Doctor Doom rises \u2014 and Robert Downey Jr. is back (sort of)<\/p>\n
Tony Stark may be gone, but Robert Downey Jr. is not done with the MCU. He\u2019s returning \u2014 this time as the power-hungry Doctor Doom, the twisted genius ready to weaponise the collapse of the multiverse. So, there’s chaos, betrayal, and a few shock returns from corners of the Marvel universe we never thought we would see again.<\/p>\n
Enter the legends: Patrick Stewart\u2019s farewell to Professor X?<\/p>\n
Now for the part that\u2019s breaking fans’ hearts. Sir Patrick Stewart is reportedly hanging up his Cerebro for good after Avengers: Doomsday. The 84-year-old icon \u2014 who first donned Professor X\u2019s mantle back in 2000 \u2014 is said to be taking his final bow after this film.<\/p>\n
Industry insider Kristian Harloff dropped the news on The Kristian Harloff Show: \u201cPatrick Stewart is going to be making an appearance here as Professor X… Apparently, he is done with acting after this. Apparently, this is it. Apparently, he’s stepping down…\u201d<\/p>\n
If true, it\u2019s the end of an era. Stewart\u2019s career spans 66 glorious years \u2014 from commanding the Starship Enterprise as Captain Picard to leading the X-Men with wisdom (and that voice that could calm a kaiju).<\/p>\n
He\u2019ll be joined by other X-Men alumni \u2014 Ian McKellen, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Alan Cumming, and Kelsey Grammer \u2014 plus Channing Tatum, finally getting his shot at Gambit.<\/p>\n
Scarlet Witch \u2014 dead, alive, or Marvel\u2019s biggest secret?<\/p>\n
And then there\u2019s Wanda Maximoff. The question on every fan\u2019s lips: Is Scarlet Witch really gone?<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Olsen\u2019s answer: Classic Marvel dodge. \u201cI\u2019ve been really proud of what we\u2019ve been able to make… but I don\u2019t have an answer for that.\u201d She might be lying. (Marvel contractually requires it.)<\/p>\n
Rumours suggest that Wanda could pop up in Avengers: Doomsday, especially with reshoots set for spring 2026. And if she doesn\u2019t? Don\u2019t count her out \u2014 there\u2019s still Avengers: Secret Wars and the upcoming VisionQuest TV finale to play with resurrection magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doctor Doom rises \u2014 and Robert Downey Jr. is back (sort of) Tony Stark may be gone, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-132719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}