The X-Men are officially back, with Patrick Stewart’s Professor Charles Xavier and Ian McKellan’s Magneto returning in a new teaser for Avengers: Doomsday, which also features James Marsden’s Cyclops.  It was also previously confirmed that a number of X-Men characters will return, played by their original actors; including: Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique).

Marvel Studios posted the teaser on X with the caption: “December 18, 2026. #AvengersDoomsday”

The trailer shows Professor X, Magneto, and Cyclops, and follows the previously released teasers for the film featuring Steve Rogers / Captain America (which shows Chris Evans’ character holding a baby, presumably his child with Peggy Carter) and a teaser featuring Chris Hemsworth’s Asgardian caring for his adopted daughter, Love.

Robert Downey Jr. — who played Iron Man in the ‘Avengers’ franchise for more than a decade — will play the villain Doctor Doom in ‘Doomsday.’  Other actors returning for ‘Doomsday’ include: Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Sebastian Stan, Paul Rudd, Tom Hiddleston, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and Simu Liu; as well as “Fantastic Four” stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach and “Thunderbolts” anti-heroes Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen and Lewis Pullman.

Watch the latest ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ teaser – HERE.

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