Feige explains original X-Men return in Avengers: Doomsday
Marvel president Kevin Feige told Empire the crossover with the original X-Men cast felt right for Avengers: Doomsday.
Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, has explained why the original X-Men actors are returning for Avengers: Doomsday, telling Empire that the crossover felt right, according to comingsoon.net. The film is scheduled for release on December 18, 2026.
Actors from Fox's original X-Men trilogy reprise their roles in the film, including Ian McKellen, James Marsden, Alan Cumming and Rebecca Romijn. The film will be the first in which the Avengers share the screen with both the Fantastic Four and the X-Men.
Channing Tatum's Gambit also appears in the film and interacts with the main X-Men on screen for the first time.
Writing credits
Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds were recently added to the screenwriting credits of Avengers: Doomsday. Feige was an associate producer on the original X-Men film, released in 2000, before Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and roughly a decade before the MCU began.
In 2024, Deadpool & Wolverine first brought the titular characters into the MCU.
Quick answers
When is Avengers: Doomsday released?
Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled for release on December 18, 2026.
Which X-Men actors return in Avengers: Doomsday?
Ian McKellen, James Marsden, Alan Cumming and Rebecca Romijn reprise their roles from Fox's original X-Men trilogy, and Channing Tatum's Gambit appears in the film.