Avengers: Doomsday

[Ben]

I didn't see this while it was happening, but today Marvel posted an ultimately 5 hour long video where they released the names of a cast members every few minutes.

In the order they're announced (Actor - What they played before - Group, this does not mean they'd be playing these characters again);
Chris Hemsworth - Thor - Thor
Vanessa Kirby - Sue Storm - Fantastic Four
Anthony Mackie - Sam Wilson - Captain America
Sebastian Stan - Bucky Barnes - Thunderbolts
Letitia Wright - Shuri - Black Panther
Paul Rudd - Ant Man - Ant Man
Wyatt Russel - John Walker - Thunderbolts
Tenoch Huerta Mejia - Namor - Black Panther
Ebon Moss-Bachrach - Micro - The Punisher
Simu Liu - Shang-Chi - Shang-Chi
Florence Pugh - Yelena Belova - Thunderbolts
Kelsey Grammer - Beast - X-Men
Lewis Pullman - Sentry - Thunderbolts
Danny Ramirez - Danny Ramirez - Captain America
Joseph Quinn - Johnny Storm - Fantastic Four
David Harbour - Alexei Shostakov - Thunderbolts
Winston Duke - M'Baku - Black Panther
Hannah John-Kamen - Ghost - Ant Man
Tom Hiddleston - Loki - Loki
Patrick Stewart - Professor X - X-Men
Ian McKellen - Magneto - X-Men
Alan Cumming - Nightcrawler - X-Men
Rebecca Romijn - Mystique - X-Men
James Marsden - Cyclops - X-Men
Channing Tatum - Gambit - X-Men
Pedro Pascal - Reed Richards - Fantastic Four
Robert Downey Jr. - Dr. Doom - Motherfucking Doom.

I listed the characters they'd already played and what group they were with, but there's nothing to say they're not variants like RDJ himself. Although I doubt they'd bring back the X-Men cast just to... Not have them be X-Men...



Also looooool Paul Rudd's chair.


So... Seems like a lot of the original X-Men are coming back. That's actually pretty lit. I kind of assumed if they gave us mutants, they'd be recasting them all, but I guess it's in line with them using Hugh Jackman as Wolverine still.

There could also of course be more confirmed later that weren't in this video, like the aforementioned Jackman. Seems kinda weird if they just brought him back and didn't leverage that in with the original X-Men's return. Ryan Reynolds wasn't on the list either though, so who knows?

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I thought Tom Hiddleson was done playing Loki. Didn't the show end his whole story?

 

[Ben]

I thought Tom Hiddleson was done playing Loki. Didn't the show end his whole story?

I forgot I never watched Season 2 of Loki, so

But as I said, there's a big chance a lot of those actors aren't playing their original characters. I just don't see it being very likely that they'd bring back all the X-Men specifically and have them be... Not X-Men.

I could see the actors like Tom Hiddleston who've been in the recent arcs coming back as different characters, though.

 

[Ben]

Yeah, pretty obvious this isn't all of them.

 

[Nae'blis]

Looks like a great cast!

I think Ebon Moss-Bachrach is likely to appear as Ben Grimm/Thing, since the others from FF: First Steps are in it as well.

 

[Benzine]

i'm in it

 

[VashTheStampede]

Let's kill off all the old x-men to put Doom over and bring in a new generation

 

[Ben]

Looks like a great cast!

I think Ebon Moss-Bachrach is likely to appear as Ben Grimm/Thing, since the others from FF: First Steps are in it as well.

Oh, that'd make more sense..! I tried to imdb all the names I didn't recognize and saw Punisher first. Seemed weird though so I should have questioned it.

 

[Cole]

I've wanted Xmen vs Avengers since thr first avengers movie.

everyone is so old now...

also, Marvel has more announcements planned so theres more cast coming.

as for predictions:

RDJ will play Tony at some point in the movie.
the original xmen will all die (or the majority of them), Doom is going to go on a killing spree. Avengers, Xmen, a lot of them are going to die.
I think Evans will appear at least a little.
Sentry solos Doom.

 

[Jon]

I think Evans will appear at least a little.

This is the only one I am skeptical of. Chris Evans has been adamant about not ever returning as Steve Rogers because it would ruin his perfect ending. His words, iirc. There's always money, but who knows.

I'm actually surprised Chris Hemsworth is back. With his health issues, I've heard he wasn't planning on being back either and limiting his movie roles. I'd venture he'll have a small role.

I love seeing the Fantastic Four here (super excited for that movie). LOVE seeing Alan Cumming coming back as Nightcrawler. Interesting they are giving Channing Tatum another movie. Weird the Thunderbolts are in this and noticeable that Taskmaster isn't (have we NOT deduced she's dead in the Thunderbolts already?).

Outside that, I agree Kelsey Grammar, Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart (probably Cumming too), are likely to die off.

I know Downey has been confirmed as a Tony variant, but I cannot help but think a lot of these people, like Loki (since his story is wrapped and he's not supposed to leave the loom room or.. you know... world ending collapses and such), the original X-Men, maybe even Thor and Ant-Man are all just Skrulls setting up Secret Wars. It just seems too perfect.

Not to mention the significant no names like Spiderman, Dr. Strange, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Monica Rambeau (who is almost CERTAINLY in this as she appeared with Kelsey Grammar at the end of The Marvels), Wong, Hulk, She-Hulk, Daredevil, Kate Bishop... I'm sure I'm forgetting a ton.

We'll see. The hype train has started.

 

[Cole]

there are more announcements coming and rokm for more cast.

 

[Ben]

Don't forget Sonic on the X-Men's side.

Edit: dumb Cyclops joke, but Sonic does also have a rivalry with Heimdal.

 

[Jon]

Don't forget Sonic on the X-Men's side.

Edit: dumb Cyclops joke, but Sonic does also have a rivalry with Heimdal.

Too bad Heimdall is "dead" in the MCU

 

[Ben]

Too bad Heimdall is "dead" in the MCU

No one is truly dead in the MCU. There's always a variant.

Idris Elba as the new Rogue.

 

[Nae'blis]

Idris Elba as the new Rogue.

 

[Jon]

No one is truly dead in the MCU. There's always a variant.

Idris Elba as the new Rogue.

That’s why I said “dead”

 

[Ben]

Tight-Lipped Paul Rudd Jokes About His Tiny Director’s Chair in the Avengers: Doomsday Reveal: 'There's Still the Part of Me That's Like, It's a Little Emasculating' - IGN

Paul Rudd was, as you’d expect, asked about Avengers: Doomsday in a recent interview following confirmation of the Marvel movie’s cast, but he remained tight-lipped. He did joke about his tiny chair though.

www.ign.com

Fallon then asked directly if Rudd could tell him anything about Avengers: Doomsday at all. Rudd’s answer was... well, it was nothing.

“There is nothing that I can tell you,” he said, before joking about the secrecy surrounding the movie and Marvel projects generally. Rudd said that keeping secrets where they should be for “a major movie” like Avengers: Doomsday is a serious business, unlike “military secrets” or “some sort of coordinated attack.”

 

[Ben]

I also really like all the theories about them announcing original X-men and having them play other characters. Even if I do hope they bring the original cast back for real.

Loki variant Alan Cumming.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Tight-Lipped Paul Rudd Jokes About His Tiny Director’s Chair in the Avengers: Doomsday Reveal: 'There's Still the Part of Me That's Like, It's a Little Emasculating' - IGN

Paul Rudd was, as you’d expect, asked about Avengers: Doomsday in a recent interview following confirmation of the Marvel movie’s cast, but he remained tight-lipped. He did joke about his tiny chair though.

www.ign.com

You could say we're "clear on OPSEC." It wouldn't be true, bur you could say it.