Another Major Avenger is Returning for Avengers Secret Wars Reportedly

While Marvel Studios may be reconsidering its plans for the Multiverse Saga, this weekend, a significant casting rumor is making the rounds on social media.

Yes, we are once again discussing Avengers: Secret Wars and one more of the original Avengers, whom Marvel Studios is reportedly eager to cast for the film's grand finale to this new chapter in the history of storytelling. We previously reported earlier this week that Chris Evans is returning as Captain America and that Robert Downey Jr. has reportedly signed a contract to reprise his role as Iron Man. Once more, we have no idea if he will play the original Steve Rogers or a variant (he might even dress as the Human Torch). All we can say is that this is excellent news.

The last time Evans portrayed Captain America was in Avengers: Endgame. In the film's epilogue, after traveling back in time as an elderly man—possibly to a branched timeline—he gave Sam Wilson his shield, transferring the mantle of Captain America to his friend.