Marvel confirms recasting plans for X-Men and Iron Man after Avengers: Secret Wars

Marvel Studios has shared a major update on future films

Marvel Cinematic Universe has teased a huge cast shake-up. The network is thinking of recasting some of the characters in its upcoming X-Men franchise and Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr.

The chief of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, has recently shared Marvel's future plans and confirmed that the company has decided to recast the actors following the events in the Avengers: Secret Wars, slated to release in December 2027.

According to Variety, Kevin told the media, “We’re utilizing that not just to round out the stories we’ve been telling post-Endgame (2019), just as importantly, and you can look at the Secret Wars comics for where that takes you, it very, very much sets us up for the future. Endgame, literally, was about endings. Secret Wars is about beginnings.”

Several actors from the previous X-Men movies, including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, and Kelsey Grammer, are slated to reprise their characters in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, set to hit the theatres in 2026.

Kevin also suggested that MCU’s first X-Men movie, to be directed by Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier, will actually be a “reset,” rather than a “reboot”.

He explained, “Reboot is a scary word. Reboot can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Reset, singular timeline — we’re thinking along those lines. X-Men is where that will happen next.”

While elaborating on the replacement, Kevin gave a reference to Amazon MGM’s film producers searching for new actors to portray James Bond and the recently released Superman.

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He added, “Amy Pascal and David Heyman are now searching for a new James Bond. David (Corenswet), the new Superman — he was awesome. That will always be the case.”

Kevin confessed that it is difficult to replace fans’ beloved actors Robert Downey Jr and Chris Evans, who have retired from their MCU characters. However, he also admitted that it is not impossible.

For the unversed, Downey Jr's Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, dies at the end of Avengers: Endgame while Captain America chooses retirement.