Marvel Announces Massive “Avengers: Doomsday” Cast to Tangle With Robert Downey Jr.’s Dr. Doom
Who’s going to battle Robert Downey Jr.’s Dr. Doom in Avengers: Doomsday? We now have the names of the heroes, antiheroes, and, well, Bob, who will be taking on the iconic villain.
Marvel has announced that returning Avengers include Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Letitia Wright’s Black Panther, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man, and Sebastian Stan’s Winter Soldier. The Russo Brothers are returning to the Marvel fold to helm both Doomsday and the follow-up, Avengers: Secret Wars.
How many Avengers does it take to fight Dr. Doom? Well, considering how many it took to finally end the grim rule of Thanos (Josh Brolin) in Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, you can appreciate how this large assembly makes sense. Joining the above are the new Fantastic Four—Vanessa Kirby’s Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn as the Human Torch, Ebon Moss-Bacharach as the Thing, and (we’re still waiting on word, but come on) Pedro Pascal‘s Mr. Fantastic. Joaquin Torres, as the new Falcon, is also flying in to face the mighty Doom.
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Sebastian Stan’s Winter Soldier isn’t the only member of the upcoming Thunderbolts antihero team to get the call—Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Wyatt Russell’s John Walker, David Harbour’s Red Guardian, Hannah John-Kamen’s Ghost, and Lewis Pullman’s “Bob” are also on call.
Also joining the team fighting Downey Jr.’s brilliant but demented Dr. Doom are Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, Winston Duke’s Mbaku, and Kelsey Grammer, returning in his X-Men role as Beast, and Patrick Stewart, reprising his X-Men role as Professor X. There’s also Tenoch Huerta Mejía’s Namor, the villain in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, who will be in Doomsday, but in what capacity we’re not yet sure. Ditto Tom Hiddleston’s Loki, who has broken bad in several MCU films but fairly good in Disney+’s Loki—he’s another wildcard who will be put into play in the upcoming film.
(Massive update: Ian McKellen was just announced, returning as Magneto from his X-Men days. Wow. As well as Alan Cumming, another member of the original X-Men franchise, returning as Nightcrawler.)
The last time the Avengers assembled was in 2019’s Endgame, which was also the last MCU film the Russo Brothers directed. That was the end of an era for several major characters— Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow, both of whom sacrificed themselves to take out Thanos, and Chris Evans’ Captain America, who passed on the shield to Mackie’s Sam Wilson.
Avengers: Doomsday is set to start filming in London next month, and has a release date of May 1, 2026, with Avengers: Secret Wars following a year later on May 7, 2027.
We’ll update this story as we learn more.
Featured image: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 27: Robert Downey Jr. speaks onstage during the Marvel Studios Panel in Hall H at SDCC in San Diego, California on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)
