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You might remember that, despite a five-plus hour livestream announcing a barrage of cast members for Avengers: Doomsday, there were some noticeable names seemed to be missing from the line-up. Turns out, that might have been on purpose.

In the comments of the Instagram version of the announcement, Robert Downey Jr. teased, “That’s what u call a deep bench of talent… actually it’s more like a row, but an extra long one… That must be it… right?” In response, the official Marvel Studios account responded, “There’s always room for more…”

In other words, that somehow likely isn’t the full cast list for Avengers: Doomsday. On the one hand, a cast of 27 superheroes? That’s nowhere near the 38 heroes in Avengers: Endgame! (Even the poster for that movie had more than 30.) That means there’s so many more actors that can be announced for the project across the next year or so before its release… including many of the notably missing names we suggested. Chris Evans, are you listening…?

Wait. Does this mean we have another livestream to find out who else is joining the cast at some point?

Avengers: Doomsday will be released May 1 2026.

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