Downey Jr. may be playing a brand-new function, however Marvel is truly getting the band(s) back together on this one. The movie occurs 14 months after the occasions of this year’s Thunderbolts*. We’ve got Avengers favorites Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the brand-new Captain America (Anthony Mackie), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), Falcon (Danny Ramirez), and Loki (Tom Hiddleston). There’s the Wakandan contingent: Shuri as the brand-new Black Panther (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), and Namor (Tenoch Huerta Mejia).

Naturally, the Thunderbolts * (aka New Avengers) will appear: John Walker/US Agent (Wyatt Russell), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bob/Sentry (Lewis Pullman), Red Guardian (David Harbour), and Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen). Will the Fantastic Four: Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn). We likewise have the initial X-Men: Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), Beast (Kelsey Grammer), Magneto (Ian McKellen), Mystique (Rebecca Romijn), Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming), and Cyclops (James Marsden).

For great step, Marvel included Gambit (Channing Tatum) and Xu Shang-Chi (Simu Liu). There will likewise be a lot of cameos, like the Steve Rogers look that was just recently exposed. We can anticipate to see (a minimum of briefly) Peggy Carter, Spider-Man (Tom Holland), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), and Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), to name a few.

Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters on December 18, 2026. Avengers: Secret Wars is presently slated for release on December 17, 2027, and will mark the conclusion of the MCU’s Phase Six.