It literally took Marvel 5+ hours to reveal the main cast for Avengers: Doomsday… with the reveal of each name printed on the back of a ‘Directors Chairs. Yes Sir, you heard right. And if you wanna watch the five hour reveal, I have posted it below. But, spoiler alert… The only actor you see is Robert Downey Jr. at the very end of the long video, for less than 30 seconds.
So check out the video below, if you have five hours to kill.Or just keep reading because I’ll just tell you who’s gonna be in this thing,,, Directed by The Russo Brothers.
The cast announced included Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Wyatt Russell (U.S. Agent), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), Danny Ramirez (The Falcon) and Winston Duke (M’Baku).
It also included X-Men actors Patrick Stewart (Prof. X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), James Marsden (Cyclops) and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), who kicked off the modern era of superhero movies with 2000’s X-Men…(but no mention of Halle Berry‘s Storm. Or Hugh Jackman‘s Wolverine.)
They will be joined by X2: X-Men United‘s Alan Cuming (Nightcrawler) and Kelsey Grammer (Beast), who starred in X-Men: The Last Stand for 20th Century Fox and had a cameo in The Marvels. Channing Tatum, who once was attached to a Gambit movie that never happened, will also appear in Doomsday after making his debut in Deadpool & Wolverine.
Members of the Fantastic Four are also in the cast, including Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (The Invisible Woman), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Thing) and Joseph Quinn (The Human Torch).
Thunderbolts* newcomer Lewis Pullman (Bob) is on the callsheet, along with stars David Harbour (Red Guardian) and Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost).
Also, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, who played the Submariner in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
…and Last, but not least, Robert Downey Jr. as Dr. Doom!
But wait a dog-gone minute!
Notable names missing from the roll call included Tom Holland (Spider-Man) and Chris Evans (Captain America)… Though both are expected to be in the movie in some capacity. And how strange is it that they don’t mention Doctor Strange? And what about Bree Larson‘s Captain Marvel? Did she get the boot because The Marvels bombed? And no snarky jokes from Deadpool? His last film made well over $1 billion. So his absence is hard to believe…
I’m guessing that this five hour cast announcement is incomplete. And that there will be surprises in store for us all.
Here’s that five hour video…