According to insider Daniel Richtman (via ComicBookMovie), Scarlett Johansson is set to reprise her part as Black Widow in Avengers: Doomsday. So far, nothing official has been confirmed, but Johansson joining along with RDJ and Evans further fuels the theory that Doom will be working with a variant team of Avengers who are actually ‘evil’ this time around.

So far, Avengers characters who aren’t dead or dying like Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) were expected to make an appearance, but some think it’s possible they could also be part of this Doctor Doom super team that the New Avengers will have to deal with.

Honestly, I was up for a clash with Kang with the next Avengers film, and I think that the bringing back of the Russo Brothers and RDJ feels like another Rise of Skywalker situation happening over at Marvel. If they’re pushing forward with it though, all fans can do is hope that the Russos have a dynamite idea, and this would set everything up properly for Secret Wars to be the next big thing.

Avengers: Doomsday is set to release in theatres on May 1, 2026.

Marvel is currently pushing forward with their next Avengers movie Doomsday with returning directors the Russo Brothers, and it looks like they’ve found another MCU vet to make a return.

According to The Wrap, former Captain America Chris Evans has been cast in Doomsday. It’s not clear who Evans is playing yet, but with RDJ expected to play a completely different character, maybe the same thing could go for someone like Evans.

My speculation would be that Evans could also be playing a villain, and might be a variant of the Red Skull that works with Doom. If that was the case, maybe the main villains of Doomsday could be variants of the Avengers in the first movie, except they’re all villains.

It’s an admittedly wacky idea, but it could ‘raise the stakes’ for this new Avengers team as they take on a twisted version of their predecessors.

Then again, it’s very possible that Evans could just be playing Steve Rogers again. It would be pretty boring if he was just the same character (and kind of spoils his arc), but it would be fantastic if he was a Cap variant like the HYDRA agent Cap or the old man Steve Rogers that runs SHIELD.

Until Marvel Studios reveals anything more, all fans can really do is guess. I’ll admit, I was bummed they didn’t just recast Kang after all that build-up, but this is where the story is now, and we have no choice but to let Feige and his team cook.

Avengers: Doomsday is expected to hit theatres on May 1, 2026.

It’s not clear what Marvel has in store for the Scarlet Witch, but a rumor suggests that she could be teaming up with a major Avengers villain—Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom.

According to scooper @MyTimeToShineH, Wanda is expected to be a “major player” in the Avengers movies, and she’ll be sharing a lot of screentime with RDJ. Here’s the post:

I hear Wanda will be a main player in both Avengers films

Will share a lot of screen time with RDJ's Doom (as his lover?) pic.twitter.com/y59oBx5qt0

— MyTimeToShineHello (@MyTimeToShineH) October 9, 2024

Admittedly MTTSH has been wrong in the past, but the pairing of Doom and Wanda has already happened in the comics. Plus, with Doom expected to be of a scientific intellectual, a team-up with Scarlet Witch could give him a huge advantage when it comes to magic—which Doom was also proficient in when it came to the comics.

Nous allons peut être avoir le couple Doctor Doom et Scarlet Witch sur grand écran

Un duo d'une puissance et charisme complètement fou #AvengersDoomsday pic.twitter.com/oJSUpffnug

— TheBarzul (@TheBarzul) August 2, 2024

Already some are not a fan of the pairing since Wanda is supposed to be with Vision, but seeing as he’s dead and a version of him is flying around that doesn’t remember his relationship with Wanda, a short alliance with Doom could make the two a literal power couple.

Admittedly, I like when Doom is in a love triangle with Reed and Sue Storm, but they already did that in the original Fantastic Four movies, so pairing Doom with someone like Wanda could shake things up a bit romance-wise.

Avengers: Doomsday is expected to hit theatres on May 1, 2026.

As it turns out, it’s possible that the two won’t even be rivals at all—at least, when it comes to the 616 timeline.

According to The Cosmic Circus’ Alex Perez, the relationship between Reed Richards and Victor is going to be more akin of that between Tony Stark and Thanos in the Infinity Saga. Here’s what he said:

“Doom and Reed don’t really interact in the Fantastic Four movie. I’d like to think of it more as Thanos and Tony in Infinity War, where like, Tony knew a threat from space was coming, but he didn’t know exactly who it was until Infinity War, yet Thanos knew nearly everything he needed to know about Tony. Just switch Thanos with Doom and Tony with Reed.”

This should be disappointing to a lot of Marvel fans since the Reed Richards/Doom rivalry in the comics is iconic; and while it’s not Thanos and Tony, the fact that the two kind of match each others’ freak is what makes watching them clash interesting.

Who knows, maybe there could be some changes when it comes to how they’re tackling the character. I mean, plot points change all the time with a franchise like this, but Marvel has done major origin upheavals for the big screen before.

One of the biggest examples was with Ultron. In the movies, Tony Stark and Bruce Banner create Ultron, but in the comics, he’s famously built by scientist Hank Pym a.k.a. Ant-Man a.k.a. Giant-Man.

Until Marvel gives us some more details regarding Reed Richards relationship with Victor, all we can really do is hang on to rumors.

Avengers: Doomsday is set to release in theatres on May 1, 2026.