Oscar Isaac Pulls Out of Star Wars Celebration, and Now MCU Fans Think Moon Knight Is in Avengers: Doomsday

OK, rotation with america connected this one... Oscar Isaac mightiness conscionable beryllium returning arsenic Moon Knight, and successful Avengers: Doomsday nary less. Shocked? Us too, but there’s 1 peculiar caller improvement that is starting to marque the mentation look plausible.

Earlier successful the weekend, Star Wars Celebration’s authoritative societal media revealed that Isaac would nary longer beryllium making an quality astatine the beloved normal successful Japan this twelvemonth “due to changes successful his accumulation schedule.”

Isaac's quality astatine Star Wars Celebration was a headline-grabbing announcement backmost successful February, sparking rumors of Poe Dameron's instrumentality to the postulation far, acold away. Rey histrion Daisy Ridley appeared astatine Star Wars Celebration 2023 to denote she would look successful a caller film, truthful fans were wondering if Isaac would bash thing akin here.

Naturally, Isaac's accumulation docket changes were not detailed, but considering Avengers: Doomsday is presently successful accumulation successful London, it didn't instrumentality agelong for fans to enactment 2 and 2 unneurotic to travel up with Moon Knight successful Avengers.

He’s gonna beryllium filming doomsday?

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That said, the mentation is inactive conscionable a theory. Marvel does similar surprises, but the information remains that Isaac wasn’t really 1 of the galore announced names successful the Doomsday formed reveal. However, Marvel Studios shaper Kevin Feige did corroborate that the livestream did not see the full formed of Doomsday — “We revealed many, not all,” helium said implicit a video telephone astatine CinemaCon — truthful we tin dream, can’t we?

One six-episode play of Moon Knight was released backmost successful 2022 starring Isaac, but Marvel has yet to denote a follow-up. Avengers: Doomsday is acceptable to deed theaters connected May 1, 2026, with a full big of returning heroes and celebrated faces bringing the communicative to beingness arsenic per the epic livestream.

Meanwhile, MCU fans person besides turned their inquisitive regard upon Robert Downey Jr’s hairsbreadth aft the Iron Man histrion precocious sent retired a Doctor Doom-themed invitation for this 60th day party.

Last month's Avengers: Doomsday formed uncover was dense connected seasoned X-Men actors. Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, and James Marsden are each present acceptable to look successful Avengers: Doomsday, confirming the X-Men are successful the movie successful a large way. Grammer famously played Beast successful the Fox X-Men franchise earlier making his MCU debut via The Marvels' post-credits scene. Stewart played Charles Xavier/Professor X successful the X-Men films earlier appearing concisely successful the MCU via Doctor Strange successful the Multiverse of Madness arsenic a subordinate of the Illuminati. McKellen, who played Magneto, has yet to look successful the MCU. Neither has Cumming, who played Nightcrawler, Romijn, who played Mystique, nor Marsden, who played Cyclops. It begs the question: is Avengers: Doomsday secretly an Avengers vs. X-Men movie?

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.