The full cast of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ includes a whole bunch of X-Men

Robert Downey Jr. headlines a cast that includes tons of Marvel heroes

By Joe Allen Published March 26, 2025

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Over the course of several hours, Marvel slowly unveiled the full cast for Avengers: Doomsday, which is set to hit theaters in May of 2026. We already knew that Robert Downey Jr. was set to return as Doctor Doom for the film, but the video, which revealed a new name every 10 minutes, gave us a full rundown of the heroes who would be returning for the film.

The cast includes Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/Invisible Woman), Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/the new Captain America), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier), Letitia Wright (Shuri/the new Black Panther), Wyatt Russell (John Walker/U.S. Agent), Tenoch Huerta Mejia (Namor the Submariner), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Thing), who were announced during the first two hours of the video.

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— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) March 26, 2025

Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), Kelsey Grammer (Beast/Hank McCoy), Lewis Pullman (“Bob” from Thunderbolts*), Danny Ramirez (Joaquin Torres/the new Falcon), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic), (David Harbour (Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Hannah John-Kamen (Ava Starr/Ghost), and Tom Hiddleston (Loki) were confirmed later on.

The biggest announcements, though, were a slew of cast members from the original X-Men film. Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier/Professor X), Ian McKellen (Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto), Alan Cumming (Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), and James Marsden (Scott Summers/Cyclops). Channing Tatum is also set to return as Gambit, a role he briefly played in Deadpool and Wolverine

The return of these original X-Men characters is fascinating, in part because it’s long been believed that Marvel would introduce its own version of many of those characters. That’s still very much possible, but it seems that many of them will get to return for one more swan song. The movie is now in production, and fans will be eagerly anticipating the first trailer, in part because much of the plot is still a mystery.

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Everything we know about Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, including trailers and cast updates

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Godzilla and Kong running together.

Now that Godzilla and King Kong have teamed up, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire promises to continue building on Legendary's MonsterVerse. Now that we've gotten our first look at the film in a new trailer, interest in the sequel is growing. Although the trailer makes it clear that Godzilla and Kong are going to be fighting on the same side this time, and it suggests that Godzilla may unleash some new powers, there's still plenty about the new movie that we don't yet know. Will this be one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever? Only time will tell. In the meantime, here's everything we know about Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, including its trailers and who is in the cast.

What is Godzilla x Kong about?
Most people do not go to Godzilla movies for the plot, but Legendary has released its official description nonetheless:
The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.
While it seems like Godzilla and Kong will team up in the new film, it also sounds like the film will be diving deeper into the lore of this universe. While most people are likely coming to these movies for sheer spectacle, there may be some who are into the notion of learning more about the origins of this particular version of the universe.

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We could be getting the third season of Shrinking a little bit ahead of schedule

Harrison Ford got the chance to be sassy to Jason Segel, too.

Jason Segel in Shrinking

Although Apple TV+ has a number of hits on its hands, Shrinking has proven to be one of the service's most successful shows over the course of its first two seasons. After the second season wrapped up in December of 2024, fans have been eagerly anticipating a third outing.

Unlike some shows that take years to return, it's now looking like Shrinking could be back before the end of the year after news broke that the third season has finished filming. In a video shared across Apple TV's various social media channels, we see Jason Segel and Harrison Ford addressing the show's cast and crew as production wraps.