The Avengers have assembled to support Thunderbolts*, the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

While I won’t be sharing any spoilers for the latest MCU tale here, what isn’t a spoiler is that it was officially announced last month that many of Thunderbolts*’s starring characters will be back for next year’s Avengers: Doomsday.

Robert Downey Jr., Paul Rudd, Anthony Mackie and more stars from "Avengers: Doomsday" saluted the cast of "Thunderbolts" as the "New Avengers." Downey, who played Tony Stark up through 2019's "Avengers: Endgame,

While we won’t be divulging the contents of that scene, IGN can confirm that the Thunderbolts post-credits scene runs 2 minutes and 54 seconds.

The 'Thunderbolts' post-credits scene sets up 'Fantastic Four' and 'Avengers: Doomsday' as the New Avengers are officially formed.

Thunderbolts*, the latest installment in the long-running, hugely successful Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), plays like a therapy session for a struggling franchise. This is mostly a good thing. The movie opens with Yelena Belova,

The Marvel Cinematic Universe officially kicked off in 2008 with Iron Man, and is still going strong nearly two decades later with its 36th feature film, Thunderbolts, opening in U.S. theaters on May 2.