US EditionX-Men Star James Marsden Addresses His Marvel Return for Avengers: Doomsday (Entertainment)
MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE, AUG 8 – James Marsden reunites with original X-Men cast in Avengers: Doomsday, a major crossover event featuring Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, set for December 2026 release.
- James Marsden will return as Cyclops in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers: Doomsday, releasing December 18, 2026.
- Marsden's comeback comes over ten years after his last full appearance as Cyclops, with the character meeting his end in the third installment of the original X-Men trilogy and making a brief return in the 2014 film Days of Future Past.
- Avengers: Doomsday reunites several original Fox X-Men actors, including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Kelsey Grammer, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, and Channing Tatum alongside Marsden.
- Marsden described his return as Cyclops as a pleasant reunion and noted that he feels he might be reaching the age where wearing the superhero outfit becomes more challenging.
- The film presents an unprecedented Marvel team-up featuring heroes from multiple franchises and signals an evolving MCU that includes a planned younger X-Men reboot.
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X-Men star James Marsden addresses his Marvel return for Avengers: Doomsday (Entertainment)
James Marsden feels like his return as Cyclops in Avengers: Doomsday has been 'a nice little homecoming' for him. The 51-year-old actor - who starred as the hero in 20th Century Studios' X-Men franchise from the 2000 eponymous movie until the character's death in 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand
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