Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are among the 10 writers credited on Avengers: Doomsday, according to the Writers Guild of America’s online directory. Marvel fans spotted the listing this week, and both actors are credited for additional literary material, a behind-the-scenes credit that does not appear on screen.
The official screenplay credit belongs to Stephen McFeely and Michael Waldron. The full list of additional literary material credits covers McFeely, Waldron, Eric Pearson, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jeff Loveness, Andrew Lanham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Reynolds and Jackman.
What the Credits Point To
Reynolds has written for his own character before, with credits on Deadpool 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine. This is Jackman’s first writing credit of any kind, after more than 25 years playing Wolverine. Variety reached out to Marvel and to reps for both actors for comment. Reynolds responded on X by posting a short video clip from Deadpool & Wolverine without any caption explaining it.
Marvel still has not confirmed Deadpool or Wolverine for Doomsday. Both actors have been campaigning in public, though. Reynolds crashed the Doomsday panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July dressed as Deadpool and asked to be in the movie, and Jackman followed with a video at D23 in August making the same pitch for Wolverine. Channing Tatum’s Gambit, who appeared alongside them in Deadpool & Wolverine, is already part of Doomsday, and Empire’s new issue includes a still of his fight with Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi.
The rest of the list reads like a history of the project. Loveness wrote Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and this film started life as The Kang Dynasty before Marvel retooled it around Doctor Doom. Cretton, who directed Shang-Chi and this summer’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day, was attached to direct the film before the Russo brothers took over. McKenna and Sommers co-wrote Brand New Day, and Pearson co-wrote The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
More Doomsday News This Week
The credits surfaced the same day Empire revealed four collectible covers for its Avengers: Doomsday issue, including one that features Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom by himself. In that issue, Kevin Feige shuts down the theory that Doom is a variant of Tony Stark, telling Empire the character is Victor Von Doom and nothing else. The 22-page feature hits newsstands November 19.
Avengers: Doomsday opens in theaters December 18, with Avengers: Secret Wars following on December 17, 2027.
Sources: Variety | Gizmodo | Empire
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