Screen Test For Avengers Doomsday Is Being Compared To Avengers Infinity War!
The Kristian Harloff Show
Kristian Harloff
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 172 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to The Kristian Harloff Show—your daily destination for the biggest movie news, trailer reactions, and industry analysis! Today's episode is loaded with major updates from Marvel, The Hunger Games, CinemaCon 2026, and more.
We kick things off with new reports surrounding Avengers: Doomsday and early test screenings. Is Marvel Studios trying to recapture the magic of Avengers: Infinity War? What does this mean for the future of the MCU and upcoming Avengers films?
Next, we react to the official trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. This highly anticipated Hunger Games prequel dives deeper into Panem's past, featuring a young Haymitch Abernathy and expanding the world fans love. Does the trailer deliver, and can it live up to the legacy of the franchise?
We also break down a major industry story as Joaquin Phoenix, Don Cheadle, J.J. Abrams, and other top creators speak out against the potential Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount merger. What would this mean for the future of Hollywood, DC Studios, and blockbuster filmmaking?
Plus, we go over the full CinemaCon 2026 schedule, including when Marvel, Sony, and other major studios will showcase their biggest upcoming releases. What surprises could be in store?
And finally, an update on the Wonka sequel, which is reportedly gearing up to begin filming this August. What direction could the follow-up take after the success of the first film?
Topics include:
Avengers: Doomsday test screenings and Infinity War comparisons
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping trailer reaction
Hollywood reacts to WBD/Paramount merger news
CinemaCon 2026 schedule breakdown (Marvel, Sony, more)
Wonka sequel filming update
Join Kristian Harloff as he breaks it all down with insight, analysis, and fan-driven discussion. Make sure to like, comment, and subscribe for daily coverage of Marvel, DC, Star Wars, and everything in the world of movies!
#AvengersDoomsday #HungerGames #CinemaCon2026 #Marvel #KristianHarloff #MovieNews
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| 0:00.0 | Well, CinemaCon is on its way. |
| 0:04.0 | But before even that, Doomsday, apparently it's testing, and people are saying it's Infinity War good. |
| 0:09.7 | What can we make of that? |
| 0:11.2 | Hunger Games has a new trailer. |
| 0:14.4 | There's a big opposition against the Warner Brothers and Paramount merger, a little more on cinema con so we got tons to talk |
| 0:23.6 | about here today where's roca he's at cinema con so it's me on a Monday deal with it |
| 0:32.3 | you have roca sometimes on a Monday by himself why Why not me? It's my freaking channel. |
| 0:39.2 | So that being said, let's get into it. |
| 0:42.1 | Cool. |
| 0:55.4 | What's going on every bad day? |
| 0:57.0 | It is Monday. |
| 0:59.6 | And we got a lot to talk about, guys. |
| 1:03.0 | Tons with Cinemacon going on. |
| 1:06.6 | Give shout out to the great Chris Carr. |
| 1:13.7 | Dopey decision on my end. I didn't think about this when I had gotten accepted to CinemaCon and I was like, it was going to have me and Sam and, um, Winston potentially go. |
| 1:21.1 | And then, you know, Sam's schedule is ridiculous. My schedule is pretty ridiculous. And then |
| 1:25.7 | Winston wasn't able to go either. And I was like, oh, okay, I guess we're not going to go. Chris Carr was like, hey, we didn't, we, I could have covered this week. She said, shit. So we're going to do that next year. But, you know, what are you going to do? But we're getting a lot of coverage, a lot of stuff that's happening in the, in cinema con, I mean, like already. |
| 1:47.2 | So Roko was going to try to make the show at 9, but he's already, he's getting tried to get set up and trying to get everything going. |
| 1:52.0 | So don't worry about it. |
| 1:53.6 | I don't know when, but he'll be, he'll be back, I think, next week. |
| 1:58.3 | I hope so. |
| 1:59.3 | So I do know when. |
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