James Marsden Talks AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY, Spidey Saves A Kid In New Set Video, FANTASTIC FOUR Box Office Latest

James Marsden Talks AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY, Spidey Saves A Kid In New Set Video, FANTASTIC FOUR Box Office Latest

We're back with another roundup, including James Marsden on his return as Cyclops in Avengers: Doomsday, new Spider-Man: Brand New Day set footage and casting, and The Fantastic Four's box office latest.

By JoshWilding - Aug 07, 2025 01:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Doomsday

Avengers: Doomsday will feature heaps of familiar faces from the X-Men franchise. There are some notable omissions (Wolverine, Storm, and Jean Grey being absent is unacceptable), but James Marsden's return as Cyclops has generated plenty of excitement among fans. 

He often ended up with the short end of the stick in the 20th Century Fox movies, becoming a third wheel in Logan's romance with Jean. The hope now is that we'll get a far more compelling take on Scott Summers, along with the hero's classic comic book costume.

Vanity Fair recently spoke with Marsden and asked if it's been strange to revisit Cyclops after such a long time. The last time he donned the mutant's visor was in 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past.

"I’m getting a little long in the tooth to put on the superhero costume," he said with a laugh. "I was excited because you're a part of something gigantic, and I've spent 20 years listening to people say, 'When are you coming back? When are you coming back? Are you coming back?' I'm dead. Well, maybe not."

"I'm going to have a tough time struggling to get into costume if they waited a couple more years. So it's been a blast. It really has. It's been a nice little homecoming to a role that really put me on the map," Marsden continued. "It was the first real event project that I was ever a part of, and a very beloved character, this icon from the comics. And so to step back into that role was pretty special."

While it remains to be seen what kind of role Cyclops has in Avengers: Doomsday, the hope is that we'll see him step up to lead the team in a battle against Earth 616's Mightiest Heroes, before he joins forces with them to fight Doctor Doom. 


Tom Holland may have been shooting some very spoilery Spider-Man: Brand New Day scenes in London today, but Spider-Man was back in action in Glasgow, swinging into action to save a child. 

It appears Spidey does this mid-chase, and this feels a lot like the Man of Steel making a point to save civilians in Superman. Peter Parker has always been a friendly neighbourhood superhero, though, so we don't think the movie is taking its cues from the DCU. 

In related news, Wynonna Earp and Revival star Melanie Scrofano has confirmed that she's joined the cast of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Unfortunately, there's no word on who the actor is playing in the movie. 


The Fantastic Four: First Steps is still #1 at the North American box office, and will pass Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania's entire $214.5 million run this evening after grossing $3.9 million on Wednesday. 

The movie has grossed $211.8 million in total as of yesterday, and is still eyeing a $280 million - $295 million run in the U.S. 

As for Superman, that did $1.7 million on Wednesday, taking its domestic cume to $322 million. It's officially topped Jurassic World Rebirth, and will beat Suicide Squad ($325.1 million) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($330.4 million) this weekend. 

What will you be watching in theaters this weekend?

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 8/7/2025, 1:38 PM
Damn...Guess this Is the last FF movie in another decade
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 8/7/2025, 2:28 PM
@Malatrova15 - damn, you're more sensible when you're pretending to not be you
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 8/7/2025, 2:31 PM
@ProfessorWhy - im Always me...who else can i be ?...don try to MKultra me Bro!
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/7/2025, 4:20 PM
@Malatrova15 -

I herald his beginning.

I herald their end.

I herald...

...Superman.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/7/2025, 4:46 PM
@Malatrova15 - it does say something that the very second Brand New Day started filming its behind the scenes vids have been dominating the Marvel conversation ... and superhero talk in general
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 8/7/2025, 4:54 PM
@lazlodaytona - i mean...assumimg Feige watched the final Cut of FF before US...he knew the hype would die the same day as the premiere
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 8/7/2025, 4:55 PM
@ObserverIO - imaginé being mogged by the most mid Superman since David Caín
mountainman
mountainman - 8/7/2025, 1:40 PM
Even though I would love to see the Jim Lee suit adapted in live action, I wish they’d hold that off for the relaunch. I would rather see Marsden play more of a post mutant decimation version of Cyclops, especially since the Fox mutants world is theoretically being decimated.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/7/2025, 1:42 PM
@mountainman - Same! The Jim Lee costume is by far his most iconic costume. I feel like any costumes we see in Doomsday/Secret Wars for any X-Men characters will be one and done. The reboot will completely re-do them.
mountainman
mountainman - 8/7/2025, 1:44 PM
@CorndogBurglar - In fact, if we are getting a younger Scott, I’d prefer to start with his Claremont costume if they can pull it off without it looking too goofy. Jim Lee suit in the sequel.

I do want to see the Fox characters redeemed in this film, but let’s not use the best suits in this one.
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 8/7/2025, 2:39 PM
@mountainman - I'd like the original 5 in their 60s style suits. Introduce Storm, Colossus and Nightcrawler in the sequel, along with the costumes of that era. Maybe Wolverine in a post credits. Then the third movie can have Jubilee, Gambit and Rogue and basically be the live action version of the 90s show.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/7/2025, 1:40 PM
I firmly stand by the opinion that Marsden was a great choice for Cyclops, but was written like an unlikeable chump.
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 8/7/2025, 1:48 PM
@CorndogBurglar - I give a bit of grace to the early CBMs. They were like a baby deer finding its legs. I think they had an outline for Wolverine, Magneto, and Professor X as the anchors, but kinda slept on the rest of the cast. Although they did commit some time to Jean. I respect them for basically providing the blueprint for the modern CBM
Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 8/7/2025, 1:50 PM
@CorndogBurglar - He really could have been one the great pillars of top tier casting if they used him right. Hopefully he gets to shine a bit in Doomsday, even if it is brief
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/7/2025, 2:22 PM
@CorndogBurglar - I like him never cyclops in comics
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 8/8/2025, 10:45 AM
@DarthOmega - They were so close. A crossover was right there for the taking. X-Men, FF team-up, throw in some Affleck Daredevil and Nic Cage Ghost Rider and count the cash. Looking back, it's hard to believe Fox didn't do it.
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 8/8/2025, 10:58 AM
@JacobsLadder - I think they weren't thinking big enough back then. They needed someone like Feige with a clear long term vision to make that happen. The closest we came was that Spider-Man X-Men blooper cameo
grif
grif - 8/7/2025, 1:45 PM
cant believe this guy gave up a nice payday in x3 to be in that shitty superman returns to play one of the most loser ridden throw away irrelevant dad characters ever.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/7/2025, 4:53 PM
@grif - dude. Marsden was in X3. He was murdered by Jean early on, but he had about as much screentime in that film as he did in X2.
grif
grif - 8/7/2025, 5:17 PM
@lazlodaytona - yes early on. so he could be in the other movie
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 8/7/2025, 7:22 PM
@grif - The way they treated the character in the first two Xmen movies script wise I doubt they'd have given him more screentime in X3 if he begged them and offered to do it for free.

The other film may have bombed, still not seen it to know how good or bad he was in Returns, but X3 was always likely to be his last appearance in the franchise so anyone with sense would be looking for other roles in other films.

As is odds are his contract with Fox would mean they could force him to commit fully to whatever they wrote for him to do in the film as a min 3 film contract was the norm back then for a main character in a new franchise.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/8/2025, 3:53 PM
@grif - that's what I mean. He never had a lot of time in the first 2 X-films, why not try to cash in on a more substantial role in a movie containing the biggest comic book character of all time?
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 8/7/2025, 1:55 PM
That kid was holding on to that scooter for dear life.
Jackraow21
Jackraow21 - 8/7/2025, 1:57 PM
I hope Marsden’s Cyclops goes out with a bang. Feels like with the way CBMs are going, this younger and cheaper X-men reboot after Secret Wars is going to be something only the diehards show up for anyway. So for a lot of the public, this will be the last time for them to get Scott Summers right.
Yellow
Yellow - 8/7/2025, 2:10 PM
It's so nice to see them actually saving people for a change
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/7/2025, 2:22 PM
Cool to heroes saving civilians again recent cbms and I’m glad that trend seems to be continuing with BND!!.

Also I think Ms Scrofano is joking about being in BND since Glasgow recently had a fan convention for Wynona Earp which was a SYFY show that has a cult fan base and was also based on a comic book that she was the lead in so she was there for that rather then filming Spider-Man but could be wrong.

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Also in regards to Jean ,Storm and Logan being absent from Doomsday (atleast so far) and given that we have had set photos of presumably destroyed Sentinels around the X-Mansion , I wouldn’t be surprised if the mutants announced such as Cyclops , Gambit ,Nightcrawler, Beast , Xavier , Mystique and Magneto are the remaining survivors of that attack.
CaptainFlapjaks
CaptainFlapjaks - 8/7/2025, 2:55 PM
I can see the headlines now

Daily Bugle: spiderman kidnaps kid in broad daylight after starting a fight with the punisher.
hue66
hue66 - 8/7/2025, 5:09 PM
Was surprisingly impressed by FF. Really good movie. Liked it more than Superman. Hope it does well
JacobsLadder
JacobsLadder - 8/8/2025, 10:42 AM
Let's hope he gets to play a proper Cyclops this time, you know, the leader of the X-Men.

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