Disney Reveals The Team Behind ‘Avengers: Doomsday’

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentDisney Reveals The Team Behind ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ByCaroline Reid,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Reid covers the entertainment industryFollow AuthorMay 26, 2026, 08:15am EDTRobert Downey Jr. is just one of many people involved in 'Avengers: Doomsday' (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)Getty Images for DisneyDisney has revealed how many people were working on the set of its upcoming Marvel superhero team-up movie Avengers: Doomsday just a few weeks before the cameras started rolling.Doomsday is one of the most crucial films in the 18-year history of Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) for a number of reasons.Although the MCU is the highest-grossing film franchise of all time, earning more than $30 billion globally across more than 30 films, it has lost its punching power since the onset of the pandemic. The once-bulletproof franchise produced a string of flops and lackluster performances so Disney needs Doomsday to make an impact to demonstrate there is still life left in the superhero genre. It has big boots to fill.Its predecessor, Avengers: Endgame, became the highest-grossing movie in history with total takings of $2.8 billion when it was released in 2019. Instead of quitting while he was ahead, Marvel Studios' head honcho Kevin Feige doubled down and implemented a grand plan to try to top the movie.Essentially, it involved the on screen introduction of what is known as the Multiverse – parallel universes inhabited by characters which previously appeared in unrelated Marvel movies. Iconic hero groups the X-Men and the Fantastic Four are set to team up with the Avengers for the first time on the silver screen in Doomsday giving it a cast list which reads like a roll call for the Oscars.Academy Award winner Robert Downey Jr. headlines the movie as the evil Doctor Doom, a move which has already attracted significant interest as...