
Avengers: Doomsday’s Second Lead Character Reportedly Revealed
Big things are in store for MCU fans with Avengers: Doomsday.
Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday is currently in production. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, also known as the Russo Brothers, the movie is scheduled to arrive in December 2026. A sequel, Avengers: Secret Wars, will then be released one year later.
What is the new Avengers: Doomsday update?
According to The Town with Matthew Belloni podcast, Chris Hemsworth’s Thor will be the “second lead” of Avengers: Doomsday. This means fans can expect the God of Thunder to factor into the story in a major way.
This is only a rumor and should be treated as such at this time, however, as official plot details for the MCU movie remain heavily under wraps.
It was previously believed that Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards was going to lead the Avengers in Doomsday following a comment The Fantastic Four: First Steps director Matt Shakman gave Variety; however, Pascal told Entertainment Weekly that Shakman’s comment was “taken out of context.”
The cast of Avengers: Doomsday also includes Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Letitia Wright as Shuri/Black Panther, Paull Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Wyatt Russell as John Walker/U.S. Agent, Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Namor, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Kelsey Grammar as Hank McCoy/Beast, Lewis Pullman as Bob Reynolds/Sentry, Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres/Falcon, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Winston Duke as M’Baku, Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr/Ghost, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier/Professor X, Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto, Alan Cumming as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler, Rebecca Romijn as Raven Darkhölme/Mystique, James Marsden as Scott Summers/Cyclops, and Channing Tatum as Remy LeBeau/Gambit.
Marvel‘s Avengers: Doomsday arrives on December 18, 2026. Avengers: Secret Wars will then follow on December 17, 2027.
Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.
Source: Comingsoon.net