Marvel Reportedly Paid "Millions" to King Charles to Film 'Avengers: Doomsday' at Windsor
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The MCU is getting a royal cameo of sorts. Marvel Studios reportedly plans to film scenes for Avengers: Doomsday at Windsor Great Park this summer. According to The Sun, the Disney-owned studio paid an unspecified 'multi-million sum' to the royal family to be able to shoot the movie on location.
Windsor Great Park is just under eight square miles and stretches from Windsor Castle to Ascot. It is the only royal park managed by the Crown Estates, and the King gets 25% of its annual profits. King Charles is also the ranger of Windsor Great Park, largely a ceremonial role in overseeing the stewardship and protection of the park.
Windsor Great Park is a popular filming spot, serving as film set for movies such as Snow White and the Huntsman, Christopher Robin, and Bridget Jones's Baby. But it turned down a different Disney subsidiary a few years back. In 2017, the Crown Estate turned down a request from Lucasfilm to shoot scenes for Star Wars, although it was not specified which film was rejected. 'Our head isn't turned by star names or star films,' an estate spokesperson told the BBC at the time, explaining that the proposed scenes were not suitable for the park.
Avengers: Doomsday is slated to be released in 2026. It is the fifth Avengers film and the first one since Endgame in 2019. Famed for its massive ensemble casts, Doomsday made even more headlines at Comic-Con in July 2024 when it was announced that Robert Downey, Jr. was returning to the franchise, but not in the role that launched the franchise—Iron Man—but rather a new character: Doctor Doom. He'll join familiar faces such as Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Vanessa Kirby, Pedro Pascal, Simu Liu, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Mackie, and many, many more A-list actors when it hits theaters worldwide next year.
Marvel also submitted a request to the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead for filming requests in May and are still pending approval. According to the BBC, plans filed with the application indicate a house, referred to as 'Annie Reynolds' house,' would be constructed near Prince Consort's Drive by the Windsor Great Park Environmental Centre. Per IGN, Annie Reynolds is the mother of Robert Reynolds. There isn't an actor listed for Annie on the IMDB page for the film, but Lewis Pullman played Robert Reynolds in this year's Thunderbolts and is returning for Doomsday.
As to who will be on location at Windsor this summer remains unknown thus far. But we can guess who won't be there: per tradition dating back to Queen Victoria, the royal family retires to their Balmoral estate in Scotland for the summer.
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