X-Males stars Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart are reprising their roles by becoming a member of the solid of Marvel’s forthcoming Avengers: Doomsday.
The movie is about for launch in Might 2026, with Robert Downey Jr already introduced as enjoying villain Physician Doom.
Sir Ian has not appeared as Magneto since 2014’s X-Males: Days of Future Previous. Sir Patrick, in the meantime, final reprised his Professor Charles Xavier function in Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity in 2022.
Marvel Studios apparently listed the brand new film’s solid by posting a video displaying a row of chairs with names on the again.
In addition to Sir Ian and Sir Patrick, different names included Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Mackie.
They had been joined by Florence Pugh, who performs Yelena Belova, and Simu Liu, who performs Shang-Chi.
There have been additionally chairs for Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright, Paul Rudd, Wyatt Russell, Tenoch Huerta Mejia, David Harbour and Kelsey Grammer.
Members of this 12 months’s upcoming Incredible 4 reboot, together with The Final of Us actor Pedro Pascal and The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach, joined them.
Channing Tatum, who appeared as X-Males character Gambit in Deadpool & Wolverine, can also be named.
Final summer time, Downey Jr was revealed to be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after 5 years – however to not the Iron Man function that launched the blockbuster franchise.
At Comedian Con in San Diego, Downey Jr appeared on stage hid behind Physician Doom’s iconic masks and inexperienced cloak earlier than unveiling himself to followers.
Talking to reporters, he mentioned: “I like enjoying difficult characters.”
The 59-year-old was instrumental in launching the Marvel film universe, starring in its first movie Iron Man in 2008.
He final appeared in a Marvel movie in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
The US actor gained an Oscar for his function in Oppenheimer final 12 months.