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Even with nearly 30 cast members revealed, yesterday's Avengers: Doomsday announcement feels incomplete. Leaked concept art might fill in the
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Marvel announced the cast of "Avengers: Doomsday" during a livestream and on its social media channels on Wednesday.
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As fans mull over the implications of this announcement, one pressing question looms: Where are all the Avengers in this supposedly 'Avengers' movie? Confounding Roster: The Missing Avengers In total,
Other characters with significant roles in the MCU who were surprisingly missing from the list include Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange, Brie Larson's Captain Marvel, Iman Vellani's Ms. Marvel, Mark Ruffalo's Hulk, Chris Pratt's Star-Lord, Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye and Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch.
Marvel Studios ' first wave of cast reveals for Avengers: Doomsday included several of the OG Fox X-Men, including Kelsey Grammar as Beast, James Marsden as Cyclops, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler, Patrick Stewart as Professor X, and even Ian McKellen as Magneto, along with the addition of Channing Tatum's Gambit.
The upcoming Avengers films have created quite the buzz as Robert Downey Jr. is set to return as Doctor Doom for Avengers: Doomsday and plot details surrounding Avengers: Secret Wars are still brewing.
Amidst the speculations surrounding Doomsday and Secret Wars, Marvel's reported plans have heightened the return of one What If…? character.
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By the time Marvel's five-hour announcement about the "Avengers: Doomsday" cast was done, there was a surprisingly long line of empty chairs. But as long as the cast list is, we can't help but notice some huge absences from the roster, including some names we thought were practically mandatory.
The X-Men are going to play a big role in Avengers: Doomsday. We know that because a bunch of them, including Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen, are confirmed for the gigantic MCU crossover. Their presence is fueling a lot of theorizing, and some fans think they may have spotted the Avengers vs. X-Men logo.
Yesterday (March 26), Marvel revealed the 27-strong cast for Avengers: Doomsday by way of an extremely drawn-out livestream. That event, which has been humorously dubbed 'Aven-Chairs Assemble' by some sections of the Marvel fanbase, appeared to confirm the movie's full roster.
Potential storylines from the comics hint at Coulson's return, possibly tied to the Secret Wars event.