Hayley Atwell is ready to reprise her function as Peggy Carter in Avengers: Doomsday, in line with a report from Deadline. This marks Atwell’s first return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe since showing as Captain Carter in Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity and the animated collection What If…? on Disney Plus.
The information comes as Chris Evans is also expected to return in Avengers: Doomsday, although his function stays unclear. Evans shocked followers earlier this 12 months by briefly returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Deadpool and Wolverine. Nonetheless, as a substitute of reprising his function as Steve Rogers, Evans appeared because the Human Torch from Fox’s Incredible 4 movies.
In response to the commerce, Marvel had beforehand mentioned bringing Chris Evans and Hayley Atwell again to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a standalone movie. Whereas plans for that undertaking by no means materialized, current developments led each side to view Avengers: Doomsday as the best alternative to reintroduce their iconic characters.
What we find out about Avengers: Doomsday
Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Doomsday is one in every of two back-to-back Avengers movies set to shut out the present saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Avengers: Secret Wars following shortly after. Doomsday and Secret Wars are each being written by Stephen McFeely, who additionally labored on Avengers: Infinity Struggle and its follow-up, Endgame.
Throughout San Diego Comedian-Con, Marvel introduced that Robert Downey Jr. would step into the function of Physician Doom following the firing of Jonathan Majors, who was initially set to play Kang the Conqueror in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. After Majors’ departure, the movie was reworked into Avengers: Doomsday, now that includes Doom because the central villain.
Keep tuned for the newest information relating to the way forward for the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
