A new Avengers: Secret Wars rumor has popped up, providing a potential update on the status of Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom and his future in the MCU.
What is the latest Avengers: Secret Wars rumor?
According to noted insider Daniel Richtman (also known as DanielRPK on social media), the latest Secret Wars rumor suggests that Marvel Studios has been “discussing the idea” of having Robert Downey Jr. continuing to play the role of Doctor Doom even beyond Secret Wars.
As of now, little is known about Avengers: Secret Wars. However, fans have theorized for some time now that Downey could step away from the role of Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom and be replaced after his turn in Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars. What happens in Secret Wars will likely largely dictate much of what happens in the future of the MCU, however.
As of now, Downey is set to star in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, the cast of which includes Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby’s Invisible Woman/Sue Storm, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Letitia Wright’s Shuri/Black Panther, and Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man.
More names for the upcoming movie include Wyatt Russell’s U.S. Agent/John Walker, Tenoch Huerta’s Namor, Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s The Thing/Ben Grimm, Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Kelsey Grammer’s Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast, Lewis Pullman’s Bob/Sentry, Danny Ramirez’s Joaquin Torres/Falcon, Joseph Quinn’s Johnny Storm/Human Torch, David Harbour’s Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Winston Duke‘s M’Baku, Hannah John-Kamen‘s Ava Starr/Ghost, and Tom Hiddleston‘s Loki.
Several X-Men characters are also coming back for the upcoming movie, including Patrick Stewart‘s Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen‘s Magneto, Alan Cumming‘s Nightcrawler, Rebecca Romijn‘s Mystique, James Marsden‘s Cyclops, and Channing Tatum‘s Gambit.
Avengers: Doomsday is slated to release in theaters on December 18, 2026.
