Key Takeaways
- Chris Evans will return to the MCU in Avengers: Doomsday, sparking both excitement and some frustration among fans.
- Evans’ role in the film remains unknown; speculation suggests he may play an altered version of Steve Rogers or a different character.
- Avengers: Doomsday promises to be a massive project, potentially rivaling or surpassing Avengers: Endgame in scale with a release date set for May 1st, 2026.
The MCU has been seeing the return of a lot of familiar faces this year, and they just added yet another one to the cast of Avengers: Doomsday. The shocking announcement came on Monday afternoon, and was all over the internet within minutes.
By the end of Avengers: Endgame, half of the original members of the team had their stories come to a close. Some were more shocking than others (see: Natasha Romanoff’s sacrifice). The mantle of Captain America was ceremoniously passed to Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson (AKA The Falcon), a storyline that picked up in Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series and will continue in next year’s Captain America: Brave New World. Mackie is also confirmed to star in the next Avengers film. Steve Rogers’s post-Endgame fate has never explicitly been stated, although it’s somewhat implied he could be dead (though Mackie disagrees). The last we saw of him, he was an old man laying the future of Captain America in Sam Wilson’s hands. Not much is known about his time travel adventures other than the fact that he lived a full life with Peggy Carter. However, we may soon get some more answers.
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Chris Evans has been pretty nonchalant about a potential return to the MCU in the future. It seemed like if it ever happened, it would be closer to the end of the line (pun intended). Or at least, it did until TheWrap dropped an exclusive promising his return in the 5th installment of The Avengers franchise. Fans immediately reacted, some with excitement and others with frustration. The lack of his presence has definitely been felt in the movies since Endgame, and many have been eagerly waiting for him to make his grand return. However, there have also been criticisms made about Marvel’s seeming reliance on nostalgia and fan service in upcoming projects being to the detriment of their quality. This could indeed end up being the case, but it’s also true that Deadpool and Wolverine has already proven that Marvel is actually capable of handling that quite well.
The main question now is who Evans is playing. It’s currently unknown whether he will be playing the version of Steve Rogers we’ve come to know and love, a variant of the character, or someone completely different. The situation could end up being similar to Robert Downey Jr.’s return; instead of the character he originated at the beginning of Marvel’s cinematic universe, he’ll return as an iconic villain. RDJ is playing The Fantastic Four’s most well-known adversary, Dr. Doom, in Avengers: Doomsday (and could potentially make a cameo in The Fantastic Four: First Steps). Some fans have already begun theorizing that the controversial ‘Hydra Cap’ storyline from the comics could be brought to the big screen.
Regardless of who Evans ends up returning as, the news is exciting. Major details about Avengers: Doomsday are being kept heavily under wraps, but it promises to be a huge project. With the sheer amount of characters either confirmed or rumored to be in the film, it could end up being as big as– if not bigger than– Endgame. The film will bring back several beloved characters and be the second jaunt for MCU’s Fantastic Four take. More about what’s to come next for Marvel will likely be able to be gleaned from The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Avengers: Doomsday is currently slated to release on May 1st, 2026.
Source: TheWrap
