Avengers: Doomsday Teaser 2 Revives the Strongest OG Avenger’s Fan-Favorite Look

Marvel just rolled out the second teaser for 'Avengers: Doomsday,' and if you catch 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' in theaters, this is the trailer playing before it. The first teaser brought Steve Rogers back into the conversation; this one swings the spotlight to Thor — and it is very much not the jokey 'Love and Thunder' version.

Thor, reset to serious

We get Thor with short hair again — yep, the 'Infinity War' cut — wandering alone through a giant forest. He stops to pray to his late father Odin and the All-Fathers, and the whole thing is quiet, heavy, and reflective. Think: less screaming goats, more weight-of-the-world.

'I beg you, father, hear my prayer.'

The teaser cuts between that prayer and a softer moment: Thor sitting beside Love in bed. Love — still played by Chris Hemsworth's daughter India Rose Hemsworth — was introduced at the end of 'Love and Thunder,' when Thor adopted her after Gorr the God Butcher died. Her being here makes it clear Marvel is keeping that relationship central to Thor's arc in 'Doomsday.'

• Thor pleads for the chance to 'defeat one more enemy' and 'return home' to his child.
• He kneels with Stormbreaker while he prays — a visual that underlines the stakes more than the jokes ever could.
• The teaser ends with the Avengers logo fading in and a countdown clock to release.

What this sets up

Marvel is positioning 'Avengers: Doomsday' as the fifth Avengers movie and the third theatrical release in Phase 6, with a multiverse-spanning fight led by Doctor Doom — played by Robert Downey Jr., yes, that Robert Downey Jr. (per The Direct). Wild swing, but that is the setup they are selling right now.

'Avengers: Doomsday' hits theaters on December 18, 2026.