Avatar: Fire and AshU/A: Action, adventure, sci-fiDirector: James CameronCast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana Rating: 3 stars At 197.21 minutes of running time — as per the Indian Censor Board certificate in the opening slate — James Cameron’s third Avatar, titled Fire and Ash, gets over, at least 45 minutes before it finally ends! Which is to take away nothing from its emotion-laden, conflicting climax — while I worry for kidneys/bladders of viewers in America, England, Australia, or wherever else the movies play without intervals in theatres. Indians are lucky, that way. Why the film carries on, of course, is not so much for the story — but to keep the prospect of incoming spectacle alive. Yup, a lotta films do that. But, but, but — it’s not the same spectacle! That, too, on the gigantic IMAX screen, with the best-lit 3D projection, and the finest contrast ratio I know! Sure, we’ve come to expect that from Avatar; I must confess, not entirely grown used to it, still. For, if you’re a believer, what would you consider such minute world-building, if not the work of God. Cameron, 71, behind the camera, comes closest to it with cinema. Sure, we’re aware of that as well. To the point that one begins to feel the existence of stories itself is rather overrated, when it comes to certain films. That said, what’s Fire and Ash about — given the first two Avatars really showed us the possibilities of greed and destruction, if humans did discover a planet, or the moon, as beautiful as Pandora, a century and some, from now? It’s perhaps the rare franchise about aliens and humans, in a state of war, where you root for the extraterrestrials, instead. That point’s already been made. Much as you can belabour it beyond three parts — apparently, there are three more on the way! At least on the face of it, Fire and Ash starts off with the lead couple, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), mourning the loss of their eldest son. You watched that death happen towards the end of The Way of Water (2022). You can feel the love between them. The dad Jake, as you’d recall, once human/Sky Person, now Na’vi, grapples with grief by simply keeping himself busy. The wife, on the other hand, detests “pink” blokes — she “hates the insanity in their minds.” As in, referring to us. Or probably the yo-bro Americans in the film, representing humanity, as usual. The line at the opening moments in the movie goes, “The fire of hate leaves only the ash of grief”. That’s possibly the most profound thing you’ll hear in a likely blockbuster that’s more about the visuals than words. But at least it’s not merely a deranged blast-fest over gore and blood, while wholly centred on set-pieces, of course. The main conflict involves the young man/Sky Person named Spider (Jack Campion), who lives amidst the Na’vi folk, on oxygen cylinders. He’s the biological son of late Col Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), the enemy, who’s returned in the Na’vi form. The kid is also the adopted/foster son of Jake. Miles and Jake, if you recall, were military colleagues once, until the latter, like a traitor, chose the lovely Na’vis over his supposed nation! To be sure, Fire and Ash is far too mainstream, in its storytelling, for you to require a primer for a review. As could be the case with, say, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, if you walked straight into its third part, when the Middle Earth will seem a complete mystery. Dive right into Fire and Ash, even if it’s your first Avatar instalment. It’ll be clear as Pandoran daylight that the Na’vis are basically facing a fresh threat from their own clan, namely, the bitter Mangkawans, introduced in this threequel. These are Ash people. They form a coalition with the Sky People to attack Jake and his lot. Varang (Oona Chaplin) is the feisty, feline Mangkawan queen. I’d still encourage you not to care so much for the detail. No unobvious devil in it. You’d rather trip on the neon lights! As Vadang and Miles do — as the queen gets the colonel to snort on powder, so he’s high enough to tell some truths. This is the bit when I see a scroll on the big screen: “Drugs are harmful to health.” No such Censor Board warning for the guns that follow. That’s the one time, I realised, I’m in India. At all other times, with your eyes/body dipping under water, where the lower edge of the screen is the brim; or being engulfed by the fire as ashes meet ether — you knew you were fully inside Pandora, where Cameron belongs. So do we. The thought going through my head was how wonderfully the 3D has advanced since the first Avatar (2009). The only fourth dimension possible is if I could literally feel the heat from the volcanic eruption, or the cold of the oceanic waves. Who frickin’ knows — maybe that’s the future (of screen, that is).
19 December,2025 01:09 PM IST | Mumbai | Mayank ShekharFilmmaker James Cameron has addressed actor Matt Damon's long-circulating claim that he turned down the lead role in Avatar along with a lucrative share of the film's profits, saying the version widely believed online is "not exactly true." For years, Damon has spoken publicly about being offered the role of Jake Sully in the 2009 blockbuster in exchange for 10 per cent of the film's gross, a deal that would have translated into hundreds of millions of dollars given Avatar's global earnings of USD 2.9 billion. The role eventually went to Australian actor Sam Worthington, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Jim Cameron called me -- he offered me 10 per cent of Avatar," Damon says in the clips. "You will never meet an actor who turned down more money than me ... I was in the middle of shooting the Bourne movie and I would have to leave the movie kind of early and leave them in the lurch a little bit and I didn't want to do that ... [Cameron] was really lovely, he said: 'If you don't do this, this movie doesn't really need you. It doesn't need a movie star at all. The movie is the star, the idea is the star, and it's going to work. But if you do it, I'll give you 10 percent of the movie.'" However, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Cameron said Damon was never formally offered the part. "I can't remember if I sent him the script or not. I don't think I did. Then we wound up on a call and he said, 'I love to explore doing a movie with you. I have a lot of respect for you as a filmmaker. [Avatar] sounds intriguing. But I really have to do this Jason Bourne movie. I've agreed to it, it's a direct conflict, and so, regretfully, I have to turn it down.' But he was never offered. There was never a deal," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The director added that discussions never progressed to character details or negotiations. "We never talked about the character. We never got to that level. It was simply an availability issue," he said. Addressing the widely shared belief that Damon turned down a massive payday, Cameron said the actor may have unintentionally merged separate ideas over time. "What he's done is extrapolate 'I get 10 percent of the gross on all my films,'" Cameron said, adding that such a deal would not have happened in this case. "So he's off the hook and doesn't have to beat himself up anymore." Cameron also praised Damon for handling the situation professionally. "He felt compelled to call me personally and tell me. He didn't want it to come from the agent -- that's an honourable guy," the filmmaker said, describing Damon's decision to honour a prior commitment as "ethical." Despite the confusion, Cameron said he holds Damon in high regard and would still like to collaborate with him in the future. "All respect to Matt. I'd love to work with him someday," he added. Following Damon's decision, Cameron went on to cast Sam Worthington, who was relatively unknown at the time. The director has previously said he had to push hard for Worthington's casting, despite other established actors being considered. Worthington's screen test with Zoe Saldana ultimately convinced Cameron, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cameron also noted that Worthington's performance has continued to evolve, particularly in the upcoming Avatar installment, Avatar: Fire and Ash. "Sam's character is challenged in ways he hasn't been before," Cameron said, adding that the actor has grown in confidence and depth over the course of the franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Cameron is currently promoting the future of the Avatar series and discussing broader topics, including artificial intelligence and upcoming projects. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 December,2025 11:54 AM IST | Los Angeles | ANIThe award-winning film star Leonardo DiCaprio developed an interest in acting because he says he wanted to “get out of [his] neighbourhood”. Speaking to Jennifer Lawrence in an interview, DiCaprio said, “I think a lot of my propulsion to want to act as a kid was to get out of my neighbourhood. My stepbrother did a lot of commercials. I was like, ‘Wait a minute, you can get paid to do that? I got to get out of this place.’ I was [our] stage mom, pushing my parents to take me on auditions. I told them, ‘This is going to be my college fund to get me money to try to have some sort of career in something.’ I didn’t book anything for a while.” He added, “I got a Matchbox car commercial where I played a gangster with slicked back hair. I had a briefcase and I opened it up.” Asked if he went to the audition looking like a gangster, DiCaprio replied, “Yes. I slicked back my hair and put on a leather jacket. I booked Mickey’s Safety Club, too. An after-school special thing where you teach kids the dangers of drugs. My first television show was The Outsiders [1983]. There’s my whole filmography.” Did you know? ‘The Outsiders’ was Leonardo DiCaprio’s first TV show This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 December,2025 08:03 AM IST | Los Angeles | IANSHollywood actor Gwyneth Paltrow had an awkward moment with her son Moses, as the two saw her raunchy sex scenes in Marty Supreme. Paltrow, 53, stars opposite Timothée Chalamet, 29, in the new sports drama, and she took her 19-year-old son along to the film’s Los Angeles première earlier this month. However, Moses couldn’t bear to watch the moment his mom stripped off onscreen. During an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Monday, she was asked how the teen handled the film’s sex scenes and she replied, “Not great.” She went on to crouch over and put her hands over her eyes, adding, “He was like this the entire time. He’s not into that.” As per reports, Paltrow, who is a mother to Moses and daughter Apple, 21, with her ex-husband Chris Martin, admitted she found it “weird” filming intimate scenes with Chalamet. During an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, she explained, “It’s like you’re making out with someone that you don’t [know] and are not in a relationship with. It’s very mechanical.” Drew agreed, explaining it was like getting intimate with a “colleague”. Paltrow quipped, “It’s like choreography but involving tongues.” This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 December,2025 07:58 AM IST | Los Angeles | IANSHollywood actress-singer Selena Gomez feels "vulnerable" about her voice. The actress-singer, 33, answered a fan question about how her vocal tone has shifted in recent years on an Instagram Live session. “Yeah I’ve gotten this question a few times. The voice thing. So, sometimes when I’m on, nevermind”, she said, before switching gears. “There’s no excuse. I don’t really care. I think my point is that sometimes things happen. I get weird. My throat kind of swells inside sometimes. That’s all”. The singer and actress has been candid in the past about the challenges she’s faced following her lupus and bipolar disorder diagnosis, reports ‘People’ magazine. In an episode of ‘Good Hang with Amy Poehler’ podcast, she revealed that she struggles with arthritis from lupus, and that helped influence the packaging of her Rare Beauty products. "I have arthritis in my fingers, and that’s due to my lupus. So, I remember before the brand, I was trying to open a water bottle and it hurt really bad before I was on the right medication. And we somehow inherently made the products easy to open, and then we realized, wait, they kind of have to be that way. And then we started to make every product with the intention of (working for) anybody who (has) dexterity problems”. As per ‘People’, she has also answered other lighthearted questions about her health. Last week, she shared one such question in a video on her Instagram Stories. A make-up free Gomez told viewers, "someone made me laugh because they asked me, 'How do you shave your mustache?'”. She then went on to point out that she doesn't have a five o'clock shadow, but instead the discoloration was due to "my melasma”. “I take care of it and treat it, but yeah it's there. I totally get it. It's from the sun”, the singer explained while encouraging her followers to use sunscreen. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
18 December,2025 05:27 PM IST | Los Angeles | IANSWarner Bros is telling shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, saying that a rival bid from Netflix will be better for customers. "The Board reviewed Paramount Skydance's most recent unsolicited tender offer with the same care and discipline it has applied throughout this process, including its review of multiple prior proposals," Warner Bros. said Wednesday. "The Board's evaluation followed a thorough and consistent process and is grounded in its fiduciary duties." Paramount went hostile with its bid last week, asking shareholders to reject the deal with Netflix favored by the board of Warner Bros. Paramount is offering $30 per Warner share to Netflix's $27.75. Paramount's bid isn't off the table altogether. While Wednesday's letter to shareholders means Paramount's is not the offer favored by the board at Warner Bros., shareholders can still decide to tender their shares in favor of Paramount's offer for the entire company " including cable stalwarts CNN and Discovery. Unlike Paramount's bid, the offer from Netflix does not include buying the cable operations of Warner Bros. An acquisition by Netflix, if approved by regulators and shareholders, will close only after Warner completes its previously announced separation of its cable operations. Paramount has claimed it made six different bids that Warner leadership rejected before announcing its deal with Netflix on Dec. 5. Only after that did it take its offer directly to Warner's shareholders. Beyond a greenlight from shareholders, both takeover bids face tremendous regulatory scrutiny. A change in ownership at Warner would drastically reshape the entertainment and media industry " impacting movie making, consumer streaming platforms and, in Paramount's case, the news landscape. Critics of Netflix's deal say that combining the massive streaming company with Warner's HBO Max would give it overwhelming market dominance, whereas the Paramount+ streaming service is far smaller. "This is something that we've heard for a long time"including when we started the streaming business," Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos said in a filing through Warner Bros. "Our stance then and now is the same"we see this as a win for the entertainment industry, not the end of it." Bids from both Netflix and Paramount have raised alarm for what they could mean for film and TV production. While Netflix has agreed to uphold Paramount's contractual obligations for theatrical releases, critics have pointed to its past business model and reliance on online releases. Yet Paramount and Warner Bros. are two of the "big five" legacy studios left in Hollywood today. Paramount's attempt to buy Warner's cable networks and news business would also bring CBS and CNN under the same roof. In addition to further accelerating media consolidation, that could raise questions about shifts in editorial control as seen at CBS News both leading up to and following Skydance's $8 billion purchase of Paramount, which it completed in August. U.S. President Donald Trump has already been vocal about his future involvement in the deal, indicating that politics will play a role in regulatory approval. Trump previously said that Netflix's deal "could be a problem" because of the potential for an outsized control of the market. The Republican president also has a close relationship with Oracle's billionaire founder Larry Ellison the father of Paramount's CEO, whose family trust is also heavily backing the company's bid to buy Warner. Affinity Partners, an investment firm run by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, previously said it would investing in the Paramount deal, too. But on Tuesday, the firm announced that it would be dropping out of the bid. Still, Trump has a tendency to make decisions based on gut and his personal mood. He has continued to publicly lash out at Paramount over editorial decisions at CBS' "60 Minutes." "For those people that think I am close with the new owners of CBS, please understand that 60 Minutes has treated me far worse since the so-called "takeover," than they have ever treated me before," Trump wrote on his platform Truth Social on Tuesday. "If they are friends, I'd hate to see my enemies!" This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
18 December,2025 01:26 PM IST | New York | AP | PTIHollywood star Chris Hemsworth and his wife Elsa Pataky, who have been married since 2010, experienced some "complicated times" in their relationship. He went on to add that "having fun" has been key to the success of their romance. He said on the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast: "Both having a sort of adventurous spirit, making time for one another. I think the complicated times have been when it's been all work, all kids, and all of a sudden the 'us' in the relationship is sort of non-existent. "You're just kind of managing a household or the work-family schedule. Elsa will be off at work, and I'll be off at work and then it's chaos with kid time, and so sort of removing ourselves from all of that and just having time for the two of us and making space for each other rather than the rest of the world that can be so all-consuming." The Thor: Ragnarok star, who has India, 13, and 11-year-old twins Sasha and Tristan with Elsa, said that married life can be challenging. However, the movie star has always been determined to "make it work", reports femalefirst.co.uk. He said, "I think it's hard for anyone, really. It's all relative. Yeah, it's challenging, but we also have the opportunity to make it work. We have no excuse as far as how much time we can make for each other due to the support we can get due to our situation." Meanwhile, Hemsworth previously said that he loves the challenges of fatherhood. The movie star also confessed that it's changed his entire outlook on life and his movie career. Speaking to E! News in 2015, the actor explained: "I think it makes you less selfish, because it's no longer about you. It can't be. It's about someone else, which is refreshing. It's nice to not spend all your time thinking about your own problems and garbage up there and I just have so much fun doing it.” “It's the best. And now I'm a bit more choosy, I think, with when I work and how I work because it better be worthwhile to take me away from them." This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
18 December,2025 01:16 PM IST | Los Angeles | IANSActress Amanda Seyfried shared that she used to dream of starring on Broadway, but she revealed that she'd be too anxious to sing in front of a live audience. Speaking about the challenge of singing in The Testament of Ann Lee, the new historical musical drama film, Seyfried told Vanity Fair: "I’m always striving to just be a little better. But this movie has made me step back a bit and appreciate what I already have. "My voice coach is like, 'Where have you been?' because I’ve known her for so long, and I’m like, 'I’m okay now.' I think my plan was to do a musical on Broadway, and then I made the decision to never put myself through that - because to be honest, my stage fright is like, life’s too short. Seyfried has actually found it liberating to accept that she'll never sing on Broadway, reports femalefirst.co.uk. She said: "When I decided that I wasn’t gonna do that for the foreseeable future, I just took a step back from voice lessons. I remember that day on set, actually. I was in Budapest, and I remember thinking I’d had two nightmares back to back about doing this musical on Broadway. I was just talking to my agent in a little break in my corseted dress and thinking, 'I can’t put myself through that.' "It’s a devastating thing to uncover about myself, but it doesn’t mean I’m weak. It just means that I know myself well enough to know that this will break me - and that was really liberating." Seyfried made her feature film debut in the teen comedy Mean Girls in 2004. The movie, which also starred the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Tina Fey, proved to be a huge hit with cinemagoers, and Amanda is still regularly reminded of the project. Asked if she has re-watched Mean Girls, the actress had said "no.” “It’s on often enough, though. I love it. I really love seeing my face on people’s T-shirts. I’m a little resentful because Paramount still owes me some money for the likeness. Every store sells Mean Girls T-shirts with our faces. Don’t I (get something from that)? Even the girl at TSA tells me it’s her favourite movie." This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
18 December,2025 12:51 PM IST | Los Angeles | IANSHollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has laid bare a secret about one of his iconic films. The actor has shared that he has never seen his film Titanic. The actor spoke with actress Jennifer Lawrence recently, and at one point in the discussion, Lawrence, 35, asked her co-star from 2021's Don't Look Up if he has rewatched Titanic, reports ‘People’ magazine. Leo said, “No. I haven’t seen it before?” The actress said, “Oh, you should. I bet you could watch it now, it’s so good”. Leo asked, “I don’t really watch my films, do you?” “No”, the actress answered, joking, "I’ve never made something like Titanic, if I did I would watch it. Once I was really drunk, I put on American Hustle. I was like, 'I wonder if I’m good at acting?' I put it on, and I don’t remember what the answer is”. As per ‘People’, the actor echoed that he doesn't often watch his own projects when he spoke with his One Battle After Another director Paul Thomas Anderson in August. He told ‘Esquire’ magazine, "I rarely watch any of my films but if I’m being honest, there’s one that I have watched more than others. It’s The Aviator. That’s simply because it was such a special moment to me. I had worked with Marty (Scorsese) on Gangs of New York, and I’d been toting around a book on Howard Hughes for 10 years”. By the time he got that movie made, "I was 30. It was the first time as an actor I got to feel implicitly part of the production, rather than just an actor hired to play a role”. “I felt responsible in a whole new way. I’ve always felt proud and connected to that film as such a key part of my growing up in this industry and taking on a role of a real collaborator for the first time”, he added. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
18 December,2025 12:22 PM IST | Los Angeles | IANSHollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence has shared a hilarious incident when he had a hallucination episode. The incident occurred on the sets of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, reports ‘Variety’. The actress spoke with Leonardo DiCaprio and shared that she hallucinated on the set of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire when she mistakenly took an Ambien before filming a scene opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman. “You and I are both obsessive about sleep when we’re working, like counting the hours”, the actress told her Don’t Look Up co-star. “When I did ‘Red Sparrow’, I took an Adderall instead of a sleeping pill, and then I didn’t sleep all night. I was taking hot showers in a panic. I am not somebody who can function without sleep. And then I had to say the phrase ‘Senate Armed Services Committee’ in a Russian accent. That sucked”. She continued, “I also once took an Ambien in the morning, thinking it was something else. It was a dance scene with Philip Seymour Hoffman in the second Hunger Games movie. I was hallucinating. Elizabeth Banks got really annoyed with me”. As per ‘Variety’, Leo reacted to Lawrence’s revelation by calling these moments “key screwups” in an actor’s career. Lawrence originated the role of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games movie franchise, which included four movies between 2012 and 2015. The series has expanded in recent years with film prequels such as 2023’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and next year’s Sunrise on the Reaping, which Lawrence is set to appear in. It was reported earlier this month that Lawrence and original Hunger Games co-star Josh Hutcherson will be reprising their roles of Katniss and Peeta in Sunrise on the Reaping. The nature of Lawrence and Hutcherson’s cameo is being kept under wraps, but book readers already know their characters appear alongside Haymitch in the epilogue, which indicates some sort of flash-forward. The actress has stated in various interviews over the years that she would be more than willing to reprise her role as Katniss on the big screen. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
18 December,2025 12:05 PM IST | Los Angeles | IANSActor and director Alan Cumming is set to host the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2026, reported Deadline. The Traitors presenter will preside over the British awards ceremony, which takes place at London's Royal Festival Hall on February 22, 2026 Cumming, who won an Olivier award for his performance in Cabaret, is being welcomed back into the BAFTA fold after hosting the organisation's TV awards last year. The Good Wife star replaces fellow Scottish actor David Tennant, who has hosted the BAFTA Film Awards for the past two years, reported Deadline. Cumming said he was looking forward to bringing some 'mischief' to the event. Emma Baehr, BAFTA's executive director of awards and content, hailed his "sharp wit, warmth and vibrant energy." According to the outlet, round one of voting for the Film Awards opened on December 5. Longlists will be unveiled on January 9, with nominations to follow on January 27. Meanwhile, actor Alan Cumming will be reprising his role of Nightcrawler from X-Men 2 in the upcoming Marvel film Avengers: Doomsday. Cumming played the comic book role in 2003's X2: X-Men United and had not played it since. The actor will also reunite in the new Avengers movie with his co-stars, including Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier / Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), and James Marsden (Cyclops). Marvel Studios recently revealed the cast for its upcoming film, Avengers: Doomsday, featuring a mix of familiar Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) faces and newcomers from the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises. The star-studded cast includes Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), and Winston Duke (M'Baku), as per a social media post shared by Marvel Studios. The cast also features actors from the upcoming Thunderbolts film, including Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier), Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), and Wyatt Russell (US Agent). Channing Tatum, who was previously attached to a Gambit movie, will also appear in the film. The Fantastic Four will also be represented in the film, with Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (The Invisible Woman), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Thing), and Joseph Quinn (The Human Torch) joining the cast. Avengers: Doomsday' is set to release on May 1, 2026, with a follow-up film, Avengers: Secret Wars, scheduled for May 7, 2027. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
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