The actor recently told People at the Televerse 2025 conference that he “just finished” filming the Russo brothers’ highly anticipated Doomsday film, which is set to hit theaters in May 2026.

Alan Cumming is back for “Avengers: Doomsday,” revising his role as the blue-skinned, sword-wielding, teleporting Nightcrawler. While Cumming famously didn’t love his time on “X2” (the character did not return for “X-Men: The Last Stand,” the actor said his second turn in the pointy ears was a healing experience.

As previously reported on Queerty, Alan Cumming is reprising his role as the mutant Nightcrawler on the forthcoming Avengers: Doomsday. Cumming first played the role in the X-Men sequel, X2: X-Men United, in 2003.