- Avengers: Doomsday can go face to face with another huge film at the end of 2026
- The release of the film Marvel was recently postponed from May 2026 to December of the same year
- Florence Pugh should play in both films
It is time to start preparing the 2026 edition of Barbenheimer, everyone.
With Avengers: Doomsday Being delayed until December 18, 2026, the highly anticipated film Marvel should fight with another massive film at the end of next year.
The film in question? Dune: MessiahThe third entry of the epic science fiction franchise led by Denis Villeneuve. At the time of publication, another of the new most exciting films of 2026 should also land in theaters on December 18, and as long as Avengers 5 And Dune 3 Keep their current release dates, we could have another barnerheimer -style film viewing event in our hands.
For those who may need a reminder, Barbenheimer was the title awarded to the event that saw the Margo Robbie featuring Barbie Film and Christopher Nolan directed Oppenheimer Flick was released the same day in 2023. Their contrasting styles and genres, associated with the quantity of talent involved in the two productions, saw many fans flow to their local theater to watch consecutive projections of these films.
Avengers: Doomsday And Dune: Messiah Will not be as a stylistically polarizing, but two of the hottest products of 2026 occupy different genres. The fifth film Avengers is undoubtedly a comic book / superhero film, while the Dune franchise – the books of Frank Herbert and its series of films – is squarely in the Kingdom of Science Fiction.
In my opinion, this is enough to ensure that they meet the criteria presented for the first time by Barbenheimer. However, the striking contrast between the two films is sufficiently valid to create an event of phenomenon based on the similar film around them. Avengers: DunesdayAnyone?
Of course, none of this will matter if Avengers 5 undergoes another launching day setback. Alternatively, Warner Bros. LEGENDARY subsidiary pictures could clig eyes and decide to delay Dune: MessiahIt is specific to its own version, it is therefore not forced to compete with the cinematographic juggernaut which is the Marvel cinematographic universe (MCU).
If Dune 3 And the second film Marvel Phase 6 retains its current release dates, however, Christmas 2026 is sure to be a happy (and a diffusion of money) for Florence Pugh.
Pugh, who recently played like Yelena Belova in another film McU in Thunderbolts *was announced as part of the initial distribution of 27 people to Avengers: Doomsday At the end of March. However, Pugh should also resume her role as Princess Irulan, in which she played for the first time Dune part secondIn Dune: Messiah.
As long as IRULAN is part of the distribution of the latter, Pugh should appear in two of the most anticipated films which will be launched before the end of 2026 – not bad for someone whose escape role only came in the film Indie Folk Horror A24 of A24 of A24 Intermediate bankeh?
Realistically, however, I cannot see Judgment Day And Messiah Release the same day.
The shooting is not yet in progress on the latter and will not be for a while. Meanwhile, since Hollywood strikes in 2023, many Marvel films were delayed at least twice, so Judgment Day could undergo a similar spell.
I do not know which film will be rejected in 2027 but, as much as I want Avengers: Dunesday To be one thing, it already looks like a pipe dream – and it is before delays in release is potentially announced.
