The Internet Has Opinions On a Potential Nightcrawler/Mister Fantastic Showdown In Avengers: Doomsday

It wouldn’t beryllium the lead-up to a highly anticipated Marvel movie without a spoiler oregon two, right?

Warning! Potential spoilers for Avengers: Doomsday follow.

Actor Alan Cumming, who volition reprise his relation arsenic Nightcrawler from 2003’s X2: X-Men United successful the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, precocious suggested he'll combat Pedro Pascal’s Mister Fantastic, who volition debut successful The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

“I was learning stunts yesterday for immoderate combat country and I conscionable think, I’m 60 years old. 23 years ago, I played that superhero,” Cumming explained successful an interrogation with Buzzfeed UK. “I was benignant of aged for a superhero adjacent then. And present I’m backmost doing it. And that, to me, is hilarious. I’m benignant of learning these fights and I’m like, ‘What? Who americium I warring with?’ And they said, ‘You’re hitting Pedro Pascal against the head,’ oregon something.”

Naturally, the admittance has got fans speculating each implicit the net astir what that means for the 2 characters successful Doomsday. “Avengers vs X-Men vs Fantastic Four,” 1 Redditor wrote connected a r/MarvelStudiosSpoilers post, hypothesizing an all-out showdown. “I tin spot this happening for sure,” different idiosyncratic replied, mounting the scene. “The heroes are incapable to travel to a statement astir however to halt the incursions which leads to an each retired brawl. The Fantastic Four conscionable had their beingness destroyed by an incursion (I’m assuming). So, they’re gonna beryllium pressed to bash immoderate it takes to halt the adjacent incursion. The Leader already enactment it successful Sam’s caput that heroes from different universes volition bash immoderate it takes to prevention theirs. Then you person the X-Men... Magneto won’t beryllium taking crap from cosmopolitan interlopers.”

Yet, not everyone loved that idea. A 3rd Redditor quipped: “D-List Avengers vs the A-List X-Men from the OG 2000s movies vs The Fantastic Four.” Ouch.

That said, the nostalgia origin is decidedly inactive high. “I inactive can’t wrapper my caput astir the thought I’m going to spot the X-Men I grew up with and this cinematic beingness I’ve spent my adulthood loving, travel together,” a instrumentality gushed connected the Reddit post.

MCU diehards are besides funny astir what the combat mightiness really look like, considering the 2 characters’ strengths and accomplishment sets. “They could bash immoderate truly absorbing ocular worldly with the stretchy v. teleporting powerfulness sets,” 1 idiosyncratic mused, portion different added: “​​I’m genuinely rather excited by the originative possibilities of a teleporter vs stretching quality fight.”

Plot details for Doomsday are being kept firmly nether fastener and key, truthful the why, where, when, and however of this combat inactive remains to beryllium seen — but 1 idiosyncratic opted to constituent retired that there’s a anticipation this face-off mightiness beryllium a insignificant item successful the strategy of things. “Don't get excessively excited yet. Could conscionable beryllium a precise speedy happening that happens successful the inheritance of a acceptable portion for a divided 2nd successful the last mentation of the movie,” the Redditor noted. “That being said I'm going to beryllium implicit the satellite if each quality successful this movie really gets chill crap to do. I anticipation they've learned not to conscionable person nameless henchmen cannon fodder radical for everyone to combat each the time.”

Once again, though, the speech turned to the infamous quality of MCU leaks from salient actors. “Controlled leaks, controlled leaks. Nothing gets the assemblage much hyped than proceeding X quality is going to clobber Y character, y'know?” 1 instrumentality reminded their peers. Others were speedy to poke amusive astatine the humanities spoilers. “Fox indispensable not person been utilizing the aforesaid snipers backmost successful the time that Marvel uses now. Dude is astir to learn,” different idiosyncratic wrote alongside a crying laughing emoji, portion a 3rd idiosyncratic joked: “‘Umm Hello Alan, truthful I americium hired by idiosyncratic named Kevin to pass you.’”

Cumming's comments travel April's evident Avengers: Doomsday acceptable photograph leak that acceptable the Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom into overdrive. It begs the question: is Avengers: Doomsday secretly an Avengers vs. X-Men movie?

Ultimately, it’s anyone’s conjecture arsenic to what the Nightcrawler and Mister Fantastic combat volition look like, assuming it really makes the chopped but thankfully, Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters connected May 1, 2026 — truthful we’ll find retired soon enough.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.