Marvel unveiled 27 cast members to announce that Avengers: Doomsday was in production. The reveal came over a five-hour-long livestream where a new chair was revealed about every 15 minutes, before Doctor Doom star Robert Downey Jr. made a brief on-screen cameo.

Avengers 5's cast reveal livestream has spawned two new big Marvel fan theories about its plot and a popular character's return.

No no no, we're not ranking the announcements, We're ranking where and how the chairs announcing the announcements dropped.

While Sebastian Stan, Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, and Lewis Pullman have all been confirmed as cast members in the next Avengers movie, one name was notably absent: Olga Kurylenko, who plays Antonia Dreykov, AKA Taskmaster.

Marvel Studios spoiled Thunderbolts* by revealing most of the team will be in Avengers: Doomsday. Fans speculate Taskmaster won't survive Thunderbolts* based on trailer evidence. The decision to reveal cast members for Avengers: Doomsday could harm Thunderbolts* box office results.

Avengers: Doomsday has a lack of female representation in its cast, with only five female characters confirmed. This issue reflects a larger problem of underrepresentation in the MCU, despite progress in recent years.

Perhaps attempting to prove that reports of imminent box office demise have been greatly exaggerated, Marvel on Wednesday announced major casting news for its upcoming “Avengers” sequel that both flex the power of its history and set it up for the future.

By the time Marvel's five-hour announcement about the "Avengers: Doomsday" cast was done, there was a surprisingly long line of empty chairs. But as long as the cast list is, we can't help but notice some huge absences from the roster, including some names we thought were practically mandatory.