A new Avengers: Doomsday rumor has potentially poured water on the status of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man appearing in the upcoming ensemble film.

What is the latest Avengers: Doomsday rumor?

A new post from noted insider Daniel Richtman lamented the status of Marvel Studios’ “Multiverse Saga,” and what went wrong with it. To Richtman, the lack of one true “main character” is what’s hampered them. He then revealed something that took many fans for a surprise.

In his post, Richtman notes that “Spider-Man isn’t in Doomsday,” and then mentions that he isn’t in the movie “in a major role” unless he’s added to it later. The news took some fans by surprise, although it has been rumored for a bit that Holland’s Spider-Man might be moving to more of a “street level” hero, and thus staying away from the larger ensemble films.

The problem with the Multiverse Saga is that there’s no clear main character. In the Infinity Saga we had Tony and Steve showing up in nearly every other movie alongside other characters. Now? Shang-Chi hasn’t appeared in five years, Spider-Man is the only hero with more than one… pic.twitter.com/XEhyPvptom

— Daniel Richtman (@DanielRPK) August 19, 2025

So far, several major stars from the MCU have been confirmed to be in the movie, including Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby’s Invisible Woman/Sue Storm, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Letitia Wright’s Shuri/Black Panther, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man, and Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool.

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More names for the upcoming movie include Wyatt Russell’s U.S. Agent/John Walker, Tenoch Huerta’s Namor, Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s The Thing/Ben Grimm, Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Kelsey Grammer’s Dr. Hank McCoy/Beast, Lewis Pullman’s Bob/Sentry, Danny Ramirez’s Joaquin Torres/Falcon, Joseph Quinn’s Johnny Storm/Human Torch, David Harbour’s Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Winston Duke‘s M’Baku, Hannah John-Kamen‘s Ava Starr/Ghost, and Tom Hiddleston‘s Loki.

Several X-Men characters are also coming back for the upcoming movie, including Patrick Stewart‘s Charles Xavier, Ian McKellen‘s Magneto, Alan Cumming‘s Nightcrawler, Rebecca Romijn‘s Mystique, James Marsden‘s Cyclops, and Channing Tatum‘s Gambit.

Avengers: Doomsday is slated to release in theaters on December 18, 2026.