Avengers "Doomsday" Cast Was Announced, And It Seems Like Some Avengers Were Benched

Here's the announced cast for "Avengers: Doomsday" that Marvel Studios revealed (though surely there are some surprises in store):

Chris Hemsworth (Thor)

Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman)

Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/Captain America)

Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier)

Paul Rudd (Scott Lang/Ant-Man)

Letitia Wright (Shuri/Black Panther)

Wyatt Russell (John Walker/U.S. Agent)

Tenoch Huerta Mejía (Namor the Submariner)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Thing)

Simu Liu (Shang-Chi)

Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova)

Kelsey Grammer (Hank McCoy/Beast)

Lewis Pullman (Robert "Bob" Reynolds/Sentry)

Danny Ramirez (Joaquin Torres/Falcon)

Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch)

David Harbour (Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian)

Winston Duke (M'Baku)

Hannah John-Kamen (Ava Starr/Ghost)

Tom Hiddleston (Loki)

Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier/Professor X)

Ian McKellen (Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto)

Alan Cumming (Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler)

Rebecca Romijn (Mystique)

James Marsden (Scott Summers/Cyclops)

Channing Tatum (Remy LeBeau/Gambit)

Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic)

Robert Downey Jr. (Doctor Doom)

Tom Holland must be too busy nailed life and Zandaya to be listed in the movie, or this is what Marvel does when they try and keep secrets of who makes a guest appearance.

It’s been six years since the Avengers team got together on screen, when they defeated Thanos (Josh Brolin) in 2019’s “Endgame.” That film said goodbye to Downey Jr.’s Iron Man, Chris Evans’ Captain America and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow. In the years since, the MCU has introduced characters like Liu’s Shang-Chi, Wright’s Black Panther and the Eternals.

However, Iron Man’s death turned out not to be the last fans will see of Downey in the MCU. In July of last year, the actor revealed at San Diego Comic-Con that he will portray the villainous Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom in the upcoming “Avengers” film. “New mask, same task,” he told the crowd.

Joe and Anthony Russo are also making their own return to Marvel — after directing “Captain America: Winter Soldier,” “Civil War” and the last two “Avengers” — to helm “Doomsday.”

On the horizon, Marvel is releasing “Thunderbolts*” on May 2 and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” on July 25. “Avengers: Doomsday” hits theaters on May 1, 2026.