Yesterday, Marvel drip-fed the official cast list for the upcoming ‘Avengers: Doomsday,’ which had a few surprising names.
Among the returning cast members are Chris Hemsworth as Thor; Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, who debuted as Captain America in last month’s ‘Brave New World’; his co-star Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres, the new Falcon; Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier; Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man; Tom Hiddleston as Loki; Letitia Wright as Shuri, who took over the Black Panther mantle in ‘Wakanda Forever,’ and her co-star Winston Duke as M’Baku. As previously announced, Robert Downey Jr. will be back as the villain Doctor Doom, instead of Iron Man.
But here are the surprises returning to the franchise ‘X-Men” stars for “Avengers: Doomsday.’ The mutant cast includes Patrick Stewart, whose Professor Charles Xavier was killed off in both ‘Logan’ and ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ but appears to be back; Ian McKellen, who was last seen as Magneto in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’; Kelsey Grammer as Beast, who made a cameo in the post-credits scene of ‘The Marvels’; Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler from ‘X2’; James Marsden as Cyclops; Channing Tatum, who played Gambit in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’; and Rebecca Romijn, who originated the shape-shifting role of Mystique.
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Also coming in at the backs are the newest stars to join the MCU with Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as the Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Human Torch and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the Thing from this summer’s ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’; ‘Thunderbolts*’ stars Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Lewis Pullman as the mysterious Bob; Simu Liu as Shang-Chi; and Tenoch Huerta Mejía, who played the underwater antagonist Namor in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.’
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Don’t go thinking that’s all folks, according to Downey Jr and Marvel via X, we could be in for a few more names, including the rumoured Chris Evans and Haley Attwell. Who could very well be returning for ‘Avengers: Secret Wars.’
Joe and Anthony Russo are also making their own return to Marvel – after directing ‘Captain America: Winter Soldier,’ ‘Civil War’ and the last two ‘Avengers” – to helm ‘Doomsday.’
Coming up this year, Marvel is releasing ‘Thunderbolts*’ on May 2 and ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ on July 25. ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ is scheduled to hit cinemas on May 1, 2026.
