{"id":23024,"date":"2025-12-26T00:49:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=23024"},"modified":"2025-12-26T00:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T16:49:35","slug":"prepare-for-dunesday-shang-chi-star-simu-liu-is-hyped-for-dune-part-3-and-avengers-doomsday-hitting-theaters-on-the-same-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=23024","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Prepare for DUNESDAY&#8217; \u2014 Shang Chi Star Simu Liu Is Hyped for Dune: Part 3 and Avengers: Doomsday Hitting Theaters on the Same Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2025\/12\/23\/avengersdoomsdaysteverogersteasertrailer-ign-blogroll-1766501799732.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As the hype train for Avengers: Doomsday picks up steam, the realization that Dune: Part 3 shares the same release date as Marvel\u2019s behemoth is spreading across social media \u2014 and Shang Chi star Simu Liu has come up for the perfect name for this double bill: DUNESDAY.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">At the time of this article\u2019s publication, Denis Villeneuve\u2019s Dune: Part 3 is still on track for release on December 18, 2026 \u2014 the same day as Avengers: Doomsday. This heavyweight science fiction blockbuster clash will be a bonanza for theaters and cinemagoers, you\u2019d imagine. But can it prove to be 2026\u2019s version of the \u2018Barbenheimer\u2019 phenomenon of the summer of 2023?<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">For now, it\u2019s all hype. Simu Liu, who is set to reprise his role as Shang-Chi in Avengers: Doomsday, took to Twitter \/ X to declare: \u201cPrepare for DUNESDAY.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">But will DUNESDAY actually come to pass? While Warner Bros. still has Dune: Part 3 down for December 18, 2026, it perhaps wouldn\u2019t come as much of a surprise to see the company bring the film forward, even by a week or two, just to get out of the way of the actual Doomsday. As of now, though, a year from launch, we\u2019re set for a clash.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">We\u2019re still waiting for the debut trailer for Dune: Part 3, which will see Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, and Anya Taylor-Joy all reprise their roles from the previous films. Meanwhile, we have our first teaser trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, which confirms the return of Chris Evans\u2019 Steve Rogers, apparently with a baby in tow. A leaked Thor-themed second trailer is expected to hit theaters alongside Avatar: Fire and Ash later this week.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In a post on <u>Instagram<\/u>, the Russo brothers, who directed both Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, issued a statement on Steve Rogers&#8217; return: &#8220;the character that changed our lives. The story that brought us all here together. It was always going to come back to this\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/prepare-for-dunesday-shang-chi-star-simu-liu-is-hyped-for-dune-part-3-and-avengers-doomsday-hitting-theaters-on-the-same-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the hype train for Avengers: Doomsday picks up steam, the realization that Dune: Part 3 shares the same release date as Marvel\u2019s behemoth is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[12890,2932,269,12891,14205,14201,13954,14204,8469,1397,1503,14202,14203,297,11847],"class_list":["post-23024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-avengers","tag-chi","tag-day","tag-doomsday","tag-dune","tag-dunesday","tag-hitting","tag-hyped","tag-liu","tag-part","tag-prepare","tag-shang","tag-simu","tag-star","tag-theaters","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}