Avengers: Doomsday: Release Date, Cast, and Who Dies
Everything in one place, updated as news drops and again on release day.
Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters December 18, 2026. It's directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, and Robert Downey Jr. returns to the MCU as Doctor Doom. With more than 50 heroes and villains from the Avengers, the New Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Wakanda and Talokan, and the TVA, it's the biggest Marvel crossover yet.
Who dies in Avengers: Doomsday?
50 characters, and almost certainly not all of them make it out. See the live death predictions tier list, built from real fan votes, or make your own picks for a shot at $250.
Characters and cast
Confirmed and rumored characters we're tracking:
Avengers & allies
- Captain America (Sam Wilson) – Anthony Mackie
- Steve Rogers – Chris Evans
- Thor – Chris Hemsworth
- Love – India Rose Hemsworth
- Ant-Man – Paul Rudd
- Cassie Lang – Kathryn Newton
- Shang-Chi – Simu Liu
- Peggy Carter – Hayley Atwell
- Falcon (Joaquín Torres) – Danny Ramirez
- Captain Marvel – Brie Larson
- Nick Fury – Samuel L. Jackson
- Hawkeye – Jeremy Renner
- Hulk – Mark Ruffalo
- Doctor Strange – Benedict Cumberbatch
- Wong – Benedict Wong
New Avengers
- Bucky Barnes – Sebastian Stan
- Yelena Belova – Florence Pugh
- Red Guardian – David Harbour
- U.S. Agent – Wyatt Russell
- Ghost – Hannah John-Kamen
- Sentry – Lewis Pullman
Wakanda & Talokan
- Black Panther (Shuri) – Letitia Wright
- M'Baku – Winston Duke
- Namor – Tenoch Huerta Mejía
- Namora – Mabel Cadena
- Attuma – Alex Livinalli
Fantastic Four
- Mister Fantastic – Pedro Pascal
- Invisible Woman – Vanessa Kirby
- Human Torch – Joseph Quinn
- The Thing – Ebon Moss-Bachrach
- Franklin Richards – Not officially announced
- H.E.R.B.I.E. – Matthew Wood (voice)
X-Men & mutants
- Professor X – Patrick Stewart
- Magneto – Ian McKellen
- Cyclops – James Marsden
- Beast – Kelsey Grammer
- Mystique – Rebecca Romijn
- Nightcrawler – Alan Cumming
- Gambit – Channing Tatum
- Wolverine – Hugh Jackman
- Deadpool – Ryan Reynolds
TVA
- Mobius – Owen Wilson
- Loki – Tom Hiddleston
- Ouroboros (O.B.) – Ke Huy Quan
- Casey – Eugene Cordero
- Miss Minutes – Tara Strong (voice)
Doom & Latveria
- Doctor Doom – Robert Downey Jr.
- Latverian Witch (Green) – Doom's enforcer
- Latverian Witch (Purple) – Doom's enforcer
- Latverian Witch (Yellow) – Doom's enforcer
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Questions
- When does Avengers: Doomsday come out?
- Avengers: Doomsday is set to hit theaters December 18, 2026.
- Who directs Avengers: Doomsday?
- Anthony and Joe Russo, who also directed Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
- Who plays Doctor Doom?
- Robert Downey Jr., who played Tony Stark / Iron Man in the earlier Avengers films.
- Who dies in Avengers: Doomsday?
- Nobody knows yet. Our live tier list ranks every character by how many fans think they die.
- Does Avengers: Doomsday have a post-credit scene?
- We'll know on release day. Check our post-credit scenes page, which gets updated as soon as the movie is out.