After an announcement that was about as stretched-out as Mister Fantastic, Marvel has officially unveiled the full cast list for Avengers: Doomsday, and it features enough stars to warrant its own damn constellation.
The superhero studio announced the cast for the upcoming instalment — directed by the Russo Brothers and led by Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom — with an hours-long livestream on its social media channels, with the names of castmates revealed on directors chairs which appeared at 15-minute intervals.
It all leads to Doom.#AvengersDoomsday is now in production. pic.twitter.com/un1Ujm9GnO
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) March 26, 2025
That’s the comic book fan equivalent of edging, but we finally got the full, 27-strong cast list after Marvel’s extravagant (and some might say unnecessary) five-hour announcement reveal. Let’s just say, Marvel is going all in ahead of Doomsday’s 2026 release.
Who is in Avengers: Doomsday?
Perhaps the buzziest reveal is the return of actors from the OG X-Men films, with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen set to bend minds and metal as Professor X and Magneto, respectively, alongside fellow beloved mutants Kelsey Grammer, Alan Cumming, James Marsden and Rebecca Romijn.
#AvengersDoomsday. Now in production. pic.twitter.com/syykJ57W1l
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) March 26, 2025
Those actors are poised to make the jump from 20th Century Fox as the original X-Men officially join the MCU, but the studio’s staple stars, the Avengers themselves, will also appear in Doomsday.
That includes role reprisals from Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, and a (hopefully shirtless) Chris Hemsworth as Thor.
Many films within Marvel’s seemingly unending universe have lent their cast to Doomsday.
Black Panther’s Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and Tenoch Huerta Mejia will feature in the inevitable blockbuster, while Deadpool will be repped by Channing Tatum as Gambit.
Even Marvel movies that haven’t been released yet, like Thunderbolts* and Fantastic Four, are getting a shout.
Florence Pugh and David Harbour will appear in both the former film and Doomsday, alongside the newly announced Fantastic Four castmates Vanessa Kirby as Invisible Woman, Pedro Pascal as Mister Fantastic, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Thing and Joseph Quinn as Human Torch.
While the Doomsday cast is sprawling to the point of wondering just how much Marvel spent (is gazillion an actual figure?), there were some notable omissions.
Chris Evans, who was long rumoured to be reprising his role as Captain America, was absent from the list, and so too was *deep breath* Mark Ruffalo, Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.
If there’s one thing the Avengers are gonna do, it’s assemble, so here’s the full list of castmates announced for Avengers: Doomsday (so far). Before any Marvel stans come for me, it’s in no particular order:
- Chris Hemsworth
- Vanessa Kirby
- Anthony Mackie
- Sebastian Stan
- Letitia Wright
- Paul Rudd
- Wyatt Russell
- Tenoch Huerta Mejia
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach
- Simu Liu
- Florence Pugh
- Kelsey Grammer
- Lewis Pullman
- Danny Ramirez
- Joseph Quinn
- David Harbour
- Winston Duke
- Hannah John-Kamen
- Tom Hiddleston
- Patrick Stewart
- Ian McKellan
- Alan Cumming
- Rebecca Romijn
- James Marsden
- Channing Tatum
- Pedro Pascal
- Robert Downey Jr.
When will Avengers: Doomsday be released?
While it seems impossible to wrangle all those stars onto one filming schedule — we don’t even know yet how all the crossovers will coalesce in the movie — Marvel has somehow pulled off the feat with news that Avengers: Doomsday has begun production.
A release date is set for May 1, 2026, so mark your calendars!
Is there a trailer yet?
Marvel, the edgers that they are, have yet to release a trailer for Avengers: Doomsday.
Since the studio loves to make a fuss about its projects (see: a five hour-long cast reveal), news of the trailer’s release will be unavoidable, so check back in later.
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