REPORT: Deadpool and Reed Richards Will Reportedly Fight in Avengers: Doomsday

Note: This post contains potential spoilers for Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday.

Marvel Jesus and the Smartest Man Alive will have their first interaction in Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday.

According to insider Alex (via The Cosmic Circus), Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards will reportedly feature a fight scene in Avengers: Doomsday. Although Marvel Studios has not yet confirmed Reynolds’ appearance in the film, it is being saved for a future reveal.

A scooper recently revealed that Avengers: Doomsday will reportedly feature a scene similar to the opening of Avengers: Age of Ultron, but on a much grander scale. The scene will bring together familiar heroes alongside random variants, all assembling in the Void.

So far, some of the rumored fight sequences that will be featured in Avengers: Doomsday include:

• Mister Fantastic vs. Nightcrawler
• Shang-Chi vs. Gambit
• Gambit vs. Doctor Doom
• Yelena vs. Mystique
• Captain America vs. Cyclops
• Captain Marvel vs. Monica Rambeau
• Sentry / The Void vs. Professor X
• Mister Fantastic, Cyclops & Captain America vs. Doctor Doom
• God Loki vs. Doctor Doom

We have reported that the opening of Avengers: Doomsday may feature the worlds of Deadpool, Wolverine, and Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man beginning to collide due to a multiverse incursion, but the Earths will be saved by the TVA. These characters are also confirmed to return in Avengers: Secret Wars.

Directed by the Russo brothers from a screenplay by their longtime collaborator Stephen McFeely and Michael Waldron. The film features cinematography by Newton Thomas Sigel (Bohemian Rhapsody, X-Men: Days of Future Past) and production design by Kasra Farahani.

Here’s the plot synopsis for Avengers: Doomsday:

“Doctor Doom has officially arrived on the Marvel Cinematic Universe stage. This villain, a master of cutting-edge science and powerful magic, will unleash a cascading crisis across the multiverse. Marvel’s most iconic actor, Robert Downey Jr., also returns as Doctor Doom!”

Announced Cast for Avengers: Doomsday

• Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom
• Chris Evans as Steve Rogers
• Paul Rudd as Ant-Man
• Simu Liu as Shang-Chi
• Tom Hiddleston as Loki
• Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova
• Danny Ramirez as Falcon
• Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes
• Winston Duke as M’Baku
• Chris Hemsworth as Thor
• Letitia Wright as Black Panther
• Tenoch Huerta Mejía as Namor
• Anthony Mackie as Captain America
• David Harbour as Red Guardian
• Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent
• Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost
• Lewis Pullman as Sentry

X-Men cast:

• Ian McKellen as Magneto
• Patrick Stewart as Professor X
• Rebecca Romijn as Mystique
• James Marsden as Cyclops
• Kelsey Grammer as Beast
• Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler
• Channing Tatum as Gambit

Fantastic Four cast:

• Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic)
• Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (Invisible Woman)
• Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (Human Torch)
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (The Thing)

Produced by Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, and Russo Brothers will produce through their AGBO banner.

Avengers: Doomsday will be released in theaters and IMAX across the United States on December 18, 2026, and Avengers: Secret Wars is scheduled for release on December 17, 2027.