Avengers: Doomsday
Release Date: December 18, 2026
Directors: The Russo Brothers
Writers: Stephen McFeely and Michael Waldron
Cast:
• Chris Hemsworth – Thor
• Pedro Pascal – Mister Fantastic/Reed Richards
• Vanessa Kirby – Invisible Woman/Sue Storm
• Robert Downey Jr. – Doctor Doom/Victor von Doom
• Anthony Mackie – Captain America/Sam Wilson
• Sebastian Stan – Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes
• Letitia Wright – Black Panther/Shuri
• Paul Rudd – Ant-Man/Scott Lang
• Wyatt Russell – U.S. Agent/John Walker
• Tenoch Huerta – Namor
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach – Thing/Ben Grimm
• Simu Liu – Shang-Chi
• Florence Pugh – Black Widow/Yelena
• Kelsey Grammer – Beast/Hank McCoy
• Lewis Pullman – Sentry/Robert Reynolds
• Danny Ramirez – Falcon/Joaquin Torres
• Joseph Quinn – Human Torch/Johnny Storm
• David Harbour – Red Guardian/Alexei
• Winston Duke – M’Baku
• Hannah John-Kamen – Ghost/Ava Starr
• Tom Hiddleston – Loki
• Patrick Stewart – Professor-X/Charles Xavier
• Ian McKellen – Magneto/Erik Lehnsherr
• Alan Cumming – Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner
• Rebecca Romijn – Mystique/Raven Darkholme
• James Marsden – Cyclops/Scott Summers
• Channing Tatum – Gambit/Remy LeBeau
Ever since Marvel dropped Jonathan Majors, there has been a lot of uncertainty surrounding the fifth Avengers’ movie, which was previously called The Kang Dynasty. Major’s behavior in his private life has led to him losing out on the role of a lifetime and the MCU has pivoted away from Kang-centric storylines. This giant hole will now be filled by Doctor Doom.
Unlike Thanos, who was teased with several cameos, as well as an extended sequence in Guardians of the Galaxy, before devastating the Avengers in Infinity War, Doctor Doom was singularly introduced in the most recent MCU film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Victor’s face was not even shown, only his infamous metal mask. After the foursome barely escaped without casualties while preventing Galactus from devouring Earth and claiming baby Franklin for himself, Doom is continuing to terrorize Marvel’s favorite family by setting his sights on their youngest member.
Aside from the Fantastic Four returning for Avengers: Doomsday, many more heroes will team up to face Doom’s threat. Currently, there are two factions of “New Avengers” – one led by Sam Wilson’s Captain America, with the other being the Thunderbolts team. The Russo Brothers will also juggle a few Wakandans and a pair of Asgardians. Surprisingly, the mutant players form the largest collective of the named characters, and the X-Men are the ones who will have spent the least amount of time in the MCU when Doomsday hits big screens.
Man of Tomorrow
Release Date: July 9, 2027
Director: James Gunn
Writer: James Gunn
Cast:
• David Corenswet – Superman/Clark Kent
• Rachel Brosnahan – Lois Lane
• Nicholas Hoult – Lex Luthor
James Gunn finally got around to using an alternate title, rather than simply the name of the main superhero. His Superman movie was first called Superman: Legacy, before dropping the “Legacy”. Then there is Supergirl, which originally included the subtitle “Woman of Tomorrow”, and now is also just referred to as Supergirl. Both “Man of Tomorrow” and “Woman of Tomorrow” were popular comic book runs at DC.
Gunn states that his Man of Tomorrow will be the next story in his Superman saga, specifying that this is not a direct Superman sequel, hence the lack of the hero’s name in the title. Now it is expected that both Superman and Lex Luthor will somehow share a dual protagonist spotlight. Nicholas Hoult recently reprised his role for a scene in Peacemaker, where Luthor remained in prison, on the other side of the glass, opposite Frank Grillo’s Rick Flag Sr.
Flag Sr. actually first appeared in Gunn’s animated show Creature Commandos. With characters also appearing in Peacemaker and anticipating crossovers with the upcoming Lanterns series, Gunn is quickly opening this universe up to a wide scope, potentially setting up intertwining storylines that could eventually have repercussions in Man of Tomorrow.