Marvel has made it very clear who will be the villain of Avengers: Doomsday, Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom. But who are the Avengers of this Avengers sequel? The Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and shows of late have given us almost no clue who will be the next iteration of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

Today the company decided to make things a little clearer, revealing on social media and YouTube the cast members who will appear in Doomsday one by one. So far the confirmed stars of the film are Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Vanessa Kirby as the new Invisible Woman from the upcoming The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Anthony Mackie as Captain America, Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier, Letitia Wright as the Black Panther, Shuri, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent, Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the Thing, Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Florence Pugh as Black Widow, Kelsey Grammer (presumably) as the Beast, Lewis Pullman as the Sentry, Danny Ramirez as the Falcon, Joseph Quinn as the Human Torch, David Harbour as Red Guardian, and Winston Duke as M’Baku.

(Note: This list will be updated as more names are announced.)

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Most of these names are not especially surprising. Captain America: Brave New World involved Mackie’s Sam Wilson debating whether to restart the Avengers; given this movie is called Avengers: Doomsday, you had to assume he would be involved. Hemsworth is one of the most senior members of the MCU who’s character hasn’t been been killed or retired (yet). Wright became the new Black Panther in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Stan appeared in the last two Avengers films and will soon appear in Thunderbolts.

Rudd’s Ant-Man managed to survive his battle with Kang in Quantumania. (Also: Very nice touch giving him a smaller director’s chair.) Russell is another member of the Thunderbolts, and a former Captain America himself. Kirby, Moss-Bachrach, and Quinn are part of the new Fantastic Four, and this is a movie about Doctor Doom, the FF’s top villain. One assumes all four members of that team will be announced for Doomsday before all is said and done.

One name that is a bit of a surprise so far is Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor, just because he was depicted as more of a villain than a potential Avenger in his one previous MCU appearance, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. But if you know Marvel Comics history, you know that Namor does have a history with the team (as both an adversary and a member) and with Doctor Doom as well. Plus, if the film will involve a massive threat to the entire planet, the king of the oceans is the sort of guy who’d get involved in that sort of thing.

As for Simu Liu, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings did very well in theaters despite opening during the middle of the pandemic. He still hasn’t gotten a sequel, though, and his movie ended on a cliffhanger involving some sort of interplanetary beacon that could be continued in Avengers: Doomsday. (It also felt like one of the reasons they gave the MCU’s Shang-Chi super powers when the Marvel Comics version of the character is just an elite martial artist was so that the character could become a member of a heavy-hitter group like the Avengers.)

Pugh’s Black Widow has been one of the busiest Marvel heroes in recent years, appearing in Black Widow, Hawkeye, and the upcoming Thunderbolts.

The biggest shock (so far) was the announcement that Kelsey Grammer was joining the film, presumably as Beast, the X-Man hero that he previously played in 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand, and then in a cameo role in 2023’s The Marvels. Grammer’s involvement is the first confirmation that the X-Men (or at least some mutant characters) will be a part of the film.

Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled to open in theaters on May 1, 2026. The film is now officially in production. You can follow along with the continuing cast announcements below.