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By Mallory Mattingly
MCU star Anthony Mackie recently revealed that the upcoming AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY movie will make Marvel fans feel “like they always did.”
“Yeah, man, we’re kicking on down the road, so everybody’s getting excited and we’re getting the band back together,” Mackie told IGN.
“We’re supposed to go out this week and we’ll be out there doing it. Everybody’s excited. I feel with the script and having the Russo brothers back, it’s going to be great.” The CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD star added, “I’m really excited for what this project is going to be. It’s going to give the audience that old Marvel feeling that they always had.”
“That old Marvel feeling” is exactly what fans are looking for, especially after a series of let-down films like ETERNALS, THE MARVELS and ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA, according to Collider.
AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY will be directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. Along with Mackie, the confirmed cast includes Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Danny Ramirez (Joaquin Torres aka the new Falcon), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier) and Paul Rudd (Ant-Man). Robert Downey Jr. will also take the stage however, instead of the beloved Tony Stark, he will play Marvel villain, Victor Von Doom.
Mackie told ScreenRant which X-Men character he wants his Captain America to team up with.
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“Look, I am a big Cyclops fan. That’s my favorite X-Men. I have a Cyclops action figure on my key chain that I’ve had since high school,” the actor said. “When I was in high school, the X-Men cartoon was really big, and this was before the movies. I’ve always been a huge Cyclops fan, and I’m really, really excited — hopefully, knock on wood — for them to be a part of it and come into it. [I’m excited] to hang out with Xavier and Beast and all those guys. But my favorite is Nightcrawler. If I can hang out with one character? Me and Nightcrawler in the French Quarter during Mardi Gras for two weeks, that’s what I do.”
According to Variety, several X-Men actors will also be joining the AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY cast. Those include Patrick Stewart (Professor Xavier), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), James Marsden (Cyclops) and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique). Channing Tatum will also portray the role of Gambit, who had a cameo in the DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE film.
So far, AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY is set to release on May 1, 2026. Although it is still over a year away, the hype for the film is building, and fans are ready for “that old Marvel feeling” again.
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