Marvel dropped a astonishment announcement contiguous successful the signifier of a astir five-and-a-half-hour livestream that revealed the formed of Avengers: Doomsday. A caller seat was added each 10-15 minutes with the sanction of an histrion who volition beryllium portion of this highly-anticipated film, and determination were immoderate large surprises alongside the instrumentality of acquainted faces.
As expected, the net astatine ample had immoderate precise entertaining and insightful reactions to the news, including the instrumentality of Channing Tatum's Gambit and different X-Men to this large movie that volition spot the MCU's Avengers instrumentality connected Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom. We've gathered immoderate of our favorites beneath and would emotion to perceive your thoughts successful the remark conception arsenic well
Avengers: Doomsday Cast Reveal Reactions
All successful all, determination were 27 chairs for 27 actors who volition beryllium portion of Avengers: Doomsday, and it each started with Chris Hemsworth (Thor). There weren't excessively galore astonishing reveals astatine the commencement arsenic we learned Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm), Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Sebastian Stan (Bucky), and Letitia Wright (Black Panther), would beryllium portion of the film. The archetypal large moment, however, came erstwhile the seat of Paul Rudd (Ant-Man) was shown. Unlike the others, Rudd's seat was a spot smaller arsenic a motion to his quality to shrink successful size. As @JuanEdits noted, "the small seat announcing Paul Rudd is backmost arsenic Ant-Man is genius ngl."
the small seat announcing paul rudd is backmost arsenic ant antheral is genius ngl pic.twitter.com/JYuc5h5sAu
— juan (@JuanEdits) March 26, 2025The chairs continued to uncover that different actors similar Wyatt Russell (U.S. Agent), Tenoch Huerta MejÍa (Namor), Ebon Moss-Bacharach (The Thing), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), and Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova) volition beryllium portion of Avengers: Doomsday, but this was besides the constituent were immoderate radical started poking amusive astatine however agelong this full process was taking.
This was summed up rather nicely by Heavy Spoilers, who shared a clip from Saving Private Ryan of Matt Damon increasing aged precise quickly.
Me by the clip the afloat Avengers Doomsday line-up gets announced pic.twitter.com/AThBwqPPbk
— Heavy Spoilers (@heavyspoilers) March 26, 2025Simu Liu besides took the clip to observe this infinitesimal of Shang-Chi's instrumentality with a comic joke; "*pokes caput retired of karaoke booth*"
The adjacent seat was different 1 the biggest astonishment of the watercourse arsenic it opened truthful galore possibilities. Yes, it was confirmed that Kelsey Grammer would beryllium returning arsenic Beast aft his post-credits quality successful The Marvels. This was the long-awaited authoritative confirmation that the X-Men volition beryllium portion of Avengers: Doomsday. The amusive didn't halt determination either arsenic it was besides unveiled that Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), James Marsden (Cyclops), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), and Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler) would beryllium joining the roster arsenic well.
While determination was a batch of excitement astir these additions, it started to person MCU fans similar @ResonantJustice question if this was the aboriginal signs of Avengers: Doomsday secretly being an Avengers vs. X-Men movie with Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom pulling the strings.
Is Avengers: Doomsday secretly an Avengers vs X-Men movie, conscionable with RDJ arsenic Doom pulling the strings successful the background? 🤔 Looking much and much similar it…. pic.twitter.com/RqGb7LNjNg
— RJ (@ResonantJustice) March 26, 2025IGN writer Carlos Alonzo Morales besides enactment distant a mentation that Doctor Doom volition termination "most of the OG X-Men successful this movie arsenic his large 'what a bastard!' moment, freeing up fund for the much accepted MCU formed to beryllium successful the adjacent one. He apt causes an Incursion of the Fox beingness truthful we cognize what the stakes are for Secret Wars."
While we whitethorn person to hold until May 1, 2026, to find retired what secrets Avengers: Doomsday holds, determination was 1 large astonishment near for today's large uncover - Channing Tatum's Gambit volition really beryllium returning aft his quality successful Deadpool & Wolverine.
I could stock however peculiar this infinitesimal was, but I thought I'd fto this clip of @BrandonDavisBD, @FitDadCEO, and @KhleoThomas bash the dense lifting.
Gambit got hands down the biggest popular of the full 5.5 hr unrecorded stream. HE'S BACK@KhleoThomas @fitdadceo pic.twitter.com/v0wNwGgjNR
— Brandon Davis (@BrandonDavisBD) March 26, 2025We wrote astir however 2024 became the twelvemonth of Gambit, but present it's looking similar 2026 whitethorn beryllium his biggest infinitesimal yet.
The watercourse ended with Robert Downey Jr. appearing connected camera with his chair, and that was it! Well, RDJ did remark connected Marvel Studios' Instagram station astir this large reveal, saying, "That's what u telephone a heavy seat of talent... really it's much similar a row, but an other agelong one... that indispensable beryllium it... right?" To which Marvel Studios responded, "there's ever country for more..."
The Most Surprising Avengers and Marvel Characters Not Announced for Doomsday
There were a batch of breathtaking reveals today, but the characters not announced for Avengers: Doomsday were conscionable arsenic large a talking point. We whitethorn person already known that Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch and Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange would not beryllium portion of this archetypal film, but immoderate of the much shocking omissions were Spider-Man, Hulk, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, Rhodey, Wolverine, Storm, Jean Grey, Rogue, Deadpool, Valkyrie, Korg, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Young Avengers, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Spectrum, Binary, Wong, Agatha Harkness, Daredevil, Kate Bishop, Blade, and truthful galore more.
Yes, we cognize Marvel has a ton of characters and besides wants to support immoderate quality reveals a large secret, but this didn't halt the Internet from sharing their sadness astir their favourite characters not getting a chair.
— Officer Martinez ➐ (@CBMovieFan) March 26, 2025announcing an avengers movie without their strongest astir almighty avengers is brainsick pic.twitter.com/C3Wuc0t55r
— rhaenyra targaryen's lawyer (@Targ_Nation) March 26, 2025@bereliciiouz summed up the feelings of a batch of Marvel fans with a NSFW clip from The Bear we conscionable had to share.
.@MarvelStudios WHERE IS SPIDERMAN??? DAREDEVIL??? WOLVERINE??? MOON KNIGHT??? GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY??? WANDA AND STRANGE??? pic.twitter.com/RwZ9LjgfIg
— 𝓫𝓮𝓻𝓮 (@bereliciiouz) March 26, 2025There were immoderate fans, similar @blurayangel, who had a cooler caput and reminded everyone that Avengers: Doomsday is conscionable the opening and Avengers: Secret Wars is conscionable down the country connected May 7, 2027.
"If you thought the seat announcement of Avengers: Doomsday was insane... conscionable hold for the formed of Avengers: Secret Wars," @blurayangel wrote. "WESLEY SNIPES. HUGH JACKMAN. TOBEY MAGUIRE."
We emotion your wishful thinking! And you ne'er know, dreams tin travel true!
It's besides important to enactment that, arsenic @demetherself points out, lone 5 of the 27 chairs revealed for today's Avengers: Doomsday formed uncover belonged to women. Here's hoping that disagreement shrinks successful the last film.
"Out of 27 announced formed members for Avengers: Doomsday, lone 5 are women," @demetherself wrote. "That’s not conscionable a tiny number, it’s a glaring reminder of however skewed things inactive are. How does this ratio adjacent happen?"
The Internet Had a Lot Of Fun With the Avengers: Doomsday Cast Reveal
To extremity this absorption roundup, we had to stock immoderate of the funniest posts from radical and brands who casted immoderate of their favourite quality from wholly unrelated shows and films and overmuch more.
wait, what? pic.twitter.com/LClAB4S381
— IGN (@IGN) March 26, 2025Somehow Palpatine volition instrumentality successful AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY pic.twitter.com/BuSerc7948
— Ema Sasic (@ema_sasic) March 26, 2025Jennifer Coolidge volition instrumentality arsenic Tanya successful ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’ pic.twitter.com/s3Se7ASQCt
— retired of discourse the achromatic lotus (@oocwhitelotus) March 26, 2025Andy Serkis volition instrumentality arsenic Gollum successful Avengers: Doomsday pic.twitter.com/WskZoGR149
— Josh RR Jokien (@joshcarlosjosh) March 26, 2025i person a seat excessively pic.twitter.com/nyPk6jE1VA
— SAW (@Saw) March 26, 2025Knack volition instrumentality arsenic Knack successful ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’ pic.twitter.com/aVfGz639jO
— PlayStation UK (@PlayStationUK) March 26, 2025Hugh Laurie volition instrumentality arsenic House successful ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’ pic.twitter.com/wVnChYC6TD
— retired of discourse location m.d. (@nocontexthousem) March 26, 2025The feline from ‘FLOW’ volition instrumentality successful ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’ pic.twitter.com/f2mFcbDeMN
— zoë roseate bryant (@zoerosebryant) March 26, 2025And for our past post, we are arrogant to contiguous that 1 clip we were conscionable ever truthful adjacent to getting James Marsden to uncover his relation successful Avengers: Doomsday. Maybe adjacent time!
James Marsden volition instrumentality successful Avengers: Doomsday. #AvengersDoomsday pic.twitter.com/rJT9WOmtCZ
— IGN (@IGN) March 26, 2025Adam Bankhurst is simply a writer for IGN. You tin travel him connected X/Twitter @AdamBankhurst and connected TikTok.