Men” franchise left a lasting mark, but her absence from the upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday” casting has disappointed fans hoping for her return. As excitement builds for the 2026 Marvel blockbuster, many are wondering: why isn’t Halle Berry reprising her role?

Doomsday cast list, but the casting is far from over and the rumor mill continues to spin! While 27 actors were confirmed by Marvel Studios for the next Avengers movie, a handful of notable characters were absent from the announcement,

Halle Berry played Storm in four different X-Men films. She was fantastic in those movies and returned for the fourth despite them notoriously doing her dirty. For those unfamiliar, director Matthew Vaughn revealed a more Storm-focused script was sent to Berry to get her interested in the third film,

First Steps was revealed at CinemaCon 2025The sizzle reel confirmed a big fan theory about the Marvel movie's first trailerIt's unclear if the MCU Phase 6 film's latest teaser will be released online Marvel detectives,

Excitingly, Sue's pregnancy means we'll most likely (eventually) see the introduction of a major Marvel character, Franklin Richards. In the comics, he's the child of Sue and Reed, and he's an incredibly powerful mutant with reality-altering powers.

First Steps had people asking one thing: Is Sue Storm pregnant with Franklin Richards? There were posts about it, theories online, and then Marvel went and proverbially tweeted it out. At CinemaCon’s Disney panel,