Professor X, Thor, Captain America, Black Panther, and more are on board for the 2026 film.
Professor X, Thor, Captain America, Black Panther, and more are on board for the 2026 film.
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After an hours-long tease, Marvel has confirmed much of the cast for the next Avengers movie — and it pulls together a huge list of stars from films ranging from past Avengers and X-Men flicks to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Today’s announcements include:
- Chris Hemsworth (Thor)
- Vanessa Kirby (Invisible Woman)
- Anthony Mackie (Captain America)
- Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes)
- Letitia Wright (Black Panther)
- Paul Rudd (Ant-Man)
- Wyatt Russell (John Walker)
- Tenoch Huerta Mejía (Namor)
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Thing)
- Simu Liu (Shang-Chi)
- Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova)
- Kelsey Grammer (Beast)
- Lewis Pullman (Sentry)
- Danny Ramirez (Falcon)
- Joseph Quinn (Human Torch)
- David Harbour (Red Guardian)
- Winston Duke (M’Baku)
- Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost)
- Tom Hiddleston (Loki)
- Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier)
- Ian McKellen (Magneto)
- Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler)
- Rebecca Romijn (Mystique)
- James Marsden (Cyclops)
Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars are two of the tentpoles of Marvel’s upcoming phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They’ll see the return of both the Russo brothers as directors and Robert Downey Jr., who’ll be swapping the Iron Man mask for Doctor Doom. Marvel reportedly spent big to get the band back together.
Phase 6 will actually kick off this year with Fantastic Four, which is slated to hit theaters on July 25th, just after the premiere of Thunderbolts on May 2nd. Doomsday, meanwhile, is due out on May 1st, 2026.
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