Doctor Doom Meets Hulk
New Avengers Endgame Re-release Footage Shows Doctor Doom Abducting the Hulk
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The Avengers: Endgame: Encore re-release adds footage showing Bruce Banner isolated in a secure underground facility after Spider-Man: Brand New Day, where Doctor Doom finds him and says he has come to “collect” him. The Russo brothers describe Banner as trying to manage the fallout from his recent transformation and protect the world, but have not confirmed what Doom intends or whether Mark Ruffalo will have a substantial role in Avengers: Doomsday. The new footage has prompted speculation that Ruffalo could portray Maestro, an alternate, villainous version of Hulk, though that possibility remains unconfirmed. The Russos also say Doom’s mask scene deliberately echoes Iron Man’s original appearance, exploring a possible thematic connection between Tony Stark and Doom, and hint that dialogue from Endgame will matter in Doomsday.
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The Hulk sequence is one of four additions to the re-release; the others include extended footage of Captain America and Peggy Carter, a brief Loki appearance, a TVA sequence hinting at multiversal incursions, and more Doctor Doom mask footage.
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In the bunker scene, Banner records a video diary about trying to develop a formula to suppress his gamma radiation and stop the Hulk from taking over. The footage ends as he begins transforming and he and Doom disappear, leaving a faint green aura.
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The Maestro theory draws on the comics version of the character: a cruel, dictatorial Hulk from the alternate future Earth-9200 who retains full control of his form and is highly intelligent.
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