Archive · 28 Sep 2025
X-Men (2000) Is Key to Understanding Avengers: Doomsday
Marvel is making a new Avengers movie called Doomsday, and it will include characters from the X-Men movies.
To prepare, you only need to watch the first X-Men movie from 2000.
This movie introduced the X-Men characters that will be in Doomsday, like Professor X and Magneto.
Other X-Men movies, like X2 and The Last Stand, don't matter as much because the timeline was changed.
The new movie will also be a tribute to these characters before the MCU restarts the X-Men for the next saga.
Avengers: Doomsday will feature X-Men characters.
Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen will reprise their X-Men roles.
The original X-Men (2000) is the key film to rewatch.
Later X-Men films do not influence the storyline due to timeline shifts.
The movie serves as a tribute to the original X-Men characters.
- Who
- Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- What
- Need to revisit X-Men (2000) before watching Avengers: Doomsday.
- When
- Avengers: Doomsday releases on December 18, 2026.
- Where
- In theaters.
- Why
- X-Men (2000) introduces essential characters for the MCU film, which will feature the return of X-Men characters.
- Movie Title
- Avengers: Doomsday
- Release Date
- December 18, 2026
- Focus
- X-Men characters from the 2000 film
- Returning Characters
- Professor X, Magneto, Mystique, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Beast
- Previous Films to Watch
- X-Men (2000)