The theater lights snap back on and the applause drowns out a line you suddenly know changes everything. I watched shaky phone footage and felt the room tilt—fans realizing a tease had become proof. You can almost hear the timeline rearrange, like a cracked mirror reflecting new pieces of the story.
I’m going to walk you through what leaked, where it came from, and why those four minutes matter if you care about Avengers: Doomsday. If you plan to see Avengers Endgame: Encore on September 25, consider this your last warning: spoilers follow.
In a theater preview, someone filmed three short scenes and uploaded them
The real-world observation: a preview screening attendee grabbed a phone and hit record. That single act is where the leak starts.
According to reports first noted by Kotaku and amplified across Reddit, clips from a preview showing of Avengers Endgame: Encore appeared online. Marvel Studios had intended the Encore rerelease to be a nostalgia play with added connective tissue for the winter tentpole Avengers: Doomsday. Instead, grainy footage made three fresh post-credits scenes public before most of the audience even paid for a ticket.
I’ve tracked leaks like this before: early footage spreads fast, and studios resort to takedowns on X/Twitter and YouTube. Marvel attempted copyright strikes; the clips were removed, then recompiled, then reposted. The cycle is familiar, and it short-circuits the intended experience for anyone who wants the official, theatrical version.
Where did the footage come from?
The short answer: a preview screening, captured on smartphones and shared to Reddit. From there, accounts on X/Twitter copied and stitched the clips into a supercut. Kotaku flagged the leak early; Reddit threads traced the original post. If you follow MCU news on platforms like Reddit, X, or even fandom hubs on Discord, you’ve probably already seen fragments.
In a living room debate, fans argued about what the clips mean for the MCU
The real-world observation: people paused, rewound, and argued in comment threads—often about whether to watch the leak at all.
Three scenes circulate, totaling roughly four minutes. I’ll summarize each in plain terms so you can decide whether to watch the Encore in peace or get the gist now.
Scene one extends Steve Rogers’ final moments with Peggy Carter. After their kiss, a knock at the door interrupts the quiet. Peggy opens up to reveal Loki. The audience reaction in the leaked clip is loud; applause swallows much of the dialogue. What’s clear is the implication: Steve is now face-to-face with a variant-related problem, and the moment reframes his exit from the timeline.
Scene two cuts to the TVA, where Owen Wilson’s Mobius and Ke Huy Quan’s Ouroboros watch multiverses collide—quite literally shooting missiles at each other before convergence. Alerts flash. The TVA team declares the multiverse is collapsing. For anyone who watches Loki season two, this reads as direct continuity; for casual fans, it’s banner text saying the multiverse is fraying.
Did the ‘Avengers Endgame: Encore’ leak contain post-credits scenes?
Yes. All three new scenes appear in Avengers Endgame: Encore. Early reports that only one scene played at random screenings were corrected—the Encore cut carries each clip, one after another.
At a quiet bunker, a recording turns ominous and sets up a new villain strategy
The real-world observation: a lone voice on a recorded message is enough to change how you read every subsequent threat.
Scene three shows Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner making a recording from a secure bunker, saying Hulk can’t get out and nobody can get in. He’s been building a gamma-ray suppressor in case things go sideways. Then an intruder arrives—not shown fully, but green teleportation sigils etch into the bunker floor. The implication is unmistakable: Doctor Doom has the tech or intent to breach Banner’s defenses.
This brief sequence performs narrative work: it gives Doom a motive and a method, and it places Banner at a tactical disadvantage before Doomsday opens. It’s a small scene with big consequences, like a fuse about to snap.
How do the new scenes connect to Avengers: Doomsday?
The clips thread three vectors toward a common escalation. Loki’s appearance suggests variant politics will ripple from the past to the present. The TVA’s collapse signals a systemic multiversal failure. Doom’s entry into Banner’s bunker stakes a claim: the villain is hunting gamma tech and heroic leverage. Taken together, the scenes set a clear path toward a large-scale crisis in December.
Platform notes: the leak was tracked on Reddit and spread through X/Twitter; outlets like Kotaku flagged it; Marvel Studios responded with copyright takedowns. If you follow MCU reporting on social platforms or subscribe to newsletters from outlets covering the MCU, you’ll see these cycles repeat with each theatrical preview.
Correction: An earlier note claimed only one scene showed up in select screenings. The Encore rerelease actually contains all three scenes.
If you want to watch Avengers Endgame: Encore the way Marvel intended, see it in theaters on September 25. If you don’t, those four minutes are already circulating online in grainy, halting captures—enough to spoil the moment but not to deliver the theatrical payoff.
Do these snippets change how you’ll feel about the MCU’s next chapter?