When Does ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Actually Take Place in the MCU Timeline

Marvel enthusiasts have been diligently working to determine where ‘Avengers: Doomsday‘ fits within the extensive MCU timeline, and clarity is finally emerging. With numerous interconnected threads from recent Phase Six projects, pinpointing the exact placement has turned into a challenging puzzle for dedicated fans.

This timing inquiry is particularly significant this time, as the film brings together heroes from three different universes on a collision course.

Based on reports regarding the film’s links to other recent Marvel releases, it is likely that the movie occurs in or around 2028. This timing is largely influenced by how the narrative picks up unresolved threads from earlier Phase Six entries.

The film seems to continue directly from ‘Thunderbolts’, which was initially set in 2027 following the events of ‘Captain America: Brave New World’. A significant time jump at the end of that film alters the timeline considerably for where ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ is positioned.

A fourteen-month time jump at the conclusion of ‘Thunderbolts’ pushes the story into late 2028 or potentially even 2029. This jump is not merely incidental; the post-credits scene in ‘Thunderbolts’ has been confirmed to be a snippet taken directly from ‘Avengers: Doomsday’, filmed during the production of that later movie rather than for ‘Thunderbolts’ itself.

This overlap in production and footage strongly indicates that the two films are intended to be viewed together on the timeline. Consequently, the fourteen-month jump likely marks the starting point for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’, aligning both ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ and ‘Avengers 5’ within a similar timeframe in MCU history.

There is some rationale behind the absence of certain heroes from the ‘Doomsday’ lineup given this timeline. If two major Avengers team members are not present in the film, it could simply be due to their storylines in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ keeping them occupied elsewhere during this period.

The 2028 setting also aligns neatly with other aspects of the MCU calendar. Positioning ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ in 2028 means it would follow the events of ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ season two and ‘The Punisher’ special presentation, with the latter believed to occur around 2026 or 2027.

Continuity threads are clearly being woven with intention here. Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle is confirmed to appear in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’, and placing that film later in the timeline helps connect his appearances across ‘Daredevil: Born Again’, the Punisher special, and the new Spider-Man film.

Beyond the specific year, the scope of where the story unfolds is equally expansive. The film’s setting reportedly spans from the MCU’s version of Hell’s Kitchen to Doomstadt, the capital of Latveria in a distant reality, and even to an Earth where mutants first revealed themselves back in 2000.

On the studio side, the production timeline has been established for some time. ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ is the thirty-ninth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and serves as a part of Phase Six, with a sequel titled ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ set to follow.

The film is a direct sequel to a long list of previous MCU entries, including ‘The Avengers,’ ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron,’ ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ ‘Loki’ season two, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ ‘Captain America: Brave New World,’ ‘Thunderbolts,’ and ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’.

According to the film’s marketing description, ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ follows beloved heroes from three distinct universes as they embark on a perilous collision course and confront an existential threat unlike anything they have faced before. This framing aligns with the multiversal scope suggested by various timeline reports circulating thus far.

Setting the film in 2028, rather than immediately after ‘Endgame’, allows the Russo Brothers to let several unresolved Phase Six storylines develop before intertwining them. It also clarifies why so many different corners of the MCU, from street-level heroes to mutants to Latverian royalty, can plausibly converge in one film without feeling forced.

As of now, Marvel has not provided an official on-screen confirmation of the exact year, so much of this remains a carefully constructed deduction by fans and press rather than a studio statement. However, this has not deterred theorizing; if anything, it has only intensified the anticipation for December 18.

With Doctor Doom’s motivations and the fate of the Sacred Timeline still uncertain, the chronological placement of all these events could prove just as crucial as who survives. Do you believe a 2028 setting makes sense for uniting these three universes, or were you expecting ‘Doomsday’ to pick up right where ‘Endgame’ concluded?