SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 27: Robert Downey Jr. speaks onstage at the Marvel Studios Panel during ... [+] 2024 Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center on July 27, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)Getty ImagesRecently, there was a leak of what was reported to be concept art for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, drawn not by some sort of AI generation, but from an actual, currently employed Marvel artist, lending it legitimacy.However, even if that was indeed a Marvel artist, Avengers: Doomsday directors Joe and Anthony Russo told THR that it was not actually a leak from their film:JOE: No [it doesnt spoil anything], because that artwork was not from Avengers: Doomsday or Secret Wars.ANTHONY: Nothing spoiling in there. Thats not our concept art.While we have no reason to doubt them, the fact that this is not actually the concept or look of the Avengers: Doomsday film is sort of disappointing. Generally speaking, it was so well-received that some even believed Marvel had let it leak purposefully as a trial balloon for the upcoming film, which reportedly once struggled with its concept until the Russos said they had a breakthrough. Disney didnt even seem to bother issuing copyright takedown notices for the images.The art seemed to imagine a medieval-based concept where Doom ruled over Latveria, seemingly surrounded by alternate versions of existing MCU characters. Yelena holding Reed prisoner with Bucky in a dungeon. Hulk and She-Hulk dressed in period outfits in the village.Ms. MarvelDisneyThere were also more modern-day settings, which included a seemingly re-cast TChalla in Wakanda, and Star Lord hanging out with White Vision, Wong and the cast of the new Young Avengers, Kate Bishop, Cassie Lang, Speed, Wiccan and Ms. Marvel. There were notable absences like the new Captain America, Thor, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man and especially Scarlet Witch who many believe will have a prominent role in the film.Again, all of this looked pretty cool, but the Russos seem to indicate that this isnt just not their concept art, but its not spoiling anything because its not even the concept at all.A quote making the rounds from that same interview is how the Russos have been keeping track of the expansive casts for their movies, which now involve literal custom, magnetic baseball cards about salaries and contract lengths. Shuffle them around and create a cast and story, it seems.The Russos have made three high-profile MCU movies for Marvel, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. But theyve also dipped into Netflix original films, their latest being The Electric State, a movie with a huge budget that currently has a 16% critic score. So of course, many are hoping their return to Marvel in 2026-2027 across the next two Avengers movies goes better than that. But it wont involve what weve just seen here, it seems.Follow me , and .Pick up my sci-fi novels the and