Doomsday's star-studded cast showcased numerous 2025 MCU movie actors, making it all the more surprising that the MCU timeline’s newest Black Widow is still missing. As Marvel slowly unveiled the impressive lineup for Avengers: Doomsday,

March 26, Marvel hosted a stream on its YouTube channel that spent nearly five and a half hours making a very slow, elaborate show of announcing the cast of Avengers: Doomsday. The 2026 film is the next big crossover in the Marvel Cinematic Universe which we went in knowing would bring Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr.

In the evolving landscape of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), the upcoming film Thunderbolts is poised to introduce a compelling new dynamic, particularly with character Yelena Belova potentially stepping into a vital role in the Avengers team.

The Marvels is confirmed to take place after the events of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol3 and Secret Invasion, The Marvels most likely takes place in 2026. It will see the return of Carol Danvers, someone chronological viewers will have last seen 31 films ago.

The livestream revealed 27 actors from across Marvel’s history starting with the first X-Men movie in 2000 to the most recent phase five Marvel movies and shows. Perhaps the most surprising of the names were cast of Bryan Singer’s X-Men and X2 including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan James Marsden, and Alan Cumming.

Marvel has announced a huge cast list for Avengers: Doomsday, featuring some pretty wild news including the return of Namor and X-Men stars Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. However, there were a fair few pretty big omissions, including the man of the moment, Daredevil.

Perhaps attempting to prove that reports of imminent box office demise have been greatly exaggerated, Marvel on Wednesday announced major casting news for its upcoming “Avengers” sequel that both flex the power of its history and set it up for the future.

Everything dies.” With those words, Jonathan Hickman’s New Avengers run marked the beginning of the end of the Marvel Universe. Where Hickman’s New Avengers was about death, then Hickman’s Avengers was about life.

With its huge ensemble cast, shocking character returns, and the introduction of the Fantastic Four, Avengers: Doomsday is looking to be one of the most ambitious Marvel movies ever. The addition of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom brings a new twist that no one anticipated.