Chris Evans will reportedly appear in Avengers: Doomsday and Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) fans are not happy.
The 43-year-old actor, who recently starred in Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Christmas bomb Red One, is claimed to make a surprise appearance in the studio’s upcoming crossover blockbuster in 2026, according to The wrapper.
Chris played Steve Rogers, also known as Captain America, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger to 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
While the outlet reported that the ‘Red One’ star would return to the MCU ‘in some capacity’ for Avengers: Doomsday, it was not confirmed what role Evans would play after the actor also recently appeared as Johnny Storm, aka the Torch. Human. , in Deadpool and Wolverine.
MCU fans were not happy with the news, as many flooded X (formally Twitter), including in the comments section of the popular Discussing Film account, to express their discontent.
One of the most popular responses included a .GIF of a man violently hitting the back of his head against the couch with the caption: “Wonder trusting nostalgia again.”
Chris Evans (pictured in New York last month) is reported to appear in Avengers: Doomsday and fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) are not happy.
The 43-year-old actor (pictured in 2015’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron) is claimed to make a surprise appearance in the studio’s next blockbuster in 2026, according to The Wrap.
MCU fans were not happy with the news, as many flooded X, including in the comments section of the popular Discussing Film account, to express their displeasure.
Another mocked Disney executives when they wrote: ‘PLEASE come see this damn movie look!! We’ve got all your favorites back!!’
As it was already announced that Robert Downey Jr. will return to the MCU as supervillain Dr. Doom after the death of his original character Tony Stark aka Iron Man, one user made a hilarious tease about who Chris might return as they wrote. : ‘He’s ALSO playing Dr. Doom.’
Another . the next Avengers movie right after Endgame.
The news may be alarming to some, as the 2019 blockbuster Avengers: Endgame ended after the defeat of Thanos (Josh Brolin), where Rogers returns the Infinity Stones to their original timeline and chooses to live in the past with his one true love, Peggy Carter. (Hayley Atwell).
He returns as an old man to pass his iconic Captain America shield, and therefore the title of Captain America, to Sam Wilson, aka The Falcon (Anthony Mackie).
If this recent report turns out to be true, Evans will reunite with his former Avengers co-star in the aforementioned Downey Jr., 59, who will play the antagonist Doctor Doom in Doomsday.
The Oppenheimer star, who had led the MCU from its inception with 2008’s Iron Man to Endgame 11 years later, was revealed to be returning to the franchise as its next big villain at this year’s San Diego Comic Con in July, where was also announced. Directors Joe and Anthony Russo would be behind the camera again in ‘Doomsday’.
After being introduced as the series’ next big villain, Downey Jr. explained how Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige approached him and his wife Susan Downey for the role of Doctor Doom.
Chris played Steve Rogers, also known as Captain America, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger to 2019’s Avengers: Endgame; He is seen in 2015’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron.
One X user mocked Disney executives when they wrote: ‘PLEASE come see this damn movie look!! We’ve got all your favorites back!!’
The news may be alarming to some, as the 2019 blockbuster Avengers: Endgame ended after the defeat of Thanos (Josh Brolin), where Rogers returns the Infinity Stones to their original timeline and chooses to live in the past with his one true love, Peggy Carter. (Hayley Atwell) and returns as an old man to pass on his iconic Captain America shield.
Many fans were left perplexed by the report.
During an appearance on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, he recalled: “Susan and I were sitting with Feige at one point, and he said, ‘It keeps happening that, if you came back…’ And Susan was like, ‘Wait, Wait, come back as what?”
And then we both realized, over time, that it was something else that just dispelled any doubt anyone might have had about the guy.
‘(Feige is) a very sophisticated and creative thinker about “How do we not go backwards? How do we not disappoint expectations? How can we continue to exceed expectations?”
‘And he mentioned Victor von Doom, and I looked at (the) character, and I thought, ‘Wow.’ And later he says, “Let’s get it right with Victor von Doom. Let’s get it right.”
It has already been announced that Robert Downey Jr. will return to the MCU as supervillain Dr. Doom after the death of his original character Tony Stark, aka Iron Man.
One user made a hilarious joke about who Chris might be returning, writing, “He’s ALSO playing Dr. Doom.”
Another . The next Avengers movie right after Endgame.
Another user made a similar comment.
The Oppenheimer star, who had led the MCU from its inception with 2008’s Iron Man to Endgame 11 years later, was revealed to be returning to the franchise as its next big villain at this year’s San Diego Comic Con in July, where was also announced. Directors Joe and Anthony Russo would return behind the camera in ‘Doomsday’
It was also recently reported that Anthony Mackie would appear in ‘Doomsday’ as Captain America after his first solo appearance as the new Star Spangled Man in 2025’s Captain America: Brave New World.
After the Sherlock Holmes star concluded he wanted to play the villain, Downey Jr. and Feige went to Disney CEO Bob Iger’s home to pitch the idea and discovered the executive was a big fan of the plans.
Downey Jr. continued: “So I said to Kevin, ‘Can I go talk to Bob Iger?’ He says, ‘About?’ I say, ‘About everything.'”
“We went to Iger’s house, sat down and started saying, ‘I really want to be…’ And he’s like, ‘I like it.’ I was like, ‘He likes it.’
In addition to Downey Jr. and potentially Evans, it was also recently reported that Anthony Mackie would appear in ‘Doomsday’ as Captain America after his first solo appearance as the new Star Spangled Man in 2025’s Captain America: Brave New World.