Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Doomsday” has started production.
And to honor the super-heroic moment, Marvel Studios hosted a livestream of … chairs. Now, mind you, they are director-type chairs with the name of the actors on the back, and in an over-six-hour livestream the main “Doomsday” cast was revealed. The whole thing wrapped up with Robert Downey, Jr., appearing in person and sitting down in the final seat. He will be the big bad, Doctor Doom, in the new movie.
The cast includes:
- Chris Hemsworth, returning as Thor
- Vanessa Kirby, who plays Sue Storm in the upcoming “Fantastic Four: First Steps” (in theaters this summer)
- Anthony Mackie, the current Captain America (his “Captain America: Brave New World” opened earlier this year)
- Letitia Wright (the new Black Panther)
- Recent Oscar nominee Sebastian Stan, who plays Bucky Barnes aka the Winter Soldier (he’ll star in bad guy team-up movie “Thunderbolts” in May)
- Paul Rudd, who plays Ant-Man in multiple films
- Wyatt Russell, who will reprise his “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” role of John Walker in “Thunderbolts”
- Tenoch Huerta Mejía, who played antagonist Namor in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who will play Ben Grimm, aka The Thing, in the upcoming “Fantastic Four” movie
- Simu Liu, who played “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
- Florence Pugh who has played Yelena, beginning with “Black Widow”
- Kelsey Grammer, who played Hank McCoy, aka Beast, in the Fox “X-Men” movies
- Lewis Pullman, who will play Robert Reynolds, aka Sentry, in “Thunderbolts”
- Danny Ramirez, who plays Joaquin Torres, aka Falcon
- Joseph Quinn, who plays Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch, in the new “Fantastic Four”
- David Harbour, who played Red Guardian in “Black Widow”
- Winston Duke, who has played M’Baku in the “Black Panther” movies
- Hannah John-Kamen, who plays Ava Starr, aka Ghost, in “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and “Thunderbolts”
- Tom Hiddleston, known for playing Loki in the “Thor” movies, “The Avengers” and his own Disney+ series
- Patrick Stewart, who played Professor Charles Xavier in the “X-Men” movies
- Ian McKellen, who played Magneto
- Alan Cumming, who previously played Kurt Wagner, aka Nightcrawler, in “X2: X-Men United”
- James Marsden, who played Scott Summers, aka Cyclops
- Rebecca Romijn, who played Mystique in the original “X-Men” movies
- Channing Tatum, who played Gambit in “the original X-Men movies “Deadpool & Wolverine”
- Pedro Pascal, who is playing Mr. Fantastic in this summer’s “Fantastic Four: First Steps.”
Watch the chair reveal, below.
How long will this livestream go on? And what will be left of us by the time it’s over? Only one way to find out – hang in there and watch the chairs!
“Avengers: Doomsday” sees the return of some Marvel Studios titans – it will be directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, who helmed “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” two of the most popular movies of all time. It will also reunite them with Robert Downey Jr., who instead of playing Tony Stark/Iron Man, will be filling the role of Victor von Doom aka Doctor Doom. (“Doomsday,” get it?) Stephen McFeely, another Russo Brothers regular and co-screenwriter of their “Avengers” movies, will also return to the project.
Plus, Marvel has already announced the sequel to “Avengers: Doomsday,” which will again be helmed by the Russos and feature Downey, entitled “Avengers: Secret Wars.” That movie will be out a year after “Doomsday.”
“Avengers: Doomsday” hits theaters on May 1, 2026, while “Avengers: Secret Wars” will arrive on May 7, 2027.
