emotional core of its next major chapter. The film is widely seen as a lead-in to Secret Wars and the conclusion of the current multiverse storyline.
For now, the message from the teaser is clear. Chris Evans is back as Captain America. Steve Rogers has returned. And this time, the character is facing a future that extends beyond the battlefield.
