Anthony Mackie and Chris Evans spent five years making Marvel movies together as Sam Wilson/Falcon and Steve Rogers/Captain America. Their characters were close friends, with Steve bestowing the Captain America shield to Sam at the end of 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.

Doomsday? Well… according to Captain America himself he isn't. Though The Hollywood Reporter confirmed in December that Evans would be dipping back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the actor is now denying those reports.

Avengers, disassemble. Chris Evans, who played Captain America for nearly a decade in the MCU, is not returning to Marvel for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. At least that’s what he told Esquire in a profile of his former co-star, Anthony Mackie.

Marvel's former Captain America is the latest Avenger to deny any further return to the franchise, seemingly an obligatory claim at this point.

The MCU isn't done with the Multiverse just yet. After Kevin Feige announced Robert Downey Jr. would star as Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday at San Diego Comic Con , it looked like we'd see another OG Avenger in the movie: Chris Evans.

Chris Evans seemingly contradicted reports that he would return as Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, in the next 'Avengers' movie, saying about the casting rumors, 'That’s not true, though. This always happens.

At the very least, we know Robert Downey Jr. will return to Marvel to now star as the villain of Doomsday, Victor von Doom. Joe and Anthony Russo, who previously helmed some of Marvel's most lucrative event films, including Avengers: Endgame, are returning to direct both Doomsday and the upcoming Avengers: Secret Wars .

Chris Evans is denying the reports claiming that he’ll appear in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday. Evans has played Captain America/Steve Rogers in a number of MCU projects. His final outing as the character was seemingly in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame;

“That’s not true, though,” Evans said when asked about the rumours. “This always happens. I mean, it happens every couple years—ever since Endgame. I’ve just stopped responding to it. Yeah, no—happily retired!”

RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Chris Evans has no intention of donning his Captain America shield any time soon. In a recent interview with Esquire, the actor said that the reports that surfaced back in D

Chris Evans has responded to the recent report that he's returning for Avengers: Doomsday, either as Steve Rogers/ Captain America or another character. An article from Deadline in December "confirmed" that the actor had signed on for Marvel's next big team-up film, due out next year.