A series of empty chairs whipped comic book social media into a frenzy earlier today as Marvel Studios’ employed a slow-drip live-stream approach to reveal many – but all – cast members set to appear in the Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, now officially in production. Marvel’s cross-platform stream unveiled a new cast member’s chair every few minutes for more than five hours, concluding with Doctor Doom himself, Robert Downey Jr., appearing at its conclusion.
In addition to MCU mainstays like Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man, Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Tom Hiddleston’s Loki, Sam Wilson’s Captain America, Letitia Wright’s Suri/Black Panther and Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, we also saw chairs for each member of the Fantastic Four – whose debut film drops this summer – as well as X-Men series actors Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Alan Cumming and Kelsey Grammer. Plus, it looks like Deadpool & Wolverine scene stealer Channing Tatum is back as Gambit!
This cast is absolutely stacked, but I also feel like the aforementioned Deadpool & Wolverine said pretty much everything that needed to be said about the Marvel Multiverse. This could just be a bunch of action figures being dumped onto the carpet and smashed into each other for three hours. Having said that, I not only love action figures but feel strongly that the Russos’ efforts are among the strongest stories in the MCU. This could be something really special.
Notably, no Spider-Mans (Spider-Men?), members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and neither Deadpool nor Wolverine were confirmed for Avengers: Doomsday but, then again, May 1, 2026 is a long time from now ... multiversally speaking.
Check out the full list below!
- Chris
Hemsworth as Thor
- Vanessa
Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman
- Anthony
Mackie as Captain America
- Sebastian
Stan as Bucky Barnes
- Letitia
Wright as Shuri/Black Panther
- Paul
Rudd as Ant-Man
- Wyatt
Russell as John Walker/U.S. Agent
- Tenoch
Huerta Mejía 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 Sentry
- Danny
Ramirez as Falcon
- Joseph
Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch
- David
Harbour as Red Guardian
- Winston
Duke as M'Baku
- Hannah
John-Kamen as Ghost
- Tom
Hiddleston as Loki
- Patrick
Stewart as Professor X
- 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/Mister Fantastic
- Robert
Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom