Avengers: Doomsday is officially in production, and Marvel Studios has finally shared who will be leading the upcoming MCU sequel. The film, directed by the Russo Brothers, has been shrouded in mystery, partly because of the delicate and ever-changing nature of the project. However, Marvel is seemingly slowly unveiling the cast of the film, and a few familiar faces have been confirmed thus far.
On Wednesday morning, Marvel Studios began a live stream ahead of the official announcement of the start of production for Avengers: Doomsday, with the Russo Brothers at the helm. It started on a production chair with the name Chris Hemsworth, and more were added over the next few hours in 15-minute intervals. Read the confirmed cast list:

Chris Hemsworth as Thor

Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman

Anthony Mackie as Captain America

Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes

Letitia Wright as Shuri / Black Panther

Paul Rudd as Ant-Man

Wyatt Russell as John Walker / U.S. Agent

Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Namor

Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm / Thing

Simu Liu as Shang-Chi

Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova

Kelsey Grammer as Beast

Lewis Pullman as Sentry

Danny Ramirez as Falcon

Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm / Human Torch

David Harbour as Red Guardian

Winston Duke as M’Baku

Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost

Tom Hiddleston as Loki

Patrick Stewart as Professor X

Ian McKellen as Magneto

Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler

Rebecca Romijn as Mystique

James Marsden as Cyclops

Channing Tatum as Gambit

Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic

Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom

The official cast of Avengers: Doomsday does not include some previously reported actors, including Tatiana Maslany as She-Hulk, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, Tom Holland as Spider-Man, Chris Pratt, Chris Evans, and Hayley Atwell. Meanwhile, most of the original Fox-era X-Men cast are returning for Doomsday. Check out the stream below:

Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom Gets Divisive Tease by the Russo Brothers

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Avengers: Doomsday, which is expected to shoot back-to-back alongside Secret Wars, will follow Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom. Fans have long speculated that the actor will be playing a variant of Tony Stark, the role that made him the MCU’s most iconic and prominent figure. Although the Russo Brothers did not outright confirm it, they came out and revealed that there is no one other than Downey Jr. that can portray the upcoming villain role.

“We can’t explain that as it’s part of the story, But there’s nobody else in the world who could play this character the way he’s about to.”

MCU diehards have waited a long time for Doctor Doom to get a comic-accurate, committed portrayal on the big screen. If he turns out to be a variant of Tony Stark, who happens to be Latverian or something, that wants to reset the universe in his own vision, it will be a divisive creative decision that could make or break the Avengers sequels. Of course, there is no official indication that Downey Jr. is actually playing another version of Tony Stark, but it’s hard not to see how Marvel Studios could lean hard into nostalgia after an uneven Multiverse Saga.
Source: Marvel Studios