What’s Cooking, Marvel for Avengers 5? Avengers Doomsday Still Shoots Without a Finished Script

Marvel Studios’ upcoming blockbuster Avengers Doomsday, a cinematic behemoth with an eye-watering $300 million price tag, is cruising full speed ahead into production—for better or worse. The catch? It’s doing so without a finished script. Yes, you read that right.

Avengers Doomsday: Marvel-Sized Mess in Making

It’s not as though Marvel is entirely unfamiliar with cutting things close. Post-2020 Marvel? Oh, they live and breathe chaos. After all, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder were also plagued by last-minute rewrites and plenty of “creativity” under pressure. And how were those films received? Mixed, to put it diplomatically. But “Avengers”? That’s their crown jewel, their magnum opus. Surely, they’d have their act together for a movie of this scale at least, right?

Enter the Russo Brothers, the dynamic duo behind hits like Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. They’re helming Avengers Doomsday, directing scenes with what we can only assume is the cinematic equivalent of a post-apocalyptic movie. Need a scene with Doom (Robert Downey Jr.) terrorizing the Fox X-Men cast or the New Avengers? Sure, why not—but is there a coherent vision holding it all together?

Avengers: Doomsday Faces Major Script Rewrites, Kevin Feige Confirms Ongoing Changes

The Marvel Studios boss himself, Mr. Kevin Feige, has confirmed that the screenplay hasn’t been completed. Stephen McFeely, one of the writers behind Avengers: Endgame, and Michael Waldron, who penned Loki and Doctor Strange 2, are among the scriptwriters. Yet, as Rebecca Romijn recently stated, significant rewrites are happening daily on set. At this point, the question is whether we are even filming a cohesive movie, or if this is just an expensive live-action role-play experiment.

Romijn said that she wasn’t sure if she had finished filming Avengers Doomsday. She said, “I’m not quite sure. The script hasn’t — they haven’t finished writing it. It’s been very, very fun, and we don’t know yet. They keep everything very close to the vest themselves in an effort to keep everything under wraps.” Romijn’s statement could mean the script is constantly going under rewrites to prevent spoilers or plot points from being leaked online. However, it’s too late for that, as plot leaks have already occurred.

Avengers: Doomsday Faces Overwhelming Pressure as Marvel Struggles Post-Endgame

Marvel’s tendency for on-the-fly rewrites might suggest that they operate well under pressure. But do they? Ask the fans who watched Secret Invasion what happens when storytelling is rushed. The results are often disjointed, emotionally unengaging, or simply dull. Kevin Feige recently spoke about Marvel’s struggles since Endgame, while also discussing plans for Phase 7 and beyond. If the scale of this project weren’t daunting enough, Avengers Doomsday is tasked with reintroducing a roster that includes the OG Fox X-Men and already established characters in the MCU.

Final Thoughts

The reality is, the Avengers carry a lot of weight for fans. It’s not just the label of a superhero team; it’s a promise of spectacle, catharsis, and maybe even a little narrative cohesion. With nearly two decades of goodwill on the line, this haphazard approach could erode trust in a fan base already burned by post-Endgame fatigue. But on the other hand, maybe chaos is part of the appeal. After all, blockbusters these days seem to thrive more on meme-able moments, surprise cameos, and cheap thrills than intricate storytelling. If nothing else, Marvel’s top brass just set the stakes dramatically high for Avengers Doomsday.