The Internet Reacts to IGN's April Fools' Day Avengers: Doomsday Casting Announcement

Another April Fools' Day has come and gone and we here at IGN had some fun with it by presenting the second round of casting announcements for Avengers: Doomsday following the 27 actors Marvel revealed last week. We loved how the internet reacted to our joke, and we thought we'd share the best ones right here.

While we started off by teasing that actors like Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Sydney Sweeney were the next choices to be part of Avengers: Doomsday, Meta shared that "we were holding our breath until slide 10." As you can see in our Instagram slideshow, slide 10 is none other than Marvel Rivals' Jeff the Land Shark.

The official Sonic the Hedgehog Movie account was next to join the party after seeing Shadow the Hedgehog made the cut, saying, "Shadow's getting top billing for sure, like cmon now."

The official M3GAN account was also excited that their beloved, murderous AI-powered doll would be joining the likes of Chris Hemsworth's Thor, Letitia Wright's Black Panther, and Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom. In fact, M3gan herself wrote, "I'm always #1 on the call sheet babes."

There were a few, like bryce.nicholls, who were fooled at first with the chairs of Reynolds' Deadpool and Jackman's Wolverine. However, they were brought speeding back down to earth with the news that they'd be joined by such heavy hitters as 'The Sandworm From Dune.'

The aptly-named WeAreVenomNME wasn't so easily fooled and knew this was all a ruse once they saw Morbius actor Jared Leto's chair plop into place. NicFlem229 was happy about Leto though, as they replied in the perfect way with "It's Morbin Time."

Controller noted that "The Cat From Flow" is all they care about, and that echoed the funny reaction Zoë Rose Bryant had with the real Marvel announcement. It was one of many joke castings that we laughed at and included in our internet reacts to the Avengers: Doomsday casting reveal alongside Emperor Palpatine, Jennifer Coolidge's Tanya, Knack, and more.

The cat from ‘FLOW’ will return in ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’ pic.twitter.com/f2mFcbDeMN— zoë rose bryant (@zoerosebryant) March 26, 2025

Those like Mr.Figures loved our addition of Danny DeVito, especially since we mirrored Paul Rudd's smaller chair from the official reveal.

Which chair was your favorite from our April Fools' Day video? Was it Heel John Cena? Maybe Dominic Toretto? Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg? Shrek? The Broom From Wicked? The Rizzler? Let us know below!

For more, check out some of our older April Fools' Jokes, including our infamous Legend of Zelda movie trailer and the fake Nintendo Direct that is the perfect way to gear up for the big Switch 2 reveal happening today!

Adam Bankhurst is a writer for IGN. You can follow him on X/Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on TikTok.