The Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer dropped, and within minutes the internet did what the internet does best: zoom in, squint, and scream “DID YOU SEE THAT?!” into group chats everywhere.
If you haven’t heard, ScreenX is the three-wall panoramic format that basically hands Marvel Studios extra canvas to hide secrets in — and this time, they used every inch of it.
Regular trailers crop the frame down to a tidy rectangle; the Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer instead throws the picture across three walls, meaning anything Marvel didn’t want you to notice yet is now camping out in plain sight on the side panels, just daring fans to screenshot it.
Naturally, fans obliged. Here’s the full, thoroughly over-analyzed, mildly unhinged breakdown of everything eagle-eyed viewers have spotted in the Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer so far — plus who’s reporting what, so you can go down the rabbit hole yourself.
Kate Bishop’s Apartment Walked So Subtly Into Frame, Fans Nearly Missed It
The headline-grabbing discovery of the Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer involves a scene many assumed was just Scott Lang having a sweet moment with his daughter Cassie.
In the standard cut, it’s framed tight. In the ScreenX Trailer, though, the extra width pulls back the curtain to reveal they’re actually standing inside what fans believe is Kate Bishop’s apartment.
As Yahoo Entertainment reports, this may be an accidental confirmation of the fan-favorite archer’s return to the MCU, though Marvel Studios hasn’t officially confirmed it.
AOL’s coverage backs this up too, noting that the ScreenX version of the trailer revealed several background details fans latched onto, including a subtle moment of Scott Lang embracing his daughter that many now believe takes place in Kate Bishop’s apartment — bolstered by leaked artwork suggesting Kate Bishop and Kamala Khan will both appear in Doomsday.
Basically, Hawkeye’s protégé may have just been outed by interior decorating. Iconic.
The Red Skies Are Giving “Crisis,” Not “Cozy”
One thing that’s impossible to unsee once you notice it: the sky in the Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer is red. Not sunset-red. Doom-red. According to AOL, the presence of red skies throughout the trailer is being read as a nod to DC’s own Multiverse-ending event, marketed similarly as a grand culmination of realities.
Yes, Marvel is apparently borrowing a page from the Distinguished Competition’s playbook, and fans of the Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer have noticed the irony immediately. Even better: the outlet speculates those same red skies could carry over into Avengers: Secret Wars, meaning this might not be a one-trailer gimmick — it could be a whole vibe.
Latverian Witches, Assemble (Ominously, Behind Doctor Doom)
If you thought Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom needed backup dancers, congratulations, you were right. GeekTyrant’s breakdown of the Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer zeroes in on a shot pushing in on Doom, where the widened frame reveals extra footage that wasn’t easy to spot in the narrower version, including a clearer look at Doctor Doom with mysterious figures gathering around him.
Specifically, the wider image shows Latverian Witches bowing to his right, and — plot twist — there are apparently more of these masked magic-users bowing on the left too than initially assumed.
Theories are already swirling that Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch could be one of them, though nothing is confirmed and Marvel is keeping the masks firmly on. A Doctor Doom entourage of secretly-famous witches is exactly the kind of detail the Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer was built to tease.
A Whole New Wing of the X-Mansion You Weren’t Meant to See (Yet)
The Direct put together a genuinely delightful side-by-side comparing the standard trailer to the ScreenX cut, and it turns out the extended Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer is basically a director’s commentary without the commentary.
Marvel Studios, via ScreenX, revealed a 15-second comparison showing how the same shots looked in standard widescreen versus the three-wall immersive format.
The verdict? The extra side screens exposed new details that were previously cropped out entirely, including an expanded view of the X-Mansion that could be hiding Easter eggs about the fates of other, still-missing X-Men. The outlet also flags glimpses of US Agent and an expanded look at Talokan peeking out from the sides of frame. Somewhere, a very tired continuity supervisor is being paid handsomely.
Bruce Banner, Recruited by Doom Himself (Sort Of)
Not everything tied to the Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer rollout lives inside the trailer itself. ComicBookMovie.com reports that alongside the ScreenX footage, Marvel also dropped a first look at a Doctor Doom head-shaped popcorn bucket, because nothing says “world-ending multiversal threat” like eating popcorn out of his face.
More intriguingly, the same report notes a new post-credits scene in Avengers Endgame: Encore showing the ruler of Latveria seemingly “recruiting” Bruce Banner, with director Anthony Russo coyly telling press, “The farthest we can go is to say, there are characters and actors who have not been announced, who are a part of Doomsday.” Translation: there are more surprises coming, and the Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer is just the appetizer.
The Original Round of Easter Eggs, For Context
Before the ScreenX cut even existed, the standard Avengers: Doomsday trailer was already a minefield of references. ScreenCrush counted 17 Easter eggs in the first pass alone, covering everything from the “Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters” sign carried over from the Fox X-Men films, to Magneto appearing to hold Xavier’s hand as the world burns, to a cameo from Namor, King of Talokan.
Yahoo’s own roundup adds that Doctor Doom is shown taking on Thor in an epic one-on-one duel, and that the trailer is packed with references to the X-Men franchise, the Fantastic Four, and the wider MCU, hinting at a collision of different Earths.
ScreenCrush later went back for a second helping of Easter eggs they’d missed, including a callback to X-Men: The Animated Series and a deep dive into the Julius Caesar bust on Professor Xavier’s bookshelf.
Even Reader’s Digest got in on it, pointing to three connected globes visible inside the renovated Avengers Tower representing the three realities at the heart of the film, and a detail on Loki’s TVA badge featuring the multiversal tree on the back.
All of which is to say: the Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer didn’t introduce new Easter-egg culture, it just gave it a wider stage — literally three walls of it — to play on.
So… Is the ScreenX Format the New Way to Watch Trailers?
Given that Avengers: Doomsday reportedly won’t get an IMAX release this December due to scheduling with Dune: Part Three, ScreenX may end up being the premium format of choice for this particular movie, per The Direct.
And if the marketing team keeps hiding Kate Bishop apartments and witch covens in the margins, fans are absolutely going to keep showing up early, sitting dead center, and treating every panoramic pixel of the Avengers: Doomsday ScreenX Trailer like a crime scene that needs solving.
Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters December 18. Bring snacks. Maybe bring a magnifying glass too — apparently Marvel’s hiding the whole Marvel Universe in your peripheral vision now.
