A major component to their plan: The return of characters and actors from the original �X-Men� franchise, a Marvel property that was under the 20th Century Fox banner before Disney purchased that studio in 2019. The �Avengers: Doomsday� cast now includes Sir Patrick Stewart, who has portrayed Professor X in multiple �X-Men� movies, Sir Ian McKellen as adversary Magneto, James Marsden as Cyclops, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique and Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler.
All of these actors last appeared together in 2003�s beloved sequel �X2: X-Men United.�
Kelsey Grammer, who famously played Beast in 2006�s �X-Men: The Last Stand� and showed up in a post-credits scene in 2023�s �The Marvels,� will also appear, Marvel revealed.
The jam-packed cast for �Doomsday� � set to premiere in theaters in 2026 � was announced via�livestream over the course of roughly five hours and included 27 names in all, including the previously announced return of Robert Downey Jr. in the�role of Doctor Doom.
Joining the �X� alums are Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) mainstays Chris Hemsworth, who has played Thor since 2011, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Sebastian Stan as The Winter Soldier, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, and Simu Liu, who played Shang-Chi in his�2021 standalone film.
Later in the livestream, it was announced that Tom Hiddleston � who has played Loki in both the MCU and in�his namesake Disney+ series�� will also be featured in �Doomsday,� as will Channing Tatum, who portrayed X-Man Gambit in an�extended (and thought to be jokey one-off) cameo�in last summer�s �Deadpool & Wolverine.�
Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Tenoch Huerta Mej�a as Namor and Letitia Wright as Shuri � from the �Black Panther� and previous �Avengers� films � will also make appearances, Marvel announced. Florence Pugh is also set to return as Yelena Belova, after her debut in 2021�s �Black Widow� and following�this spring�s �Thunderbolts*.�
Alums won�t have all the fun. All four actors set to be introduced in this summer�s �Fantastic Four: First Steps� � Pedro Pascal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Vanessa Kirby and Joseph Quinn � were also announced as part of the �Doomsday� mega-cast.
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