Kathryn Newton Confirmed as Cassie Lang in Avengers: Doomsday with UPS Delivery Surprise

In a quirky twist on Marvel’s multiverse storytelling, Kathryn Newton—who played Cassie Lang in Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania—has officially been cast in Avengers: Doomsday. The confirmation arrived not with a press release, but with a UPS delivery: Newton’s very own director’s chair, mailed directly to her.

Sharing the unboxing moment on Instagram, Newton joked about the chair’s size, noting,

"It’s tiny because Cassie Lang gets tiny, you know? She’s small, but sometimes she’s big, depending on what’s happening."

While Newton’s followers were among the first to see the announcement, executives and exhibitors in Las Vegas at CinemaCon got an early preview. Reports suggest Cassie Lang appears in the Avengers: Doomsday trailer, receiving a tender kiss on the forehead from her father, Ant-Man.

Newton’s casting update arrives during a turbulent week for Marvel and Disney. Just days before the highly anticipated Avengers: Doomsday presentation at CinemaCon, Disney announced it would lay off 1,000 employees as part of a broader restructuring effort. In a memo, incoming CEO Josh D’Amaro stated the cuts aimed to "streamline our operations in various parts of the company to ensure we deliver the world-class creativity and innovation our fans value and expect from Disney."

The layoffs extended to Marvel’s in-house visual effects team, which reportedly saw nearly all members—including artists, illustrators, and designers responsible for the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe—let go. The move has raised concerns about the future of Marvel’s signature visual storytelling amid industry-wide uncertainty.