It sounds like one of the MCU's biggest characters could be playing a major role when he returns in next year's Avengers: Doomsday.

Someone's got to take charge of the two Avengers teams in their upcoming duology, just don't expect it to be Mister Fantastic.

Is Loki still alive in the MCU? That’s the million-dollar question. Tom Hiddleston’s Loki has turned the concept of “death” into a joke at this point.

Pedro Pascal is hitting it out of the park with his role of Reed Richards in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Ahead of his role reprisal in Avengers: Doomsday, the actor set some records straight.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor, who has died aged 54, was cast as Theo Huxtable in the sitcom The Cosby Show at the age of 13, and over the course of some 200 episodes became one of US television’s best-known teenagers.

Avengers: Doomsday actress Rebecca Romijn recently provided a possibly discouraging update on the upcoming Christmas blockbuster.

Also, Doom wants to revive the most powerful Scarlet Witch of all. You might have guessed by now: It's Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen). "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" implies that Wanda dies, though we never see her body. That's where Franklin comes in, as Doom wants his abilities to revive Wanda.

First Steps' includes two post-credits scenes. Here's how that big reveal sets up what's coming in Phase 6 of the MCU.

Fantastic Four First Steps has the dual pressure of re-introducing the team and setting up Avengers: Doomsday.