Marvel Studios' Battleworld is a American superhero crossover film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Young Avengers, Fantastic Four and X-Men. Produced by Marvel Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, following Young Avengers: Resolution, The Fantastic Four: A Brave New Fantastic World, and Giant-Sized X-Men: Class in Section, set in The Marvel Universe NOW!!! (TMUN), directed by George Miller, produced by Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito and The Russo Brothers with a screenplay made by Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus & Michael Waldron, and the story written by Michael Waldron, the film features an ensemble cast including Pedro Pascal, Iman Vellani, Vanessa Kirby, Tom Holland, Joseph Quinn, Hailee Steinfeld, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Danny Ramirez, Tye Sheridan, Kathryn Newton, Jett Klyne and Jullian Hillard, Dafne Keen, Letitia Wright, Channing Tatum, Lux Pascal, Ariel Winter, Callie Spaeny, Dominique Thorne, Kesley Grammer, Brad Garrett, Angela Bassett, Hugh Jackman, Ralph Ineson, Henry Cavill, and Sebastian Stan. In the film, Young Avengers, X-Men and The Fantastic Four team up to face Galactus (Ineson), Dr. Doom (Stan), and The Beyonder (Cavill).
Premise[]
1 year after the events of Young Avengers: Resolution. Young Avengers, Fantastic Four, and the X-Men team up to face Doctor Doom, Galactus, his heralds and Beyonder.
Plot[]
Having creating Battleworld and slaughtering the TVA, The Beyonder and his lieutenants — Doctor Doom, Galactus and his heralds (Shalla Bal the Silver Surfer, Gabriel Lan the Air-Walker, Pyreus Kril the Firelord, and Morg the Executioner) — intercept the spaceship carrying the Fantastic Four. After subduing Richard, Storm and Grimm, overpowers the Human Torch, and destroyed H.E.R.B.I.E. A malfunctioning H.E.R.B.I.E. sends Johnny to Earth using the escape chute. The Beyonder and his lieutenants leave with the captured Fantastic Four, destroying the spaceship.
Johnny Storm crash-landed in the Watchtower and warn the Young Avengers about Galactus and his heralds coming here and taking them to the Battleworld and Beyonder's plan, and they agreed to help him, Galactus arrived to retrieve the group and Storm, Unable to catch them, due to the team's overwhelming strength, the cosmic being captured them, one by one while Johnny get left behind again, but he flies off straight to the X-Mansion.
In the X-Mansion, Scott and his X-Men were ambushed by Galactus' heralds and a massive Chutulu-type Deviant, only for Johnny Storm to rescue them depsite their rivalry and take shelter, he warns them about Battleworld, a multiversal war between the heroes and villains across multiple universes, they headed straight to the Multiverse not before warning Storms to not double-cross them.
The Young Avengers alongside a variant of Lockjaw, maganed to escape the Worldship in Blackbeard's pirate ship and finds themselves in the jungle region of The Void, wasteland at the end of time, where after avoiding hostile, carnivorous vegetation that brings back painful memories for Peter, Kate and Shuri, a highly intelligent and advanced but combat oriented tribe called the Dhaka, mistaken them for the 11 identical legendary god-like Nexus Beings that defeat a genocidal variant of Kang, and taken them to Thaloria, where they're worship for their return over thousand years ago and throw a party for them.
Richards, Storms and Grimm escaped capture and forces the Beyonder and Doom to explain what is going on, they lied to them that the X-Men were a part of this, saying that they're behind it all of this, caught up in their conflict, Reed and Doom make a agreement to eliminate the X-Men.
With directions and advice from Loki, the X-Men and Johnny Storm arrived in the Void and went to the similar trial that the Young Avengers faced, only to find that Galactus, his heralds, Richards, Storms and Grimm and Latervia's armed forces are hot on the trail for the Dhaka Tribe, Deducing that the Young Avengers and X-Men are here.
At another party being thrown for the Young Avengers, Latervia's armed forces (with Galactus along with the Fantastic Four attack the The Dhaka Tribe while The X-Men arrived and meet Kamala Khan and The Young Avengers, and The Fantastic Four, and they help out The Dhaka Tribe, which ends up getting their respective team members along with The Dhaka Tribe people being captured and taken to Latervia's armed forces and Thaloria being sacked. Upon arriving here, Reed finds out that they're being played at and make amends with the X-Men.
After making a alliance through Khan's encouragement, a group that consists of (Parker, Storms, Khan, Torres, Summers, Wanger, Grimm, Grey, Groot, The Maximoff twins, Williams and Dhaka Tribe) went to Latervia to rescue their comrades, Upon arriving, Kamala along with Lockjaw and Peter Parker subdues
Cast[]
Main[]
Young Avengers[]
A team that are composed of super-powered kids, teens and young adults, even some of alien origins and royalty with special characteristics and abilities, In the Void, they're mistaken for prophecy of 11 identical legendary god-like Nexus Beings that defeat a genocidal variant of Kang that nearly ended the Multiverse.
- Iman Vellani as Vice President Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, A teenage mutant of Muslim-Pakistani origin, current vice president and leader of Young Avengers from Jersey City who once idolizes Danvers and wears a Quantum Band, a magical bangle that unlocked her ability to harness cosmic energy and create hard light constructs.
- Tom Holland as Mayor Peter Parker / Spider-Man, A 19-year-old superhero, former Midtown High student, former veteran Avenger/Young Avengers' second-in-command and current mayor of New York City who received spider-like abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider and wears a variety of suits with web shooters.
- Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop (Hawkeye), A 22-year-old third-in-command of Young Avengers, a Hawkeye fan who became Clint Barton's protégée, and was trained to take over the mantle of Hawkeye.
- Danny Ramirez as Captain Joaquín "Fanboy" Torres / Captain America / Eagle Two, An Young Avenger, Sam's former sidekick, U.S Air-Force Captain and a former first lieutenant and intelligence officer who was trained by the Air Force in aerial combat using a specially-designed wing pack known as EXO-7 Falcon similar to Sam's EXO-7 Falcon. Formerly known as Falcon, Torres now goes by the alias of Captain America after donning Steve Rogers's shield and a new suit of Wakandan's Vibranium and Adamantium technology.
- Cailee Spaeny as G'iah, Talos and Soren's daughter, Harvest enhanced Super-Skrull and Young Avenger who formerly works for Gravik on his NATO forces.
- Jett Klyne and Jullian Hillard as Tommy and Billy Maximoff / Speed and Wiccan, The twin 12-years-old sons of Earth-838 Wanda Maximoff who was granted powers and longevity of their Westview Hex counterparts and Young Avengers.
- Kathryn Newton as Cassie Lang / Stature, Scott Lang's 20-year-old daughter and a Young Avenger who acquires a suit similar to her father's and Hope's Ant-Man and Wasp suits.
- Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams / Ironheart, An MIT student and genius inventor from Chicago who created a suit of armor that rivals the one built by Tony Stark / Iron Man before joining the Young Avengers and becoming a human-synthezoid hybrid.
- Letitia Wright as Queen Shuri / Black Panther, The former princess, now queen of the Golden Tribe, Wakanda, Young Avenger member and current Black Panther who gained superhuman abilities by ingesting the heart-shaped herb.
- Brad Garrett as Groot, A former member of the Guardians and a Young Avenger who is a tree-like humanoid and the accomplice and adoptive son of Rocket Racoon, and the biological father of the deceased Groot.
- Fred Tatasciore as Lockjaw, A alternate Inhuman Dog and Galatcus' former abused herald with the power to teleport that accompany the group on this quest, eventually becoming their third pet, his CGI model is based off of St. Benard and Southern Mastiff.
Fantastic Four[]
The Fantastic Four is a team of four superheroes that was transferred to the Prime Sacred Timeline by Galactus.
- Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic, Sue's husband, Grimm's best friend, and a highly intelligent scientist who is the leader of the Fantastic Four and can stretch any part of his body to great lengths.
- Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm / Human Torch, Sue's brother and a charmastic popular, member of the Fantastic Four who can control and manipulate blue fire and fly.
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm / The Thing, A tough, but easy-going member of the Fantastic Four encased in a layer of orange rock that grants him superhuman strength and durability.
- Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman, A member of the Fantastic Four, the wife of Reed Richards and the founder of Future Foundation who can generate force fields and turn invisible.
X-Men[]
The X-Men were a team of mutants created to defend the world and maintain peaceful human-mutant relations despite the prejudice against mutantkind.
- Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers / Cyclops, A mutant with the ability to fire optic energy blasts from his eyes. Having been one of the first members of the modern group of X-Men, Scott Summers was chosen to succeed his mentor during his retirement and eventually sacrifice, Xavier and became the X-Men's most respected and celebrated field leader. He's also the admirer of Young Avengers and their stories.
- Hugh Jackman as James Howlett Logan / Wolverine, A mutant with retractable forearm claws, enhanced physical attributes, and accelerated regenerative abilities. As the co-leader of the X-Men and Xavier's right-hand, he was also a famous hero and warrior, having fought in many wars throughout human history.
- Ariel Winter as Marie D'Ancanto / Rouge, A member of the X-Men and a mutant who can absorb the powers and life force of any person she physically touches.
- Dafne Keen as Laura / X-23-23, A mutant, artificially created by Alkali-Transigen to use as a soldier. She is also the biological teenage daughter of Wolverine, with similar powers, including regeneration and adamantium claws, she became a X-Men member with her father usually accompanying her.
- Lux Pascal as Jean Elaine Grey, An evolved mutant with powerful telekinetic and telepathic abilities, further enhanced by the cosmic energies of the Phoenix Force. She studied at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and trained as a second-generation member of the X-Men under the tutelage of Professor X, she and Scott are married.
- Angela Bassett as Ororo Munroe / Storm, A member of the X-Men and a Omega-Level mutant with the ability to control the weather, Bassett also played Ramonda in the flashback.
- Alan Cumming as Kurt Wanger / Nightcrawler, A blue-skinned, demonic-looking mutant who can teleport into any surface and a very competent in swordplay.
- Kelsey Grammer as Hank McCoy / Beast, A mutant with the ability to transform into a blue-skinned bestial creature with fangs and claws. He was one of Charles Xavier's students and was also a teacher in the Xavier Institute.
- Channing Tatum as Remy LeBeau / Gambit, A mutant with the ability to charge matter with explosive bio-kinetic energy. Playing cards are his weapon of choice, as well as a long, metal staff.
Supporting/Minor[]
- Delroy Lindo as the Dhaka Chieftain Tarrlok, the tribal leader of the Dhaka tribe, a colony in the jungle region of The Void who was trained in sorcery, combat and blacksmith.
- Rosie Perez as the Dhaka Chieftain's wife, Angela who was trained in all forms of hand-to-hand combat and the only Dhakan who sees through the Young Avengers' god play, but play along with it since they're good.
- Christopher Judge as High Priest Theobald, the loyal advisor of Tarrlok.
- Tom Hiddleston (uncredited role) as God Loki / The God of Stories, the variant of the former Prince of Asgard and the adoptive brother of Thor Odinson, a former TVA Agent who resided in the Citadel at the End of Time as The God of Stories.
- Archival footage of Tony Stark, M'Baku, Okoye, Nakia and Nebula are being used.
Antagonists[]
- Ralph Ineson as Galactus, A gigantic cosmic being who consumes the life force of planets with the help of his heralds.
- His heralds, Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal / Silver Surfer, Galactus's metallic-skinned herald who travels through space on a surfboard-like craft, Mark Hamill (voice) and Allan Henry (mo-cap) as Pyreus Kril/Firelord, one of Galactus's heralds who control, generate, and manipulate fire, Taika Waititi (voice and mo-cap) as Morf the Executioner, a human who was transformed into a cosmic Hulk-like being, D.B. Sweeney as Gabriel Lan/Air-Walker, one of Galactus's heralds who manipulate the air around him, and Kevin Michael Richardson (voice) and Allan Henry (mo-cap) as Terrax the Tamer, one of Galactus's heralds who control and manipulate the earth and rocks around him.
- Sebastian Stan as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom, A full-blown tyrannical and petty but rightful heir and supposed Supreme Monarch of the isolated technologically-advanced European country known as Latveria, and so believes himself destined to prominently seek and expand his rule to the rest of Earth as well as the entire multiverse, he was banish to the End of Time when Victor tries to steal Storms from him.
- Henry Cavill as The Beyonder, a con-artist cosmic being that is capable of trickery, omnipotent reality bending and multiversal awareness.
- Jack O'Connell as One-Eye, the ruthless security officer and warden
Continuity[]
- Victor von Doom has been playing with The Fantastic Four and X-Men without lifting a finger, leading to their numerous conflicts
Appearances[]
Items[]
- Doctor Doom's Armor
- Sentinels
- Godzilla Tri-Sentinel
- Doom-Bots
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Vibranium
- Panther Habit/Hardened Jabari Wood Armor
- Vibranium Gauntlets
- Vibranium Daggers
- Captain America's Shield (upgraded and heavily reinforced)
- Vibranium Gauntlets
- Adamantium
- Captain America's Uniform (Vibranium-Adamantium version)
- EXO-7 Falcon
- Redwing
- Combat Goggles
- EXO-7 Falcon
- Captain America's Uniform (Vibranium-Adamantium version)
- Quantum Bands
- Ms. Marvel's Uniform (O.X.E. version)
- Panther Habit/Hardened Jabari Wood Armor
- Stature Suit
- Pym Particles Disks
- Pym Particles
- Pym Particles Disks
- Spider-Man Suit (Future Foundation/O.X.E. variant)
- Iron Spider Armor (flashback)
- Synthetic Webbing
- Web-Shooters
- Synthetic Webbing
- Iron Spider Armor (flashback)
- Ms. Marvel's Uniform
- Quantum Bands
- Hawkeye Suit (O.X.E version)
- Kree Composite Soul Bow
- Black Widow's Batons
- Black Widow's Bite
- Black Widow's Batons
- Kree Composite Soul Bow
- Advanced Tech Suit (Tommy only)
- Iron Man Armor: Mark LXXXV (flashback)
- X-Men Uniforms
- Cyclops's Visor
- Gambit's Bo Staff
- Cyclops's Visor
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard
- H.E.R.B.I.E.
- Mysterium
- Dhaka Spear
- Dhaka Bows and Arrows
- Kanabo
- Whip
- Dhaka Shield
- Shrines
- Ben and Jerry's (mentioned, logo)
- Pepsi (mentioned, logo)
- Little Caesars (mentioned, logo & box)
- Playstation (logo)
- Hot Toys (logo)
- Nike (logo)
Sentient Species[]
- Humans
- Frost Giants
- Mutants
- Synthezoids (Riri only)
- Skrulls
- Super Skrulls (G'iah)
- Flora colossi
- Heralds
- Eternals (mentioned, corpses)
- Deviants
- Cthulhu
Creatures[]
- Fish
- Dogs
- Dinosaurs
- Horses
- Inhuman Dog
- The Void Carnivorous Plants
- Sheep
- Dragons
- Seprents
Organizations[]
- Young Avengers
- X-Men
- Fantastic Four
- TVA
- Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
- Dhaka's Armed Forces
- O.X.E.
- WHiH World News
- Avengers (mentioned)
- Wakandan Tribes
- Golden Tribe
- Loops Lunch Diner (mentioned)
- Trask Industries (mentioned, bankrupt)
- Nascar (logo)
Locations[]
- New York City, New York
- Watchtower
- Bishop Residence (flashback)
- Watchtower
- Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters/X-Mansion
- Golden City, Wakanda (flashback)
- Citadel (flashback)
- Titan (flashback)
- Avengers Compound (flashback)
- Multiverse
- The End of Time
- Citadel at the End of Time
- The Void
- The Jungle of Misery and Painful Memories
- Thaloria
- The Emerald Palace
- Battleworld
- Latveria (The Void version)
- Thaloria
- The Jungle of Misery and Painful Memories
- The End of Time
Concepts[]
- Magic
- Dark Magic (Doom only)
- Chaos Magic
- Eldritch Magic
- Asgardian MagIc
- Frost Giant Magic
- Spider-Sense
- Time Travel
- Multiverse
- Eldritch Magic
- Chaos Magic
Events[]
- The Multiversal War
- Attack on New York City
- Ambush at The X-Mansion
- Escape from the Worldship
- The Attempted Coup of The United States of America (mentioned)
- Project A.D.A.P.T.O.I.D Incident (mentioned)
- Infinity War (mentioned)
- The Blip (flashback)
- Talokanil-Wakandan War (flashback)
- Attack on the Golden City (flashback)
- Attack on the Avengers Compound (flashback)
- Battle of New York (flashback, aftermath)
- The Battle of Earth (flashback)
- The Ruination of Avengers and Mysterio (mentioned)
Vehicles[]
- Excelsior 2.0.
- Quinjet (Young Avengers variant)
- Blackbird
- Blackbeard's pirate ship
- Worldship
- Latveria Warships
Mentioned[]
- Future Foundation
- Yelena Belova
- Blackbeard
- Sam Wilson
- Charles Xavier
- Trask Industries
- The Brotherhood of Mutants
- The Inhumans
- Rugrats
- Red Hulk
- Scooby-Doo
- Dark Avengers
- Magento
- The Super-Adaptoid
- Mysterio
Logo variants[]
- Marvel Studios - The logo starts the similar way in Thunderbolts*, it's zoomed out into outer space where the movie began.
Crew[]
Main crew[]
- Director: George Miller
- Producers: The Russo Brothers, Kevin Fiege, and Louis D'Esposito
- Screenplay: Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus, and Michael Waldron
- Story: Michael Waldron
- Score/Music: Bear McCreary and Mark Mothersbaugh
- Lyrics/songs: Elton John and Tim Rice
- Production company: Marvel Studios
- Distributor: Walt Disney Entertainment Company
- Cinematography: Lawrence Sher
VFX and others[]
- ILM (VFX Supervisor: Daniele Bigi)
- Framestore (VFX Supervisor: Stuart Penn)
- Digital Domain (VFX Supervisor: Jan Philip Cramer)
- RISE (VFX Supervisor: Sebastian Lauer)
- Weta FX (VFX Supervisor: Phillip Leonhardt)
- Luma Pictures
- The Production VFX Supervisors are: Dan DeLeeuw and Swen Gillberg
- Costume designer: Mayes C Rubeo
Tropes[]
Awesome Moments[]
- While not shown, Doctor Doom slaughtered a good ass chunk of TVA's minutemen,
- Johnny Storm putting up a good fight against Doctor Doom and Beyonder before getting overwhelmed.
- Young Avengers gave Galactus a fight of his life before getting captured.
- Kamala Khan gets the X-Men and The Fantastic Four to play nice with each other.
Tearjerker[]
- Shuri, Peter Parker and Kate Bishop has to relive some of their painful memories after getting separated and affected by the spores.
- Shuri and Parker's painful memories are the worst parts since they both lost important people in their life (For Peter, Tony Stark and Shuri, her whole family).
- H.E.R.B.I.E's sacrifice himself to get Johnny Storm to safety before Doom destroyed him.
What Do You Mean It's Not Symbolic[]
- The conflict between the Fantastic Four and X-Men is a clear representation of the ongoing John Walker and Sam Wilson discourse (The Fantastic Four represents Sam Wilson Captain America camp while X-Men represents John Walker Captain America camp)
Creator-Driven Successor[]
- Elton John and Tim Rice has also worked on The Road to El Dorado (2000) which involves individuals (Tuilo & Miguel and Young Avengers) being mistaken for literal gods of a hidden civilization (El Dorado and Thaloria).
Hilarious in Hindsight[]
- This isn't Delroy Lindo's first rodeo with giant monsters, chosen ones, dogs and the supernatural.
- Looks like The Maximoff twins learns a thing or two from Cosmic Queen Agatha about absorbing Eternals' powers.
Spiritual Successor[]
- The subplot involving Young Avengers and The Dhaka Tribe is about as closest that you'll ever get to a live-action Road to El Dorado, Bonus points for having Rosie Perez, Elton John and Tim Rice returned.
- The ending is similar to Avengers: Infinity War, but instead of the heroes dying, the villains (aside from Dr. Doom) are the one who bite the bullet.
- Some even say this a God of War movie in terms of scale and scope of giant characters and monsters, Having Bear McCreary and Christopher Judge in it clearly does the trick.
- Shuri's upgraded Vibranium Gauntlets resembles Nemean Cestus used by both Kratos and Hercules in God of War III (2010).
Triva[]
- It's the first major Young Avengers/X-Men and Fantastic Four crossover in the TMUN!!! (The Marvel Universe NOW!!!).
- The Dhaka Tribe and Thaloria are based on Mesoamerican and African cultures.
- Latervia of The Void are based off on Spanish conquistadors.
- This is the only first Marvel Universe NOW!!! movie to take place entirely at the Void and it expand to more than just a junkyard.
- Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell and Delroy Lindo previously worked on Sinners (2025).
- Coincidentally, the first X-Men film and The Road to El Dorado were both released in 2000.