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It’s official, Captain America is returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the Russo brothers Avengers: Doomsday and no, we’re not talking about the Papa Doc version of the character.
According to Deadline, Chris Evans is set to return to the MCU for the highly anticipated fifth installment to the Avengers franchise and though we all know and love him for his iteration of Steve Rogers a.k.a Captain America, that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll once again be rocking the Stars and Stripes on his costume. In Deadpool & Wolverine he returned to his original Marvel superhero form of Johnny Storm a.k.a The Human Torch of the Fantastic 4, so don’t be surprised if the Russo brothers have an entirely different character in mind for Evans as the MCU is experiencing a multiverse event in which your favorite movie stars are taking on entirely new roles.
With that being said, there are also rumors that the plot will revolve around Robert Downey Jr.’s Dr. Doom recruiting evil versions of the OG Avengers to help him execute his evil plot of creating Battle World where all your favorite multiverse heroes and villains exist in a single reality. So there’s a chance we may get our first live-action look at the Hydra version of Captain America.
Per Deadline:
As Deadline previously reported, expect many MCU OG characters to return in the Russo Brothers’ latest. As unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con back in July, Robert Downey Jr. ne Iron Man will be stepping into the role as the main baddie, Dr. Doom — if that isn’t upside down multi-universe enough.
Evans was always iffy as he would need a strong reason to return. The new Fantastic Four of Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Vanessa Kirby and Ebon Moss-Bachrach are also set to star in Avengers: Doomsday.
While the rumors about Chris Evans return has been circulating for the past year or so, it was believed he’d return as Captain America in a Disney+ series centered around Cap returning the infinity stones to their proper realities. We were all on board for that as we wanted to see Captain America’s interaction with the Red Skull who went on to become the guardian of the Soul Stone. But this is also cool too.
Could Chris Evans return as the OG Captain America? Hydra’s Captain America? The Human Torch? Old Man Cap? With the Russo brothers you never know but what we do know is it won’t be boring. That’s for damn sure.
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