Avengers: Doomsday will see the return of Fox’s X-Males, as a number of actors are reprising their roles within the Marvel Cinematic Universe installment. Whereas the heroes of the MCU timeline will lastly share the display with the enduring mutants, it seems there could also be one other X-Males alum who’s returning for the story.
Throughout a brand new interview with the Energy of X-Males podcast, well-known Marvel and X-Males comedian author Chris Claremont reacted to the Avengers: Doomsday teaser with the returning mutants. Nonetheless, throughout this chat, he stated, “The factor I discover most fantastic about it’s they’re bringing again, the unique forged, together with Famke.”
It is key to do not forget that this is not the primary time that Claremont has shared particulars on the brand new Avengers films which have ended up being true. In April 2025, the comedian e book author revealed that Chris Evans was coming again to the franchise.
By December 2025, it was formally revealed that Evans is certainly returning in Avengers: Doomsday as Steve Rogers. On the time of this text’s publication, Marvel Studios has not commented on Claremont’s assertion concerning Janssen.
Famke Janssen has beforehand denied that she is returning as Jean Gray within the upcoming MCU film. When talking to ScreenRant’s personal Grant Hermanns in October 2025, the X-Males trilogy actress claimed that she had no thought concerning the story for Avengers: Doomsday, stating the next:
Famke Janssen: Yeah, to be trustworthy with you, I don’t actually know the storyline, so I’m undecided. It’s not my world, it’s by no means been my world, actually, that entire comedian e book world. I ought to know by now, I’ve been in it lengthy sufficient. However I’m actually excited to see when it comes out. Identical to everybody else, I’ll discover out what these storylines are and the way it all ended up.
What’s value taking into consideration is that it is extremely widespread for Marvel actors to must deny their involvement previous to a movie’s launch, particularly when they’re underneath NDAs. That’s the reason it would not be stunning in any respect if Janssen’s Jean is definitely one of many many surprises within the Avengers: Doomsday forged.
Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige additionally confirmed at CinemaCon in 2025 that there are nonetheless many actors and characters that they’ve but to announce for the Section 6 installment, and Jean may simply be considered one of them. With the Avengers: Doomsday story being stored closely underneath wraps, that will justify why an look by Janssen could be an enormous secret.
Avengers: Doomsday opens in theaters on December 18.
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Avengers: Doomsday
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December 18, 2026
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Vanessa Kirby
Sue Storm / Invisible Lady
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Johnny Storm / Human Torch
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Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Ben Grimm / The Factor
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- Film(s)
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X-Males (2000), X2, X-Males: The Final Stand (2006), X-Males Origins: Wolverine (2009), X-Males: First Class (2011), The Wolverine (2013), X-Males: Days of Future Previous (2014), Deadpool (2016), X-Males: Apocalypse (2016), Logan (2017), Deadpool 2 (2018), Darkish Phoenix (2019), The New Mutants, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
- First Movie
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X-Males (2000)
- TV Present(s)
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X-Males: Pryde of the X-Males, X-Males (1992), X-Males: Evolution (2000), Wolverine and the X-Males (2008), Marvel Anime: Wolverine, Marvel Anime: X-Males, Legion (2017), The Gifted (2017), X-Males ’97 (2024)
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Professor X, Cyclops, Iceman, Beast, Angel, Phoenix, Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, Storm, Jubilee, Morph, Nightcrawler, Havok, Banshee, Colossus, Magneto, Psylocke, Juggernaut, Cable, X-23
- Video Sport(s)
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X-Males: Kids of the Atom (1994), Marvel Tremendous Heroes (1995), X-Males vs. Road Fighter (1996), Marvel Tremendous Heroes vs. Road Fighter (1997), Marvel vs. Capcom (1998), X-Males: Mutant Academy (2000), Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000), X-Males: Mutant Academy 2 (2001), X-Males: Subsequent Dimension (2002), Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Destiny of Two Worlds (2011), Final Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011), X-Males Legends (2005), X-Males Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse (2005), X2: Wolverine’s Revenge (2003), X-Males (1993), X-Males 2: Clone Wars (1995), X-Males: Mutant Apocalypse (1994)
- Comedian Launch Date
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The X-Males franchise, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, facilities on mutants with extraordinary talents. Led by the highly effective telepath Professor Charles Xavier, they battle discrimination and villainous mutants threatening humanity. The collection explores themes of range and acceptance by means of a mix of motion, drama, and complicated characters, spanning comics, animated collection, and blockbuster movies.