Every Major Marvel Character Left Out Of The Avengers: Doomsday Cast Announcement

It was a really huge day for followers of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and likewise probably a little bit of a boring one for individuals who determined to observe all five-plus hours of a livestream that boiled all the way down to slowly revealing names of actors on chairs. Be that as it might, the livestream in query revealed the massive cast of next year’s “Avengers: Doomsday.” Directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, of “Infinity Warfare” and “Endgame” fame, this film guarantees to be a giant, multiversal affair.

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The solid consists of actors from nearly each period of Marvel on the massive display screen, even earlier than the MCU was even a factor. That includes many of the “X-Men” stars of old. With a solid this enormous, it makes it all of the extra intriguing to look at the actors who weren’t a part of the announcement. Although Marvel revealed a listing of practically 30 names, a few of the lacking names caught out like a sore thumb.

Whereas we’re not going to enter deep-cut characters right here, nor are we going to speak a lot in regards to the TV stuff for the needs of this put up, we’re going to take a look at main actors from the MCU motion pictures who apparently aren’t going to be in “Doomsday.” Or, on the very least, the actors who’re being saved a secret in the intervening time. Let’s dig in.

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The MCU has been occurring for 17 years now, relationship again to the discharge of “Iron Man” in 2008, so there are many main characters on this universe at this level. With the multiverse changing into an element lately, nearly nothing is off the desk. (Living proof, Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the MCU in “Doomsday” as Doctor Doom, versus Iron Man.) This is a listing of main gamers from years previous who weren’t included in at this time’s announcement:

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• Chris Evans – Captain America

• Benedict Cumberbatch – Physician Unusual

• Tom Holland – Spider-Man

• Tobey Maguire – Spider-Man

• Andrew Garfield – Spider-Man

• Hugh Jackman – Wolverine

• Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

• Halle Berry – Storm

• Mark Ruffalo – Hulk

• Jeremy Renner – Hawkeye

• Evangeline Lilly – Wasp

• Gwyneth Paltrow – Pepper Potts

• Iman Vellani – Ms. Marvel

• Famke Janssen – Jean Gray

• Elisabeth Olsen – Scarlet Witch

• Brie Larson – Captain Marvel

• Don Cheadle – Rhodey

• Teyonah Parris – Monica Rambeau

• Samuel L. Jackson – Nick Fury

• Paul Bettany – Imaginative and prescient

• The Guardians of the Galaxy

Some would possibly level out that Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow wasn’t named within the casting announcement both. Nevertheless, Johansson recently made it crystal clear that Black Widow is staying dead after the occasions of “Endgame.” Barring a serious shock right here, that appears to be the reality.

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Except for that, a number of these names are huge ones whom we would have anticipated to see within the subsequent “Avengers” film, however there may be in all probability a great rationalization as to why they don’t seem to be going to be a part of the proceedings. Renner’s Hawkeye was famously absent from “Infinity Warfare,” solely to have a pivotal half in “Endgame.” So some stuff like that might be occurring right here, as “Avengers: Secret Wars” is because of arrive in 2027, one yr after “Doomsday.”

The Russo Brothers are directing each “Doomsday” and “Secret Wars,” which can carry the Multiverse Saga to an in depth. The idea is that subsequent yr’s “Avengers” film will tee up one thing even greater, which in all probability means an excellent greater solid. That is the place the likes of Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury or Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk may come into play.

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There are nonetheless lingering questions, although. Benedict Cumberbatch previously indicated he wasn’t going to be in “Doomsday,” solely to then later say that he really was going to be within the film. So, is he being saved a secret? Or is Marvel holding him in reserve for “Secret Wars” in 2027? For now, now we have much more questions than solutions. There have been additionally experiences that Chris Evans was coming again for “Doomsday,” but the actor is reportedly “happily retired” from the MCU. We will see about that.

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man looks like one other huge omission, however the truth that “Spider-Man 4” is popping out between these two huge “Avengers” motion pictures would possibly clarify his absence. With out digging into each single actor individually, what’s clear is that Marvel A) does not need to make “Doomsday” too unwieldy by loading it down with too many stars, and B) needs to avoid wasting heroes for “Secret Wars.” 

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We’ll certainly study extra as filming progresses within the coming months. If Marvel Studios has taught us something, it is that surprises are going to be in retailer with these huge occasion movies. So in the event that they had been keen to disclose practically 30 solid members to the general public, simply think about what they’re not telling us. 

“Avengers: Doomsday” is about to hit theaters on Might 1, 2026.