Fan-Favorite MCU Actor Rumored to Have Joined the Cast of AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY
Marvel’s next big event film, Avengers: Doomsday, is already overflowing with cast members that were announced in the big roll out, but we know there are still tons more to choose from and the studio has guaranteed there will still be plenty more. One actor who is rumored to have hopped aboard the project is one we were all expecting.
According to scooper Alex Perez of The Cosmic Circus, Samuel L. Jackson will reportedly return as Nick Fury in Avengers: Doomsday. This is just a rumor at this time that should be taken with a grain of salt, as Marvel has not officially confirmed Jackson’s return, but it only makes sense. Jackson is a mainstay in the MCU, ever since the first film, Iron Man (2008).
Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU, this time in the role of the villain Doctor Doom, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America, and Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, as well as Letitia Wright (Shuri/Black Panther), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Danny Ramirez (Joaquin Torres/the Falcon), Tenoch Huerta Mejía (Namor the Sub-Mariner), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Mabel Cadena (Namora), Alex Livinalli (Attuma), and Channing Tatum (Remy LaBeau/Gambit).
They are joined by Thunderbolts* stars Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova/Black Widow), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier), David Harbour (Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian), Hannah John-Kamen (Ava Starr/Ghost), Wyatt Russell (John Walker/U.S. Agent), and Lewis Pullman (Bob Reynolds/Sentry).
The Fantastic Four: First Steps‘ Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/the Thing) are confirmed to return, as are former X-Men franchise stars Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), James Marsden (Cyclops), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler) and Kelsey Grammer (Beast).
Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled to release in theaters on December 18, 2026, followed by Avengers: Secret Wars on December 17, 2027.