Avengers: Doomsday Director Reveals Exactly How Big Chris Evans' Role Is in the MCU Movie
How much Chris Evans will you get in Avengers: Doomsday? Director Anthony Russo sets expectations as the Russo Brothers’ MCU epic powers through post-production toward its theatrical run.
Marvel has its next Avengers movie deep into post, the Russos are back in the big chair, and the studio has been drip-feeding teasers like it is 2018 all over again. The headline today: Chris Evans is not just popping in. He is a pillar of this thing.
The Steve Rogers of it all
The first teaser made a point of revealing Evans back as Steve Rogers — a reveal that mattered because his name was conspicuously absent from the initial cast splash. Now, Anthony Russo is saying the quiet part out loud: Steve is central to Avengers: Doomsday.
'We have a special affinity with the character, we can’t see this narrative without his central role in it, basically. The special place he holds among the ensemble, he sort of retains that moving forward.'
Translation: the star-spangled anchor is back in the middle of the board. If you were wondering how that works alongside Anthony Mackie’s Cap, that is the point — the movie wants both.
What the teasers actually showed
There have been four so far. After Evans' return got the ball rolling, teaser two zeroed in on Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, teaser three paraded a clutch of X-Men, and teaser four swung the spotlight to Letitia Wright’s Black Panther/Shuri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s Ben Grimm/The Thing, and a few other heavy hitters. Subtle? Not even a little. Effective? Absolutely.
The cast is stacked to the ceiling
- Chris Evans as Steve Rogers
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor
- Letitia Wright as Black Panther/Shuri
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing
- Vanessa Kirby as Invisible Woman
- Anthony Mackie as Captain America
- Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier
- Paul Rudd as Ant-Man
- Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent
- Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor
- Simu Liu as Shang-Chi
- Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova
- Kelsey Grammer as Beast
- Lewis Pullman as Sentry
- Danny Ramirez as Falcon
- Joseph Quinn as Human Torch
- David Harbour as Red Guardian
- Winston Duke as M'Baku
- Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki
- Patrick Stewart as Professor X
- Ian McKellen as Magneto
- Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler
- Rebecca Romijn as Mystique
- James Marsden as Cyclops
- Channing Tatum as Gambit
- Pedro Pascal as Mister Fantastic
- Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom
If you are counting, that is two Caps, multiple X-Men legends, a full-on Fantastic Four, and RDJ switching sides. Wild lineup. Big swing.
Who is steering and when you can see it
Joe and Anthony Russo are directing Avengers: Doomsday, and the film is in post-production now. The U.S. release is set for December 18, 2026. The follow-up, Avengers: Secret Wars, lands December 17, 2027.