Marvel confirms Sam Wilson as the new face of Avengers: Doomsday

Avengers: Doomsday will be released on December 18, 2026.

It is the fifth Avengers film and the 39th Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film. Directed by the Russo brothers, the script is written by Stephen McFeely and Michael Waldron. Kevin Feige is producing it under the Marvel Studios banner along with the Russos.

Marvel has recently confirmed that Sam Wilson, who is playing Captain America in the MCU, is the new face of the film. Wilson will be reprising his role, along with names like Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, and others, in the forthcoming film. Let us find out more details about the same.

Sam Wilson is the new face of Avengers: Doomsday

The Cosmic Circus has reported that Sim Wilson has recruited his Avengers team off-screen for Avengers: Doomsday. Because Captain America has done it off-screen, we might get to see a reference to this event through character interactions. We will have to wait to see who might be a part of Wilson's team of Avengers.

Doomsday marks the return of several actors from the MCU who are reprising their roles. This includes Robert Downey Jr., who is playing the protagonist Doctor Doom. In the earlier phase, Robert was Tony Stark/Iron Man; the character dies in 2019's Endgame.

More about Avengers: Doomsday

Avengers: Doomsday takes place fourteen months after the events of Thunderbolts*. Several superhero teams, including the X-Men and Fantastic Four, come together to face off against Doctor Doom. Here is a list of its cast members:

Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, aka Captain America
Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, aka Invisible Woman
Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka Winter Soldier
Paul Rudd as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man
Letitia Wright as Shuri, aka Black Panther
Simu Liu as Xu Shang-Chi
Wyatt Russell as John Walker aka U.S. Agent
Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Namor
Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm aka The Thing
Simu Liu as Xu Shang-Chi
Kelsey Grammer as Hank McCoy, aka Beast
Lewis Pullman as Bob Reynolds aka Sentry
Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres aka Falcon
Tom Hiddleston as Loki
Robert Downey Jr. as Victor von Doom, aka Doctor Doom
Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards aka Mister Fantastic
Rebecca Romijn as Raven Darkhölme aka Mystique
Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr aka Magneto
Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier, aka Professor X

Avengers: Doomsday will be released on December 18, 2026. It will be followed by a sequel called Secret Wars, which will release on December 17, 2027. In an interview with Omelete, the Russos spoke about how the two films will be a new chapter in the MCU.

"The greatest thing that ever happened is we got to, you know, get immersed in, you know, a 20-movie arc and see an ending to that arc."

They added,

"What's compelling about these two new Avengers movies is they're a beginning. It's a new beginning. We told an ending story, now we're going to tell a beginning story. And then who knows where we'll go from there."

Are you excited about the film?