The Avengers are assembling once again. Marvel is announcing the cast of “Avengers: Doomsday” in a livestream on a five & a half hour long YouTube and its social media channels.
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, along with Tenoch Huerta Mejia who portrayed Namor the Sub-Mariner. Noticeably absent were any of the Guardians of the Galaxy. No Hawkeye? No Doctor Strange? No She-Hulk? And where was Chris Evans? We may have inadvertedly misreported last year he would be returning, but maybe that was a spoiler? Also… where is Brie Larson aka Captain Marvel?
Some recent newcomers are also being introduced to the “Avengers” ensemble. They include Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic aka Reed Richards, his movie wife 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; and Simu Liu as Shang-Chi.
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The biggest surprises were several returning “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 before Jennifer Lawrence took it over in the “X-Men” prequels.
Marvel is releasing “Thunderbolts*” on May 2 and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” on July 25. “Avengers: Doomsday” hits theaters on May 1, 2026.
via Variety
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