Another friendly face from the MCU will make their return, as Deadline reports Hayley Atwell has signed on for Avengers: Doomsday, where she’ll reprise her role as Agent Carter.
Deadline’s report notes that Atwell will return to the film, but didn’t note any exact role she’ll play in the story. Atwell first played the role of Peggy Carter in 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, and later starred in her own miniseries, Agent Carter, in 2013.
Atwell would go on to appear in various MCU projects as Carter throughout the years, including in Captain America; The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Avengers: Endgame, and as an alternate Earth version of herself in 2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Who else is in the Avengers: Doomsday cast?
Atwell will be joining fellow former MCU members Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. in the project, with the latter set to play the role of Victor Von Doom, aka Doctor Doom, in the film. Currently, it’s unclear exactly what Evans’ role in the film will be.
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Doomsday will also see the return of MCU mainstays The Russo Brothers, with Joe and Anthony set to direct the next ensemble film. Avengers: Doomsday does not have an official release date as of yet, although Marvel Studios has said the film is coming in May 2026. It was previously dated a year prior for May 2, 2025, but joined a lengthy list of Marvel delays as many movies saw rewrites and were impacted by the entertainment industry strikes throughout 2023.
The film was previously named Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, but has since been renamed following the firing of Jonathan Majors last year. While the plot of the film is unclear, the film will all but certainly focus on Doom, one of the most iconic and well-known villains in comic book history.
(Source: Deadline)
