{"id":355826,"date":"2026-01-06T21:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/355826\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:09:07","slug":"beloved-guardians-of-the-galaxy-hero-not-returning-for-avengers-doomsday-says-insider-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/355826\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Guardians of the Galaxy Hero Not Returning for Avengers: Doomsday, Says Insider &#8211; Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new rumor regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/avengers-doomsday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avengers: Doomsday<\/a> suggests that one of the most beloved characters in the entire MCU won\u2019t be returning for the upcoming ensemble film. <\/p>\n<p>What Guardians of the Galaxy character won\u2019t be appearing in Avengers: Doomsday? <\/p>\n<p>According to a new rumored report from insider The Beyond Reporter, Groot will not appear in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. The insider mentions Chris Pratt\u2019s Star-Lord will be appearing in the film in some capacity, but didn\u2019t mention any other members of the fan-favorite group and their status for the film.<\/p>\n<p>Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) has become one of the most beloved characters in the MCU since his introduction in the original Guardians of the Galaxy film. When we last left him, he was part of the newly formed group, alongside Rocket Raccoon and others, and a fully grown adult once again at the end of 2023\u2019s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. <\/p>\n<p>So far, several major stars from the MCU have been confirmed to appear in the movie, including Chris Hemsworth\u2019s Thor,\u00a0Pedro Pascal\u2019s Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby\u2019s Invisible Woman\/Sue Storm,\u00a0Anthony Mackie\u2019s Captain America,\u00a0Sebastian Stan\u2019s Bucky Barnes\/Winter Soldier,\u00a0Letitia Wright\u2019s Shuri\/Black Panther, and\u00a0Paul Rudd\u2019s Ant-Man.<\/p>\n<p>More names for the upcoming movie include\u00a0Wyatt Russell\u2019s U.S. Agent\/John Walker,\u00a0Tenoch Huerta\u2019s Namor,\u00a0Ebon Moss-Bachrach\u2019s The Thing\/Ben Grimm,\u00a0Simu Liu\u2019s Shang-Chi,\u00a0Florence Pugh\u2019s Yelena Belova,\u00a0Kelsey Grammer\u2019s Dr. Hank McCoy\/Beast,\u00a0Lewis Pullman\u2019s Bob\/Sentry,\u00a0Danny Ramirez\u2019s Joaquin Torres\/Falcon,\u00a0Joseph Quinn\u2019s Johnny Storm\/Human Torch,\u00a0David Harbour\u2019s Alexei Shostakov\/Red Guardian,\u00a0Winston Duke\u2018s M\u2019Baku,\u00a0Hannah John-Kamen\u2018s Ava Starr\/Ghost, and\u00a0Tom Hiddleston\u2018s Loki.<\/p>\n<p>Several X-Men characters are also coming back for the upcoming movie, including\u00a0Patrick Stewart\u2018s Charles Xavier,\u00a0Ian McKellen\u2018s Magneto,\u00a0Alan Cumming\u2018s Nightcrawler,\u00a0Rebecca Romijn\u2018s Mystique,\u00a0James Marsden\u2018s Cyclops, and\u00a0Channing Tatum\u2018s Gambit.<\/p>\n<p>Avengers: Doomsday is set to release on December 18, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new rumor regarding Avengers: Doomsday suggests that one of the most beloved characters in the entire MCU&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[6458,6460,96,69482,5396,6461,5228,6462,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-355826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-avengers-doomsday","tag-disney","tag-entertainment","tag-guardians-of-the-galaxy","tag-marvel","tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","tag-marvel-studios","tag-movie-news","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}