Avengers: Endgame Encore Hits Disney+ Today With New Scenes Setting Up Doomsday

admin · November 13, 2026 · 5 min read

Avengers: Endgame Encore streaming on Disney+ with new scenes setting up Avengers: Doomsday.

Marvel’s biggest hit is back where most fans will watch it next. Avengers: Endgame Encore, the extended cut of the 2019 blockbuster, begins streaming exclusively on Disney+ on Friday, November 13, 2026, carrying four brand-new scenes that connect directly to Avengers: Doomsday, which opens in theaters on December 18.

The Encore cut runs about four minutes longer than the original film, according to Disney+, and adds revised color grading along with the new footage. It is not a collection of deleted scenes. The added material was shot to pick up threads from Endgame and point them straight at the next Avengers chapter.

What Is New in the Encore Cut

According to The Walt Disney Company, the new scenes include Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, interrupting the happy ending Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter found at the close of Endgame; Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr., collecting Bruce Banner, played by Mark Ruffalo; and Mobius, Casey and OB at the Time Variance Authority, watching universes collapse.

“When we made that film, we were so specifically committed to that movie as an ending of stories, not a beginning of new stories,” director Anthony Russo said. His brother and co-director Joe Russo called the TVA scene “one of the more significant events that’s ever happened in the MCU.”

The streaming debut follows a theatrical run that began on September 25, 2026. The re-release opened at No. 1 with an estimated $86 million worldwide in its first weekend, including $26 million domestically, Disney said — the second-biggest global debut ever for a re-release. That performance pushed Endgame past Avatar to reclaim the title of the highest-grossing film of all time, with a global total of $2.925 billion.

Why This Matters

Encore is Marvel’s bridge to Doomsday, and the studio is treating it that way. Marvel released a new “Countdown to Doomsday” TV spot and poster ahead of the streaming debut, and Disney+ is running a “Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday” collection of earlier Marvel films so viewers can catch up before December 18.

Avengers: Doomsday reunites Anthony and Joe Russo as directors and brings Downey back to the franchise in a new role: Victor von Doom, also known as Doctor Doom, the villain the next chapter is built around. The film is one of the most anticipated releases of the year, and the Encore cut is the clearest look yet at how Marvel plans to get from the end of the Infinity Saga to Doom’s arrival.

Fresh details about Doomsday also surfaced this week. According to Variety, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are among the 10 writers who contributed to the film. The main writing credits go to Marvel veteran Stephen McFeely and Michael Waldron, the creator of Loki and writer of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Additional literary material credits include McFeely, Waldron, Eric Pearson, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jeff Loveness, Andrew Lanham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Reynolds and Jackman.

The December Box Office Battle

Disney is also building theatrical momentum for Doomsday through Infinity Vision, a new premium theater format unveiled by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige at CinemaCon. The format retools existing screens for enhanced audio and visual fidelity, offering an alternative to Imax — whose screens have been secured by Warner Bros. for Dune: Part 3, which opens on the same day, December 18.

For Marvel fans, the timing is deliberate. Encore arrives on streaming just over a month before Doomsday, giving viewers a chance to revisit the 2019 film — and its new scenes — before the next chapter begins.

Latest Developments

Avengers: Endgame Encore streams exclusively on Disney+ starting Friday, November 13, 2026.
The cut adds about four minutes of new footage and revised color grading, per Disney+.
Avengers: Doomsday opens in theaters on December 18, 2026, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo.
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman hold writing credits on Doomsday, according to Variety.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does Avengers: Endgame Encore start streaming on Disney+?

Avengers: Endgame Encore begins streaming exclusively on Disney+ on Friday, November 13, 2026.

What is new in the Encore cut?

The cut adds about four minutes of new footage, including Loki visiting Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter, Doctor Doom collecting Bruce Banner, and the TVA watching universes collapse, plus revised color grading.

When does Avengers: Doomsday come out?

Avengers: Doomsday opens in theaters on December 18, 2026, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, with Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.

Is Endgame still the highest-grossing movie of all time?

Yes. The Encore re-release pushed Endgame past Avatar to $2.925 billion worldwide, reclaiming the top spot, according to Hypebeast.

Marvel’s biggest film is now a month-long runway to its next one. Encore is streaming on Disney+ today, and Doomsday arrives in theaters on December 18.