Marvel fans rejoice! Marvel Studios has just announced the cast of its next ensemble movie, Avengers: Doomsday, confirming the return (and arrival) of beloved heroes, including Thor!
Avengers: Doomsday is now filming, folks! Six years after the release of Endgame — the culmination of over a decade of movies — directors Joe and Anthony Russo are back at the helm for Doomsday. The upcoming movie will be the first ensure picture headlined by an all-new team of Avengers. Whether it’s newly introduced heroes, like the Fantastic Four, or members of the original team like Thor — the new generation of Avengers is a very exciting prospect indeed.
Of course, following Endgame, both Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man and Chris Evans’ Captain America departed the franchise. However, that won’t stop Downey Jr. from coming back. In one of the most exciting Marvel announcements of recent years, he will return to the franchise as iconic villain Doctor Doom.
While Marvel Studios can’t show any scenes (which checks out, since production has just started), it does show the chairs of cast members, officially confirming key heroes in the movie. This includes the return of Thor and the arrival of the Fantastic Four. As well as Avengers debuts for Letitia Wright as Black Panther and Anthony Mackie as Captain America. Watch the live teaser:
Here’s the confirmed primary cast:
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor
- Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman
- Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Captain America
- Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
- Letitia Wright as Shuri / Black Panther
- Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
- Wyatt Russell as John Walker / US Agent
- Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm / The Thing
- Simu Liu as Shang-Chi
- Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova
- Kelsey Grammer as Beast
- Lewis Pullman as Bob / Sentry
- Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres / The Falcon
- Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm / The Human Torch
- David Harbour as Red Guardian
- Winston Duke as M’Baku
- Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr / Ghost
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki
- Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier
- Ian McKellen as Magneto
- Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler
- Rebecca Romijn as Mystique
- James Marsden as Cyclops
- Channing Tatum as Gambit
- Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic
- Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom
Thanks to an X post from DiscussingFilm, here’s the list of major MCU stars who weren’t confirmed to appear:
- Mark Ruffalo as Hulk
- Chris Evans
- Danai Gurira as Okoye
- Chris Pratt as Star-Lord
- Charlie Cox as Daredevil
- Benedict Wong as Wong
- Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel
- Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye
- Tom Holland as Spider-Man
- Oscar Isaac as Moon Knight
- Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie
- Evangeline Lilly as The Wasp
- Paul Bettany as White Vision
- Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk
- Don Cheadle as War Machine
- Brie Larson as Captain Marvel
- Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster
- Dominique Thorne as Ironheart
- Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
- Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop
- Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch
- Dakota Johnson as Madame Web
- Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez
- Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange
It’s entirely possible that any number of these could show up. I doubt Marvel Studios would show all their cards this early. There’s bound to be plenty of surprises along the way.
