We’ve had teases and cameos ever since Disney completed the acquisition of 20th Century Fox, but now the original X-Men are set to make their return – presumably for one final ‘last stand’ – as part of the superhero epic Avengers: Doomsday, with the latest trailer for the Marvel blockbuster offering a glimpse at the returning Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen as Professor X and Magneto, along with James Marsden’s Cyclops as he unleashes a ferocious optic blast; check out the trailer below…
Featuring in the cast of Avengers: Doomsday are Robert Downey Jr. (Doctor Doom), Chris Evans (Steve Rogers), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/Invisible Woman), Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/Captain America), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barners/Winter Soldier), Letitia Wright (Shuri/Black Panther), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang/Ant-Man), Wyatt Russell (John Walker/US Agent), Tenoch Huerta Mejía (Namor), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Thing), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), Kelsey Grammer (Hank McCoy/Beast), Lewis Pullman (Bob/Sentry), Danny Ramirez (Joaquin Torres/Falcon), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), David Harbour (Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Hannah John-Kamen (Ava Starr/Ghost), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier/Professor X), Ian McKellen (Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto), Alan Cumming (Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler), Rebecca Romijn (Raven Darkholme/Mystique), James Marsden (Scott Summers/Cyclops), Channing Tatum (Remy LeBeau/Gambit), Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter) and Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic).
Avengers: Doomsday is set for release on December 18th 2026.
Originally published January 6, 2026. Updated January 9, 2026.
