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Hollywood newsletter, The Ankler claim that the first trailer for the extremely long awaited Avatar sequel will screen with Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in May.

That there will be such a trailer is certain. It premiering in cinemas would not be unusual. Being paired with a big release like Doctor Strange would make sense.

As rumours go this one seems to add up.

On the surface.

The Ankler is paywalled but a paragraph from their article has been tweeted:

The Transom hears that an Avatar 2 teaser of some kind will debut in front of Marvel's Doctor Strange sequel, which Disney will release exclusively in theaters on May 6. Disney had no comment when asked, but we hear that the Mouse House is eyeing that date, hoping to replicate the success that Sony had with Spider-Man: No Way Home, and one way to help juice Strange's numbers would be to offer the very first glimpse of Avatar 2 in front of that film.

Readers of our blog would be aware that we're not fans of what Disney have done with Star Wars.

We have no compunctions about levelling fair criticism at them, eg. the Ms. Marvel Kamala mispronunciation.

But we approach each story factually and fairly and particularly with rumours one must consider the possibility of their having been cooked up by opponents.

What would they stand to gain here?

Spider-Man: No Way Home was hugely successful, but only a Marvel co-production. Spider-Man is team Sony.

It's the sixth highest grossing film of all time, behind Marvel's Avengers: Endgame in second and Avengers: Infinity War in fifth.

Granted Spider-Man is more recent but the other films were from 2018 and 2019.

Hardly ancient history, so why not reference them?

Disney staff most assuredly would in internal disussions.

But if you wanted to cook up a rumour intended to make Disney look weak, their seeking to emulate the success of an another studio by attaching themselves to the trailer for a film from a third studio adds up.

Eternals was hardly garbage but definitely a dip in standards for the Marvel films, creating a chink in otherwise very tough armour.

This rumour could be an attempt to capitalise on that.

An Avatar trailer before Doctor Strange really would make sense so we wouldn't be surprised to see it.

But this rumour sets Disney up to potentially appear weak if that eventuates.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness premieres in Australian cinemas on May 5, and Avatar 2 on December 15.

[ Main Image: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness trailer. Credit: Marvel via IMDb.com. ]

References

Chen, David [@davechensky] (March 22, 2022). Massive news. Twitter.

Garbutt, Emily (March 22, 2022). Avatar 2 may be getting its first trailer soon. Games Radar.

Wikipedia. List of highest-grossing films. (viewed March 23, 2022)