Summary
TheAvengers: Doomsdaycast reportedly includes more than just the names officially announced during Marvel Studios' livestream event in March. Now, one of those additional names may have been revealed, and they are a familiar face from Fox’sX-Menmovies.
TheAvengers: Doomsdaycast was announced during a livestream event on Marvel Studios' YouTube channel. Besides some unexpected actors from Fox’sX-Menmovies, fans weren’t surprised by most of the names in theAvengers: Doomsdaycast. Perhaps the most notable aspect of the cast announcement was those who were not part of the roster, with notable absences like Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel, Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord, and many more. Marvel Studios is reportedlyholding back someAvengers: Doomsdaycast announcementsbecause not all deals with certain actors have closed—and the studio wants to save these names for a bigger reveal. A new rumor now claims one of those unnamed actors is another cast member from Fox’s original live-actionX-Menmovies.
Avengers: Doomsday Cast May Have Another X-Men Actor
Reputable scooperDaniel Richtmanreports thatX-Men actress Halle Berry is close to finalizing a deal to reprise her role as Storm inAvengers: Doomsday.If true, Berry would presumably reunite with thepreviously announcedAvengers: Doomsdaycast membersPatrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, and Kelsey Grammer, who also reprise their respective roles from Fox’sX-Menmovies (or at least variants of these characters). Berry first played Storm in Bryan Singer’s 2000X-Menmovie and reprised the role in three additional films, with her most recent appearance being 2014’sX-Men: Days of Future Past. News of Berry closing a deal to star inAvengers: Doomsdayhas not been confirmed by official sources.
While actors from Fox’sX-Menmovies have appeared in Marvel Studios movies before (ex.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,The Marvels, andDeadpool & Wolverine),Avengers: Doomsdayseemingly marks the largest assembling of the original live-action mutants in the MCU to date. Naturally, fans are curious as to why so many X-Men characters from past non-MCU movies are included inAvengers: Doomsday. Rumors claim theAvengers: Doomsdayplot will involve an incursion between the main MCU and a “divergent” X-Men Universe that leads to a showdown between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the mutant team, with Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom potentially pulling the strings. This would lend credence to earlier rumors thatAvengers 5was adapting the Avengers vs X-Menstoryline from the comics. However, this is purely speculative, as Marvel Studios has not revealed officialAvengers: Doomsdayplot details and likely won’t for some time.
AssumingAvengers: Doomsdaydoes adapt theAvengers vs X-Menstoryline, Berry’s Storm would undoubtedly be a welcomed addition to the mutant team’s roster. Berry’s Storm (alter ego of Ororo Monroe) was one of the leading members of Charles Xavier’s X-Men alongside Marsden’s Cyclops and Famke Janssen’s Jean Grey, and the character is one of the most powerful and prominent mutants in the comics. So, excluding her fromAvengers: Doomsday’s X-Men lineup would have been considered an egregious error by many fans.
Of course, some fans are concerned thatAvengers: Doomsdayrisks being overstuffedwith the cast members already announced. Adding more names to the ensemble would only exacerbate those concerns. Still, withAvengers: Doomsdayadding cast members even though production is already underway, some of these characters may be interchangeable with others depending on which actors finalize their deals. It therefore stands to reason that some of these characters may not have substantial roles beyond simply being there in case certain actors can’t be signed by the time cameras start rolling. This in itself is concerning, asAvengers: Doomsdayreportedly still hasn’t locked the script. So, all of these exciting cast announcements won’t add up to much ifAvengers: Doomsdaydoesn’t have a solid script and that is reflected in the final product once the film hits theaters next summer.
Avengers: Doomsdayis scheduled to be released in theaters on July 28, 2025.
Avengers: Doomsday
Avengers: Doomsday is the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It will bring together heroes new and old to face off against Victor von Doom, played by the returning Robert Downey Jr. Avengers 5 will also mark the beginning of phase 6 of the MCU.
