{"id":1158744,"date":"2026-02-09T22:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=547051"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:32:23","slug":"every-reveal-from-marvel-studios-five-hour-livestream-of-the-avengers-doomsday-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/every-reveal-from-marvel-studios-five-hour-livestream-of-the-avengers-doomsday-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Every reveal from Marvel Studios\u2019 five-hour livestream of the Avengers: Doomsday cast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So\u2026 the X-Men are joining the Avengers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, apparently, though it remains to be seen exactly how. Marvel Studios went live at 11 a.m. EDT on Wednesday with a livestream on Instagram<\/a> and YouTube<\/a> that was eventually revealed as a casting announcement for 2026\u2019s Avengers: Doomsday<\/a><\/em>, the Russo brothers\u2019 continuation of the MCU franchise. There were a lot of familiar names in the mix, but the biggest surprise was the return of Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and several other familiar names<\/a> from the 2000s\u2019 X-Men movies. <\/p>\n

The livestream opened on a canvas director\u2019s chair with Chris Hemsworth\u2019s name on it. The studio\u2019s official account on X posted the stream<\/a> with no context except the word \u201cANNOUNCEMENT\u201d and the text \u201ctake a seat.\u201d The stream ran for five and a half hours, with the camera panning to reveal further chairs bearing further familiar names at roughly 12-minute intervals, each one accompanied by a sting of theme music from a relevant Marvel movie. The stream ended at 4:30 p.m. EDT after revealing Robert Downey Jr. sitting in the final chair in a long row.<\/p>\n

This initially mysterious slow-burn reveal laid out the initial key cast for Marvel Studios\u2019 upcoming event movie Avengers: Doomsday<\/a><\/em>, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom and as many Avengers and X-Men as Marvel can contract and cram on screen. Most notably missing: Tom Holland as Peter Parker\/Spider-Man, any of the cast of Eternals<\/a><\/em> or The Marvels<\/a><\/em>, or Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange. (Though we already knew he likely won\u2019t be in it<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0unless there\u2019s a new reveal coming.) The ultra-slow pacing was reminiscent of HBO\u2019s 2017 stunt reveal of the Game of Thrones <\/em>season 7 premiere date, where more than 100,000 fans turned up to a livestream for more than an hour just to watch a large block of ice slowly melting to reveal the date<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Over the course of this extremely slow and teasing process, we saw chairs for the following actors:<\/p>\n