Road to Doomsday: A New Rockstars Podcast

What does the final Iron Man movie tell us about Doctor Doom in Avengers Doomsday? Welcome back to THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY, New Rockstars’ weekly Marvel rewatch podcast counting down to Avengers Doomsday! This week, Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons revisit 2013's Iron Man, the movie that, among other things, gave us Trevor Slattery for Shang-Chi and Wonder Man! What elements from this film could inspire Doomsday? Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producers: Gina Ippolito, Alex Berg, Patti Chambers Podcast Producer: Brian M Kim Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editor: Abby Freel Editors: Eric Gorday For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) revisited on the Road to Avengers Doomsday! Welcome back to New Rockstars’ ultimate Marvel rewatch podcast, the ROAD TO DOOMSDAY! This week, Jessica Clemons and Alex Berg revisit the two Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies from 2012 and 2014. Will the Werewolf himself return in Doomsday or Secret Wars? How did these movies influence Spider-Man Brand New Day? We're back at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles on April 17th, come in person or stream anywhere. Tickets: https://ucbcomedy.com/show/new-rockstars-live-its-morbin-time Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producers: Gina Ippolito, Alex Berg, Patti Chambers Podcast Producer: Brian M Kim Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editor: Abby Freel Editors: Eric Gorday For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)… how will Avengers Doomsday rank against the first Avengers movie? Welcome back to THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY, New Rockstars’ ultimate Marvel rewatch podcast! In this episode, our hosts revisit the 2012 smash success, Marvel’s The Avengers, which elevated Marvel Studios to become a billion dollar franchise. Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons dive deep the film that provided the MCU with its blueprint for crossover event films, a plan that the team behind Avengers Doomsday seems to be following in a different way. -Find furniture, decor, and essentials that fit your unique style and budget. Head to ⁠Wayfair.com⁠ right now to shop all things home. -Own your health at ⁠https://www.functionhealth.com/rumor⁠ and use code Rumor25 for a $25 credit We're back at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles on April 17th, come in person or stream anywhere. Tickets: https://ucbcomedy.com/show/new-rockstars-live-its-morbin-time Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Check out our merch! http://www.NerdRiot.shop Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producers: Gina Ippolito, Alex Berg, Patti Chambers Podcast Producer: Brian M Kim Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editor: Abby Freel Editors: Eric Gorday For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Rogers will return in Avengers Doomsday… so let’s revisit where he started! Welcome back to THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY, New Rockstars’ ultimate Marvel rewatch podcast! In this episode, our hosts revisit the 2011 film Captain America The First Avenger. Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons dive deep the film where Chris Evans as Steve Rogers and Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter began their journey, in a script by Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus before their time with AGBO in the production of Avengers Doomsday and Secret Wars with the Russo Brothers! What elements from this movie could come back in Avengers Doomsday? -Find furniture, decor, and essentials that fit your unique style and budget. Head to Wayfair.com right now to shop all things home. -Own your health at https://www.functionhealth.com/rumor and use code Rumor25 for a $25 credit We're back at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles on April 17th, come in person or stream anywhere. Tickets: https://ucbcomedy.com/show/new-rockstars-live-its-morbin-time Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producers: Gina Ippolito, Alex Berg, Patti Chambers Podcast Producer: Brian M Kim Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editor: Abby Freel Editors: Eric Gorday For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did the 2011 X-Men reboot set up the MCU with the way they’re gonna introduce mutants in Spider-Man Brand New Day? Welcome back to THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY, New Rockstars’ ultimate Marvel rewatch podcast! In this episode, our hosts revisit the 2011 X-Men First Class film. Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons dive deep into Fox’s reboot of X-Men franchise with First Class, and how the phrase “children of the atom” could end up being the roadmap for Marvel Studios in how mutants are unveiled in Spider-Man Brand New Day, Avengers Doomsday, Secret Wars, and X-Men! Get 50% off and free breakfast for a year at https://www.factormeals.com/doomsday50off and use code doomsday50off We're back at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles on April 17th, come in person or stream anywhere. Tickets: https://ucbcomedy.com/show/new-rockstars-live-its-morbin-time Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producers: Gina Ippolito, Alex Berg, Patti Chambers Podcast Producer: Brian M Kim Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editor: Abby Freel Editors: Eric Gorday For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did the 2011 Thor movie set up how Doctor Doom will steal Loki’s science/magic in Doomsday? Welcome back to THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY, New Rockstars’ ultimate Marvel rewatch podcast! In this episode, our hosts revisit the 2011 Thor film. Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons dive deep into the Thor film to point out the clues of Yggdrasil, science-magic, and… Miss Minutes?? We're back at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles on April 17th, come in person or stream anywhere. Tickets: https://ucbcomedy.com/show/new-rockstars-live-its-morbin-time Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producers: Gina Ippolito, Alex Berg, Patti Chambers Podcast Producer: Brian M Kim Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editor: Abby Freel Editors: Eric Gorday For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Does the Robert Downey Jr recasting as Doctor Doom trace its logic in Iron Man 2? Welcome back to THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY, New Rockstars’ ultimate Marvel rewatch podcast! In this episode, our hosts revisit the 2010 Iron Man 2. Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons dive deep into the Iron Man sequel that broke Jon Favreau and gave the MCU its expansive logic and backstory! Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producer: Gina Ippolito Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editors: Abby Freel, Brian M Kim Editors: Eric Gorday Studio Tech: Brian M Kim For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Look what they did to our Charles! Time to revisit X-Men Origins Wolverine (2009) and The Wolverine (2013)! Welcome back to THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY, New Rockstars’ ultimate Marvel rewatch podcast! In this episode, our hosts revisit the 2009 X-Men Origins Wolverine and it’s far better sequel (of sorts), the 2013 The Wolverine directed by James Mangold. Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons dive deep into these two movies to explain what elements could return in Avengers Doomsday or Secret Wars! Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producer: Gina Ippolito Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editors: Abby Freel, Brian M Kim Editors: Eric Gorday Studio Tech: Brian M Kim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wait, THAT’S MEPHISTO? Let’s revisit the Nicolas Cage Ghost Rider movies! Welcome back to THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY, New Rockstars’ ultimate Marvel rewatch podcast! In this episode, our hosts revisit the 2007 Ghost Rider starring Nicolas Cage, and its sequel, 2012's Ghost Rider The Spirit of Vengeance. Jessica Clemons and Zach Huddleston dive deep into these two intense movies to explain what elements could return in Avengers Doomsday or Secret Wars… or in a future Midnight Sons movie! -Shop all things home at https://www.wayfair.com -Get 50% off and free breakfast for a year at https://www.factormeals.com/doomsday50off and use code doomsday50off Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Check out our merch! http://www.NerdRiot.shop Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producer: Gina Ippolito Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editors: Abby Freel, Brian M Kim Editors: Eric Gorday Studio Tech: Brian M Kim For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did the vision of Avengers Doomsday first begin with a character in 2008's The Incredible Hulk? Welcome back to THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY, New Rockstars’ ultimate Marvel rewatch podcast! In this episode, Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons revisit the 2008 Incredible Hulk film starring Edward Norton, William Hurt, Tim Roth, and Liv Tyler. What was the real story of this movie? Why is Marvel Studios obsessed with bringing details back from this movie in the MCU, from Red Hulk, The Leader, and Abomination? Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producer: Gina Ippolito Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editors: Abby Freel, Brian M Kim Editors: Eric Gorday Studio Tech: Brian M Kim For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Punisher (2004) + Punisher War Zone (2008) are our next stop on THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY! In Deadpool & Wolverine, we learn that there are FIVE Punishers in the MCU multiverse. In this episode, we revisit two of them: Thomas Jane’s Punisher from 2004 The Punisher, and Ray Stevenson’s Punisher from 2008's Punisher War Zone. What works about these movies? What doesn’t? Why is Punisher War Zone the Marvel Knights era movie that needs to come back for Blade? In this episode, Erik and Berg dive in to what aspects of these aughts Punisher movies could come back in Avengers Doomsday or Secret Wars. Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Check out our merch! http://www.NerdRiot.shop Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producer: Gina Ippolito Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editors: Abby Freel, Brian M Kim Editors: Eric Gorday Studio Tech: Brian M Kim For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man (2008) revisited on THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY! It’s time to revisit the 2008 Iron Man, the birth of the MCU, and the first time we saw Robert Downey Jr in his iconic Marvel role as Tony Stark, before his coming return as Doctor Doom in Avengers Doomsday! In this seventh episode of The Road to Doomsday podcast, Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons revisit the most important MCU movie, and certainly the most important to revisit before Avengers Doomsday, to try to understand what “new mask same task” really means. Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Written by: Alex Berg, Zach Huddleston Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producer: Gina Ippolito Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editors: Abby Freel, Brian M Kim Editors: Eric Gorday Studio Tech: Brian M Kim For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Own your health for $365 a year. That’s a dollar a day. Learn more and join using my link. Visit www.functionhealth.com/rumor and use gift code RUMOR25 for a $25 credit toward your membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) revisited on THE ROAD TO DOOMSDAY! It’s time to revisit the 2005 and 2007 Fantastic Four movies, starring Chris Evans, Iowan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, and Michael Chiklis, directed by Tim Story! In this sixth episode of The Road to Doomsday podcast, Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons revisit Chris Evans’ Marvel origins before his returns as Steve Rogers in the Avengers films, including Avengers Doomsday, as well as his return as Johnny Storm in Deadpool and Wolverine. Will we see the Council of Reeds in Doomsday or Secret Wars? Join the NR Underground for exclusive audio shows: https://nrunderground.supercast.com Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producer: Gina Ippolito Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editors: Abby Freel, Brian M Kim Editors: Eric Gorday Studio Tech: Brian M Kim For business inquiries please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ang Lee’s HULK (2003) was… a completely insane movie. So insane… it actually holds up? The first Hulk movie, starring Eric Bana and directed by Ang Lee, remains a bizarre spectacle that we love to revisit. In this episode of Road to Doomsday, Erik Voss and Jessica Clemons are back to review and revisit HULK (2003) — what holds up, what doesn’t, and what elements could return in Avengers Doomsday (2026). How did this movie get made? What went wrong with it? What went right? Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producer: Gina Ippolito Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editors: Abby Freel, Brian M Kim Editors: Eric Gorday Studio Tech: Brian M Kim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will Ben Affleck’s Daredevil return in Avengers Doomsday? Welcome back to New Rockstars presents, The Road to Doomsday! In this episode, Gina Ippolito and Erik Voss revisit 2003's Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, and its 2005 spinoff Elektra. The first of those are where Kevin Feige met Jon Favreau, forming the relationship they would use to create Iron Man. And these movies technically are MCU canon with Elektra returning in Deadpool & Wolverine. What elements from this chapter of Marvel history could come back in Doomsday or Secret Wars? Written by: Alex Berg Head of Content & Executive Producer: Erik Voss General Manager: Zach Huddleston Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons Producer: Gina Ippolito Post Production Supervisor: Joshua Steven Hurd Staff Editors: Abby Freel, Brian M Kim Editors: Eric Gorday Studio Tech: Brian M Kim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices