Alan Cumming jumps for joy after major Avengers: Doomsday casting news

Nightcrawler, also known as Kurt Wagner, is the acrobatic, blue-skinned mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe — a fan-favorite character who has appeared in countless comic books, several cartoons, and three live-action films since his 1975 inception.

Even though Cumming only played Nightcrawler once, the actor made a lasting impression when he brought the beloved teleporter to life in 2003's X2: X-Men United.

I mean, who could forget that spectacular opening scene with him infiltrating the White House?

Despite the praise for X2 from fans and critics alike, Cumming did not return for X-Men: The Last Stand and remained absent from any of the sequels that followed.

In the X-Men: Apocalypse and X-Men: Dark Phoenix prequels, a new (and younger) version of Nightcrawler was brought to life by actor Kodi Smit-McPhee. However, Cumming is the one returning for Avengers: Doomsday, and queer fans are loving it.

But Cumming isn't the only queer X-Men alum returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The same casting announcement also revealed that Sir Ian McKellen will once again reprise his role as Magneto, a.k.a. Erik Lehnsherr, the master manipulator of magnetism.

McKellen has been synonymous with the villainous mutant since 2000's X-Men, and went on to return for other installments such as X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand, and X-Men: Days of Future Past. In 2013, McKellen also made a cameo in The Wolverine film starring Hugh Jackman. (Michael Fassbender would later take the reins as a younger version of Magneto in the prequels.)

Other X-Men royalty making their way into the next mutant-loaded Avengers movie include Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, James Marsden as Cyclops, and Kelsey Grammer as Beast.

Speaking of beast, that's exactly one way to describe the rest of the Avengers: Doomsday cast: It's one hell of a beast, indeed.

If the names shown in the video above didn't already get fans X-cited enough, other major casting reveals included Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Letitia Wright as Shuri, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Wyatt Russell as John Walker, Tenoch Huerta Mejia as Namor, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Lewis Pullman as Sentry, Danny Ramirez as Joaquín Torres/Falcon, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Winston Duke as M'Baku, and Channing Tatum as Gambit.

And it doesn't stop there. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel wasn't exactly done with getting their fans in a nerdgasmic tizzy. Robert Downey Jr., who is playing the big bad Doctor Doom in the film, also teased that more casting news are coming.

"That's what u call a deep bench of talent… Actually, it's more like a row, but an extra-long one… That must be it… Right?" Downey Jr. replied in the comments section of Marvel Studios' official post.

"There's always room for more…" Marvel cheekily replied.

Avengers: Doomsday is set to open May 1, 2026 in theaters.