Various reports have already signalled that the initial announcement – revealing everyone from Chris Hemsworth’s Thor to Patrick Stewart’s Professor X will be in Doomsday – is just the start of the cast rollout,

Despite five hours of streamed casting announcements, there are still several characters and actors fans are surprised won’t be in Avengers: Doomsday. Some we knew about but the following omissions are notable given the cosmic cross-over nature of what’s shaping up to be an Avengers,

Here's everything you need to know about Avengers: Doomsday. In June 2023, Avengers: Doomsday was delayed by Marvel and will now hit cinemas on May 1, 2026. That's a move of one year from its initial release date of May 2, 2025 and has also led to Avengers: Secret Wars being moved from May 5, 2026 to May 7, 2027.