Chris Evans is once again at the center of Avengers: Doomsday debate. Reports from late 2024, fan art cycles in 2025, and Evans’ own quotes have collided to create a noisy picture. This piece gathers every proper noun, date, number, and available quote from recent coverage and keeps them separate from speculation.
Avengers: Doomsday is currently dated for December 18, 2026 , a target reiterated in mid‑2025 timeline updates and still used in roundups tracking the project’s calendar.
What Evans has said — word for word
On January 30, 2025 , Evans addressed return chatter and pushed back with, That’s not true… Yeah, no — happily retired! The line has since become the anchor quote for those arguing that he is not in the film.
On June 9–10, 2025 , he expanded on that feeling, sa