We’ve had rumors, we’ve had trade reports, we’ve had enough speculation for years that Marvel would be trying to pull off the impossible to get people amped up for its next set of Avengers films. And now, it’s doing so by assembling quite the roster of familiar names.
In a live stream today, Marvel teased a huge amount of upcoming talent to announce Avengers: Doomsday entering production, by tantalizingly laying out director’s chairs with star names on the back, in a long line. A very long line.
The stream concluded after nearly five and a half hours with a brief appearance by Robert Downey Jr., but if you don’t want to watch five and a half hours of chairs, here’s the full list of everyone announced today.
- Chris Hemsworth
- Vanessa Kirby
- Anthony Mackie
- Sebastian Stan
- Letitia Wright
- Paul Rudd
- Wyatt Russell
- Tenoch Huerta Mejia
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach
- Simu Liu
- Florence Pugh
- Kelsey Grammer
- Lewis Pullman
- Danny Ramirez
- Joseph Quinn
- David Harbour
- Winston Duke
- Hannah John-Kamen
- Tom Hiddleston
- Patrick Stewart
- Ian McKellen
- Alan Cumming
- Rebecca Romijn
- James Marsden
- Channing Tatum
- Pedro Pascal
- Robert Downey Jr.
No characters were confirmed yet, of course—there’s every chance that some familiar faces could pull a Robert Downey Jr. and be playing other famous Marvel characters from across the multiverse, rather than their established roles.
It all leads to Doom.#AvengersDoomsday is now in production. pic.twitter.com/un1Ujm9GnO
— Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) March 26, 2025
There’s also some very interesting absent names here. Of the many returning Fox X-Men stars, there’s no Famke Janssen or Halle Berry as Jean Grey or Storm, and there’s no Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds as Wolverine or Deadpool. Only Hemsworth and Downey are returning of the original Avengers cast, and presumably only one of them is an Avenger this time around. There’s also no Captain Marvel (or Ms. Marvel, or any of the Young Avengers introduced so far), no resurrected Scarlet Witch, no Spider-Man, no Guardians of the Galaxy. And no Doctor Strange, despite Benedict Cumberbatch’s recent commentary. Perhaps the brothers Russo are saving some heavy hitters for Avengers: Secret Wars.
But suffice to say, regardless of whoever’s in or not in, it seems like the House of Ideas is very keen on upping the ante the from the last time it ruled the box office in Avengers: Endgame. After a long streak of uneven output since, can they do so? This growing list of names certainly indicates that they hope so.
We’ll bring you more on Marvel’s plans for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars as and when we learn them.
Update, March 25, 7 p.m.: Marvel has hinted on its own Instagram post that this isn’t even everyone in the cast, thanks to a cheeky exchange with Downey in the comments.
Downey wrote: “That’s what u call a deep bench of talent… actually it’s more like a row, but an extra long one… That must be it… right?” Marvel replied: “there’s always room for more…”
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