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Marvel bosses have kept fans on their toes with their latest announcement, unveiling the cast of Avengers: Doomsday in a rolling livestream.
Everyone has been on tenterhooks trying to figure out who will be appearing in the upcoming movie and we finally have some answers thanks to the longest livestream in history.
In a bizarre stunt, the MCU gang was revealed in an live video spanning five-and-a-half hours, showing director’s chairs emblazoned with the cast names on the back – and a new reveal taking place every few minutes.
So far, Chris Hemsworth, Vanessa Kirby, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright and Paul Rudd have been confirmed.
Wyatt Russell, Tenoch Huerta Mejia, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Simu Liu and Florence Pugh were also revealed, alongside Kelsey Grammer, Lewis Pullman and Danny Ramirez.
Joseph Quinn, David Harbour, Winston Duke, Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hiddleston, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Channing Tatum and Pedro Pascal had their seats added to the line-up.
Chris Hemsworth was the first famous face in the line-up for the new Avengers movie (Picture: WireImage)
The footage ended with Robert Downey Jr – whose return to the MCU was confirmed last year – taking his place in his seat at the very end of the line-up.
In the final seconds of the video, which aired for much of the day, he could be seen sitting down before shushing the audience.
Despite claims that interest is waning in all things Marvel, more than 7.5million Twitter users have tuned into the stream on the platform, with thousands more watching on YouTube, TikTok and Facebook.
Thor star Chris Hemsworth was the first name announced (Picture: YouTube)
That means millions of people are sat staring at a row of chairs, waiting for the next name to drop in a move that definitely could have been an email…
Fans were left baffled by the stunt and flocked to social media to unpack the cast rollout.
Twitter user Jack begged: ‘Marvel please hurry up I don’t have all day to stare at this chair I need to see the big announcement.’
Paul Rudd got a tiny chair for his Ant-Man character (Picture: YouTube)
James Viscardi penned: ‘Marvel making fans stare at a Chris hemsworth chair for five minutes is a weird kind of psyop to make sure “they still got it.”’
Leyton agreed: ‘The fact that Marvel has 2 million people on here alone watching CHAIRS… this is literally just a flex to show they’ve still got it I kinda respect it [sic].’
Ava fumed: ‘This Marvel announcement live is getting on my mf nerves why are we watching empty chairs.’
Robert Downey Jr popped up in the final few seconds (Picture: YouTube)
Kal questioned: ‘#Marvel whose idea for an announcement was a three hour long slideshow showing still images of names on chairs every 15 minutes…’
As Ale added: ‘Marvel is the only franchise that can get a million people in a livestream looking at chairs for 20 minutes this is so unserious.’
With more viewers tuning in by the minute, they aren’t wrong…
Avengers: Doomsday is due to be released on May 1, 2026 – while little else is known about the flick, RDJ confirmed he would be returning to the MCU in the new role of villain Doctor Doom.
Robert Downey Jr confirmed his return to the MCU last year (Picture: Getty)
He famously played Iron Man and made his debut as the superhero in 2008, before going on to star in eight more films.
Appearing at San Diego Comic-Con last year, Joe Russo previously teased the huge name that was lined up to tackle the evil character.
‘As proof of the unimaginable possibilities in the Marvel multi-universe, we give you the one person who could play Victor von Doom,’ he announced.
Ever the showman, Robert then unmasked himself to gasps from the huge crowd, quipping: ‘New mask, same task.
‘What did I tell you? I like playing complicated characters.’
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