After stepping down from his position as Captain America on the conclusion of Avengers: Endgame, Chris Evans seemingly left the Marvel Cinematic Universe behind. The actor ditched the spandex and starred in such films as Ghosted and Crimson One.
However after making a cameo in final summer time’s Deadpool & Wolverine, Evans will return to the franchise in Avengers: Doomsday. However who’s he going to play? The reply isn’t as apparent as you’d assume.
Chris Evans may play Cap … or one other notable superhero
Deadline is reporting that Evans has signed on for the following Avengers sequel, which may even function former Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. as Physician Doom. The extent of Evans’ position in Doomsday isn’t clear, neither is it apparent if he’ll merely reprise his position as Steve Rogers.
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Due to the Multiverse Saga at present unfolding within the MCU, Evans may seem as an alternate model of Captain America and even as a variant of Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, as he did in Deadpool & Wolverine.
Can there be two Captain Americas within the MCU?
The Captain America franchise is at present headlined by Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson, who would be the featured hero in subsequent yr’s Captain America: Courageous New World. Nevertheless, there’s a precedent within the comics for having Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson each lively as Captain America, if the occasions of Doomsday restore Rogers’ youth. That wouldn’t be the primary time that occurred in Captain America’s historical past.
Avengers: Infinity Warfare and Avengers: Endgame administrators Anthony and Joe Russo introduced their return to the MCU to helm each Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars finally summer time’s Comedian-Con. In addition to Evans and Downey, not one of the main forged members have been confirmed but. Deadline’s report states that the MCU’s new Unbelievable 4 — Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Vanessa Kirby, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach — will probably be in Doomsday, however Marvel has but to formally announce their subsequent look after The Unbelievable 4: First Steps.
Avengers: Doomsday will hit theaters on Might 1, 2026.