After a big storyline was missing from Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Doomsday looks set to redeem it. In a way, Avengers: Doomsday‘s story is like the MCU’s next attempt at Infinity War. In the same vein, the story of Avengers: Secret Wars will then be akin to 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.

However, there will be some key differences between the two older MCU projects and the upcoming Marvel movies. For one, Doomsday and Secret Wars will be dealing with multiversal stakes, whereas Infinity War and Endgame were mostly concerned with Earth-616. Avengers: Infinity War is often counted among the MCU’s best movies, but it still left some room for improvement.

For instance, a big plot point that many expected to see going into the movie was removed from the final cut. With this in mind, Avengers: Doomsday can redeem this via a big storyline from Marvel’s 2025 movies that is expected to feed over into the battle against Doom.

Avengers: Doomsday Looks Set To Use The Fantastic Four As Infinity War Used The Guardians

A Space-Based Team

Firstly, it is worth exploring some crucial context regarding a few members of Avengers: Doomsday‘s cast list. The members in question are The Fantastic Four, who will likely be Doomsday‘s replacements for Infinity War‘s Guardians of the Galaxy. The latter were a cosmic team who allied with The Avengers against a threat directly linked to them: Thanos.

Despite being from a different universe entirely, The Fantastic Four will act as such in Avengers: Doomsday. The team is space-based, much more than The Avengers of Earth-616. Also, Doctor Doom is a villain directly linked to The Fantastic Four in many ways, be it through his rivalry with Reed or past fights teased by The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Latveria reference.

Once Doom begins his multiversal plan, it is clear that The Fantastic Four will team up with The Avengers. They will likely know more about the villain they face than The Avengers, given the links to Doom, just as the Guardians did with Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War.

With all this in mind, a Guardians-centric story removed from Infinity War can be redeemed via The Fantastic Four and Doomsday.

Avengers: Infinity War Missed Out A Big Part Of The Guardians’ Story

The Guardians Did Not Get As Much Screentime As First Thought

The aforementioned plot point that was cut from Avengers: Infinity War links to the Guardians of the Galaxy: Thanos’ attack on Xandar. At the end of 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the team left the Power Stone in the care of the Nova Corps on Xandar. Many expected that Avengers: Infinity War would begin with Thanos’ attack against Xandar to retrieve the Infinity Stone.

However, once the Guardians were introduced to Avengers: Infinity War, they were told that Thanos had already destroyed Xandar and taken the stone. This disappointed many, as they would have liked to have seen Thanos’ attempts to take the Power Stone, partly to make the Guardians’ motivation in the film stronger, given their strong ties to the Nova Corps.

Unfortunately, though, this sequence was cut from the film. The Russo Brothers sH๏τ the sequence, yet did not want to spend extra budget on the VFX. Also, the scene was around 45 minutes long, which would have pushed Avengers: Infinity War beyond three hours, and the Russos did not want the film to be as long as Avengers: Endgame.

Avengers: Doomsday Will Feature The Fantastic Four In A Much Bigger Way

Including Their Affiliated Locations

It is a shame that a storyline like Xandar, linked so heavily to the Guardians, was removed from Avengers: Infinity War. With Avengers: Doomsday, though, it seems as though this will be redeemed via The Fantastic Four. The Fantastic Four’s version of the Guardians’ Xandar is Earth-828, the universe in which The Fantastic Four: First Steps is set.

Based on an interview with Kevin Feige for Marvel.com, Earth-828 will appear in Avengers: Doomsday in a way Xandar did not in Avengers: Infinity War. Feige, when asked about Doomsday, stated:

“It’s fun to see them visit each other’s homes. So with the Baxter Building set, let’s say it had four or five people in it at most in the Fantastic Four movie. And it’s got a heck of a lot more people in it [in Doomsday]. It’s a thrill to see that interaction.”

Feige’s mention of the Baxter Building, and everyone being present in it, proves how big a role Earth-828 will play in Avengers: Doomsday.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Sets Up Another Xandar Situation, But Doomsday Will Avoid It

The Post-Credit Scene Could’ve Led To Another Xandar

Interestingly, the post-credit scene of The Fantastic Four: First Steps leaves the door open for Avengers: Doomsday to skip over events like Infinity War did with Xandar. However, the above comments from Feige prove this will be avoided. In the post-credit scene, Doctor Doom appears in the Baxter Building and takes an interest in Franklin Richards.

It would be simple for Avengers: Doomsday to begin with The Fantastic Four entering Earth-616, as teased in Thunderbolts* post-credit scene, and catching The Avengers up on what took place with Doom. That said, Feige’s confirmation that The Avengers, The Fantastic Four, and the X-Men will convene in the Baxter Building seems to indicate this will not be the case.

With Earth-828 seemingly being so important to Avengers: Doomsday, it is hard to imagine the film skipping over the climactic confrontation between Doom and The Fantastic Four after First Steps’ post-credit scene, only to return to the same universe later. In reality, Avengers: Doomsday will likely begin directly after The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ ending, rectifying Avengers: Infinity War‘s Xandar mistake.