Marvel is assembling once again — and this time, they’re doing it one director’s chair at a time.
In a surprise livestream currently unfolding across Marvel Studios’ social channels, the cast of Avengers: Doomsday is being revealed piece by piece. The camera? Locked on a quiet set, where chairs with names on the back slowly appear — and the internet is eating it up.
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Among the names confirmed so far:
- Pedro Pascal – Reed Richards
- Anthony Mackie – Sam Wilson/Captain America
- Winston Duke – M’Baku
- Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier
- Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man
- Letitia Wright as Shuri
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor
- Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman
- Wyatt Russell as John Walker/U.S. Agent
- Tenoch Huerta Mejía – Namor in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Simu Liu – Shang-Chi
- Florence Pugh – Yelena Belova
- Danny Ramirez – Falcon
- Kelsey Grammer – X-Men’s Beast
- Lewis Pullman – Sentry
- David Harbour – Red Guardian
- Hannah John-Kamen – Ghost
- Tom Hiddleston – Loki
- Ian McKellen – Magento
- Patrick Stewart – Professor X
- James Marsden – Cyclops
- Rebecca Romijn – Mystique
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach – the Thing
- Alan Cummings – Nightcrawler
- Joseph Quinn – Human Torch
- Chaning Tatum – Gambit
And the chairs just keep coming…
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This slow-burn rollout is building hype for what Marvel is positioning as its next mega-event following Endgame. With production on Avengers: Doomsday ramping up in London in just a few weeks, it looks like Marvel is officially entering its next era.
Oh, and in case you forgot — Robert Downey Jr. is also set to return, this time stepping into the role of iconic villain Doctor Doom. “New mask, same task,” he told fans at Comic-Con last year. And if that wasn’t enough, Joe and Anthony Russo are back in the director’s chairs, bringing their magic from Winter Soldier, Civil War, and the last two Avengers films.
Up next in the MCU:
- Thunderbolts arrives in theaters May 2, 2025, closing out Phase Five.
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps launches Phase Six on July 25, 2025.
- And Avengers: Doomsday? That drops May 1, 2026.
With nearly 2 million people tuned in live, Marvel’s quiet rollout is already making loud waves.