Avengers: Doomsday

Premiere: December 18, 2026

Announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 as being part of Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Kang Dynasty will focus on Jonathan Majors‘ Kang, who was first introduced as a Variant referred to as He Who Remains in the finale of the first season of Loki, is set to become the MCU’s next big bad. And so being, a big confrontation with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes is, like their previous antagonist Thanos, inevitable. As the Multiverse Saga develops over the course of the next couple of years, Avengers: Kang Dynasty may not only serve as the culmination of Kang’s presence in the MCU but also set things up for the following Avengers entry, due to be released six months afterward.

Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) was announced as the director just three days after the feature film was announced. In late 2023, as part of a total creative overhaul, Cretton left the project and writer Michael Waldron (Loki, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Avengers: Secret Wars) took over writing duties. Before the end of 2023, Marvel Studios fired actor Jonathan Majors after he was found guilty of assault and harassment. The studio is currently looking to recast the character.

On February 21, 2024, THR reported that in the wake of Majors’ legal troubles and the poor response to Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, the studio was dropping the subtitle The Kang Dynasty and looking to rename the film.

As part of their SDCC ’24 presentation, Marvel Studios announced that the fifth Avengers film was set to be directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and had been retitled Avengers: Doomsday. Infinity Saga star Robert Downey Jr. is set to play Doctor Doom.

In May 2025, the film’s release date was moved to December 18, 2026.

Cast

• Robert Downey Jr. as Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom
• Tom Hiddleston as Loki
• Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic
• Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman
• Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing
• Chris Evans in an unknown role
• Tom Holland as Spider-Man
• Chris Hemsworth as Thor
• Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America
• Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes
• Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man
• Florence Pugh as Yelana Belova
• Wyatt Russell as John Walker/U.S. Agent
• Lewis Pullman as Sentry
• David Harbour as Red Guardian
• Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost
• Letitia Wright as Shuri
• Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor
• Winston Duke as M’Baku
• Simu Liu as Shang-Chi
• Haley Atwell as Peggy Carter
• Kelsey Grammer as Beast
• Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier
• Ian McKellen as Magneto
• James Marsden as Cyclops
• Rebecca Romijn as Mystique
• Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler
• Channing Tatum as Gambit
• Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres