Simply when Marvel followers thought that they had all of it discovered, Chris Hemsworth might have added extra gasoline to the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday hearth. After Marvel’s 5.5-hour chair reveal stream that exposed a sprawling roster of returning and new Avengers, eagle-eyed followers observed one large identify lacking: Thor himself. Now, the Transformers One voice star’s birthday shout-out to a sure former genius-billionaire-playboy-philanthropist turned villain has everybody buzzing once more about what’s coming within the upcoming Marvel film.
In a latest publish shared to his official Instagram tales, Hemsworth wished Robert Downey Jr. a cheerful sixtieth birthday with a placing and lovable collage of images of the 2 actors collectively. However the actual information was within the caption. The Australian-born performer wrote:
Blissful sixtieth RDJ!! We’ll see you quickly ⚡️🔨
Hemsworth wrote the birthday message throughout a collage of a number of enjoyable images from their time working collectively. One in every of my favorites is the superior pic of him, RDJ, and Chris Evans, which he initially shared on X (previously Twitter) some time again. They shared that memorable snap whereas doing press for Avengers: Age of Ultron.
.@Avengers #PressTour with these legends: @ChrisEvans @RobertDowneyJr pic.twitter.com/WUaI0fejxwApril 11, 2015
Evidently, this instantly set off Marvel followers throughout the web.
Why? As a result of the Ghostbusters alum wasn’t a part of the official Avengers: Doomsday forged reveal that Marvel dropped throughout that now-infamous livestream, the place names appeared slowly—agonizingly slowly, director chairs over the course of 5 and a half hours. Downey made the minimize. The Thunderbolts* forged mates Florence Pugh and David Harbour made the minimize, although they didn’t know they have been within the film till the reveal. Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man and a hilarious tiny director’s chair have been there. However Thor? Nowhere in sight.
Now, followers are left asking the apparent: Is the Blackhat actor teasing a shock return because the God of Thunder? Or was this only a candy, nostalgic publish to his outdated MCU co-star?
Given the fastidiously worded “We’ll see you quickly” and the actual use of the lightning bolt and hammer emojis, I’m leaning towards the previous. And truthfully, are you able to blame me? Marvel’s monitor file with post-credits surprises, multiversal curveballs, and sudden character resurrections has everybody conditioned to deal with each emoji prefer it’s a part of the official Marvel Multiverse timeline plan.
Avengers: Doomsday is ready to hit theaters on Could 1, 2026, so there’s nonetheless loads of time for shock bulletins. We already know that not each forged member has been revealed but. It is sensible for Hemsworth’s Thor to return, particularly since it should have been greater than 4 years since we final noticed the Asgardian god on the massive display by the point the movie is launched.
Marvel followers must wait to see if this was a refined wink at or only a real birthday toast. No matter it’s, it labored. The web’s spinning its hammer once more, checking each publish and the tea leaves for any information concerning the upcoming superhero film.
Till Marvel clears issues up (or provides one other 5 hours of livestream content material), all we are able to do is preserve our eyes on the skies—and Chris Hemsworth’s Instagram.