Doomsday Cast Adds Hayley Atwell as Agent Carter

Another friendly face from the MCU will be returning, as Deadline reports that Hayley Atwell has signed on Avengers: DoomsdayWhere she will reprise her role as Agent Carter.

Deadline’s report indicates that Atwell will return to the film, but did not mention any specific role she will play in the story. Atwell first played Peggy Carter in the 2011 film Captain America: The First Avenger, and later starred in her own miniseries Agent Carter in 2013.

Atwell would go on to appear in several MCU projects as Carter over the years, including 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.

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Atwell will join fellow former MCU cast members Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. in the project, with the latter set to play Victor von Doom, also known as Doctor Doom, in the film. Currently, it’s unclear exactly what Evans’ role in the film will be.

Doomsday will also see the return of MCU mainstays The Russo Brothers, with Joe and Anthony set to direct the next team-up film. Avengers: Doomsday doesn’t have an official release date yet, though Marvel Studios has said the film is coming in May 2026. It was previously scheduled a year earlier than May 2, 2025, but it joins Avengers: Doomsday. Long list of Marvel delays Many films have undergone rewrites and were affected by entertainment industry strikes throughout 2023.

The film was previously called Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, but was renamed following Jonathan Majors’ firing last year. While the plot of the film is unclear, the film will certainly focus on Doom, one of the most famous and iconic villains in comic book history.