Marvel's 'Avengers: Doomsday' pushed back to holiday 2026 release
The Avengers need more time to reassemble.
Two upcoming Marvel films, including the highly anticipated films "Avengers: Doomsday" and "Avengers: Secret Wars," have been delayed. Disney announced on May 22 that "Doomsday" would be postponed from May 1, 2026, to Dec. 18, 2026, while "Secret Wars" would be pushed back from May 2, 2027, to Dec. 17, 2027.
"Doomsday" is set to bring Robert Downey Jr. back to the franchise as villain Doctor Doom, Marvel revealed at Comic-Con in July. Downey now joins a star-studded list of returning names, as seen in a more than five-hourlong livestream in March.
The cast list indicated "Doomsday," now in production, will be an ambitious crossover between Marvel's "Avengers" franchise and the "X-Men" series, with numerous original "X-Men" stars returning to reprise their roles for the first time in years. But the stacked cast includes actors from virtually every corner of the Marvel world, from the Fantastic Four to the Thunderbolts and everyone in between.
The cast, so far, includes Channing Tatum, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Kelsey Grammer, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Pedro Pascal, Simu Liu, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Winston Duke, Paul Rudd, Danny Ramirez, Wyatt Russell, Florence Pugh David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen and Lewis Pullman.
Reports previously indicated Captain America actor Chris Evans would be returning for "Doomsday," but he was absent from the announcement stream. Other Marvel stars notably missing from the list included Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.