Marvel Live Blog: Avengers: Doomsday Cast Reveal Including Chris Hemsworth, The X-Men, And A Lot Of Chairs

We spent the first 15 minutes of Marvel's live stream looking at a director's style chair with Chris Hemsworth's name on it.

Then we heard some noise, and the camera finally moved, only to reveal a second chair, with actress Vanessa Kirby's name.

Now we're getting some new music, the classic Avengers theme. It sounds like it's playing on a speaker in the room. Now the camera moves again, and we get a third chair with Anthony Mackie's name on it, and the music stops.

My first thought is that this is some sort of official cast list for Avengers: Doomsday, but if that's what this is, and if we're only going to get new names every 15 minutes, then you and I are going to be here literally all day, unless the cast is a lot smaller than we've been led to believe.

My official prediction is that this the official announcement of Avengers: Doomsday beginning filming, or at least an announcement of what day, very soon, that will start. It would make sense to release an official cast list (which may not be a complete cast list) if that's the case

Now we're getting some more music and now we have Sebastian Stan's chair. The music wasn't familiar to me. Perhaps the Thunderbolts* theme?

The speed of that last entry I think was a bit faster than the others. Hopefully that will continue and we won't be looking at chairs literally all day.

Also, 2 million people are apparently watching this on Twitter right now, so at least I'm not alone in my insanity.

So far we have one classic Avenger, one member of the Fantastic Four, one "new" Avenger, and one member of the Thunderbolts* cast. Does this mean something? Will the next name be one of the potential Young Avengers? Am I reading into this more than I should? Probably.

New music coming in. It's the Wakanda theme and the name we get is Letitia Wright.

Is anybody else bothered by the font? The lettering seems all over the place. The letter S looks especially weird. I didn't think fonts were something I cared about but apparently I've learned something new today.

I'm wondering if this is only going to give us names we already know in the MCU or if it will build to a brand new name, somebody joining the franchise for the first time. It would be cool, and might even make this whole exercise feel worthwhile.

Now we're getting...a very small chair. Ant-Man Paul Rudd has joined...whatever the hell this is.

I'll admit the camera moving over to what looked like no chair, only for it to drop to the Ant-Man-sized chair, was a nice touch. I wish every new reveal did something fun like that.

It's been over an hour. We're going to be here all day.

The next piece of music starts up, we here some noise and the camera pans back up to normal size to reveal the name of...U.S. Agent Wyatt Russell.

If this is an "official" Avengers: Doomsday cast list, then this might be the most surprising name so far. Every other name save for Vanessa Kirby has been in the previous Avengers films, and considering that Doctor Doom will be the villain, seeing the Fantastic Four is expected. U.S. Agent appearing would indicate that the Thunderbolts will have an important future beyond their upcoming Marvel movie.

New music is starting, an alarm goes off. I take back my previous comment, this is the most surprising name on the list. Tenoch Huerta Mejia's Namor is returning to the MCU.

Oh hey, we have a comment section again! Which actors are you hoping we see in this wild list of chairs? Let me know.

It's another piece of building music. Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who will play the Ever Lovin' Blue Eyed Thing in Fantastic Four: First Steps is now on our list.

With two of the Fantastic Four on our list, it seems likely that at some point here we'll get the names of Pedro Pascal and Joseph Quinn as well. Of course, considering how many names we got in between the first members of the team, it could be a while.

It's time for the newest name, and it's Shang-Chi. Simu Liu has joined the team. It will be so good to see him again.

Considering Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was the beginning of Marvel Phase 4, and save for an episode of What If...?, the actor and character have been nowhere, it's great to see him on this list.

There's this weird background sound that pops in sometimes that sounds like a drum roll, but I'm pretty sure it's just background noise. It makes me think music is about to start, but it doesn't happen.

We're at about the two-hour mark, and we get the next chair. It's the new Black Widow, Florence Pugh.

Special thanks go to whoever it was at Marvel Studios who did the math to figure out how much space each chair would need, and therefore how long a soundstage they needed to use. That's the true hero today.

Here we go, friends, it's that time again. The next piece of score reveals KELSEY GRAMMER. Ok, now we're into some surprises. While it's possible he's playing a different character, the implication is that Beast from the Fox X-Men movies, as seen in the post-credits of The Marvels, will appear.

This last name certainly opens some doors to what other potential names could be. Knowing that Grammer's Marvels cameo will have some sort of follow up opens the door to well, literally anybody else. Could we see the other Spider-Men from No Way Home, any of the cameos from Deadpool & Wolverine? Could we see Deadpool and Wolverine?

Is that you, Bob? Lewis Pullman, who will appear in Thunderbolts as, well, Bob is the latest addition to the growing list. Which at this point is assumed to be the official Avengers: Doomsday cast list, but might also just be Kevin Feige's Christmas card list.

Ok, I have to admit every time I hear music I start to get excited. Danny Ramirez will return as Flacon to Anthony Mackie's already confirmed Captain America.

We're at 14 names. If we assume that the other major cast members of Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts* are left to be named. If we add in other likely appearances from the still alive Avengers level stars...I mean we could be here all night.

Coming up on the three hour mark we welcome the new Human Torch Joseph Quinn.

While I welcome the fact that Marvel has gone all in on this absolutely wild promo, I have to say it ends up leading to some lackluster moments. At some point now we're going to see Pedro Pascal's name, but that moment is going to be less thrilling because we've already seen the other three Fantastic Four, so we know it's coming.

Another case in my earlier point. David Harbour is the next name on the list, which is not unexpected since most of the rest of the Thunderbolts* cast has already dropped.

Hey Marvel, can you send me some lunch? I have to live blog apparently all day. Also, I have just shifted my standing desk to sitting mode because I need some rest.

I would like to thank everybody who is following along, or who has stopped by to check out this live blog. You do make hanging out looking at chairs worthwhile.

Drums. We have drums. M'Baku returns. Winston Duke will return in Avengers: Doomsday. At least I think he will. This is a cast list, right? Has anybody actually confirmed that? I'm too busy staring at chairs.

This has been going on so long I think I'm running out of sarcasm.

Well I've ordered lunch. How's everybody else doing? Good.

Let's Gooo....the music is here and with it comes the reveal of Hannah John-Kamen, the MCU's Ghost who will be seen in Thunderbolts* before returning for Avengers: Doomsday.

Do you think the sound stage alarm and the sound of somebody walking in to place the chair are real or are they added effects?

So I guess nobody dies in Thunderbolts*, eh? Except Taskmaster, but we kinda figured that already.

We have Loki music...and we have Loki...Tom Hiddleston is officially on board.

Great to see Hiddleston back, considering where Loki Season 2 left him he could end up a very key player in the Multiverse story. And maybe the movie will find time to reunite him and Thor, at least for a minute.

I keep thinking I hear music starting only to realize it's in my head.

X-Men '97 music? What? The F? Patrick Stewart will return as Professor X in Avengers: Doomsday. Man, that's awesome.

The Russo Brothers have previously said the next two Avengers films are a beginning and not an ending. Is that "beginning" going to be in relation to mutants in the MCU? Just a thought.

Oh wow, Here's our first NEW addition that hasn't appeared in an MCU movie before. Ian McKellen is on board. With his name following Patrick Stewart he'll almost certainly be reprising his role as Magneto.

Deadpool & Wolverine offrered a post-credit scene that clearly felt like it was meant to close the book on the Fox/Marvel era, but clearly that's happening yet. The entire franchise cast is now on the table for Doomsday. Could we see Hugh Jckman return (again)? Halle Berry?

We've had a couple of big names in the last two, are we ready for another? It's... Alan Cumming. Nightcrawler is back and what's clear is that Mutants are going to be a big part of this movie.

Can I volunteer now to write the book on Avengers: Doomsday? I really want to know all the details about how this movie, and possibly the next one, came together. It has to be a wild tale.

What's wild is we have no idea how all this will work. Will all these X-Men appear in a 10-minute segment of the film and then disappear? Or will they be a major part of the story? Are the names being listed in order of importance? We have no clue.

More X-Men? Yes. Rebecca Romijn will appear as Mystique.

Now I'm just wondering when the X-Men names will stop.

Ok, seriously, Marvel. Now you're just listing the X-Men movie cast. James Marsden will reprise his role as Cyclops in a movie that as far as I know is still called Avengers: Doomsday.

There's an awful lot of X-Men in this Avengers movie.

It's been five hours. Five hours. But we're not done yet. The next name belongs to...Channing Tatum. Is this an X-Men name? A Deadpool & Wolverine name? How does this all fit together?

What do you figure the Marvel Studios executives were sitting around trying to figure out how they were going to keep a cast like this secret, and they eventually just concluded that it couldn't be done and decided to do this instead.

How many chairs need to drop before the one with my name on it comes up?

The next name arrives and it belongs to... Pedro Pascal. A bit of a let down after the list we just got, since we knew he'd be along.

However, now that it appears we're done with the X-Men list, it will be interesting to see where things go from here. Will we start on a new batch of surprises, perhaps other "multiverse" characters, will we go back to some more traditional Marvel names. We seems to have worked through most of the existing Avengers, Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four. What we haven't seen are any of The Marvels or a Spider-Man associated characters. Could any of the Marvel shows on Disney+ make the jump to the big screen?

Someday, your children will ask you where you were when the Marvel Chairs happened.

Ok, probably not.

We're getting a version of the Avengers theme, different from earlier. A long musical build before the chair arrives. A door of the soundstage opens in the back. It looks like we may get an actual person on screen. It's Robert Downey Jr. He sits in his chair.

And with that, we get an official statement that Avengers: Doomsday is now in production and the live stream comes to an end. After five and a half absolutely bonkers hours.

So that's the game. Did everybody have as much fun as I did? Were there any names you were expecting that you didn't see? Do we think this is literally everybody, or will there still be a few surprises?

Thanks for reading, have a good night everybody. I'll see you in May 2026 when Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters.

Here's the complete List of names announced for Avengers: Doomsday

• Chris Hemsworth
• Vanessa Kirby
• Anthony Mackie
• Sebastian Stan
• Letitia Wright
• Paul Rudd
• Wyatt Russell
• Tenoch Huerta Mejia
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach
• Simu Liu
• Florence Pugh
• Kelsey Grammer
• Lewis Pullman
• Danny Ramirez
• Joseph Quinn
• David Harbour
• Winston Duke
• Hannah John-Kamen
• Tom Hiddleston
• Patrick Stewart
• Ian McKellen
• Alan Cumming
• Rebecca Romijn
• James Marsden
• Channing Tatum
• Pedro Pascal
• Robert Downey Jr.

For more details on the announcements be sure to check out:

• Tom Holland Apparently Isn't In Avengers: Doomsday, And I'm Now All The More Fascinated About What Will Happen In Spider-Man 4
• Kelsey Grammer Is Returning As Beast In The MCU. Why I'm So Relieved As A Fan
• Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart And More X-Men Actors Are Returning To The MCU, And I'm Getting Even More Pumped For Avengers: Doomsday
• As Rebecca Romijn Prepares To Reprise Mystique In Avengers: Doomsday, Husband Jerry O'Connell Had An A+ Tribute