------------------------------------------------ 🦾 Iron Man 4 Robert Downey Jr. is set to reprise his iconic role as Tony Stark in the highly anticipated "Iron Man 4."
Though no plans to bring back Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man have been announced, Tony Stark's legacy is still being felt in the MCU. Riri Williams, who appeared in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and will be the lead character in the upcoming Ironheart series, is in many ways a direct successor to Tony.
Morgan Stark appears in The Invincible Iron Man. Morgan H. Stark appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Avengers: Endgame, portrayed by Lexi Rabe. This version is the daughter of Tony Stark and Pepper Potts who was born in 2018.
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said last month that he won't be asking Downey Jr. to return to the MCU as to preserve Tony Stark's emotional ending (“We all worked very hard for many years to get to that, and we would never want to magically undo it in any way,” he said), but that hasn't stopped rumors from ...
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Will Robert Downey Jr. return?
MORE: Robert Downey Jr. isn't coming back as Tony Stark, Marvel Studios president says. Tony Stark sacrificed himself to snap away Thanos at the end of 2019's "Avengers: Endgame," and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige told Vanity Fair in December, "we would never want to magically undo it in any way."
A successful inventor, James is the son of Tony Stark and Janet Van Dyne's Wasp - two founding Avengers who have dated in the past. However, he's also named for another Avengers hero - James 'Rhodey' Rhodes, aka the War Machine.
Tony calls her Maguna twice-once outside when trying to find her by the tent, and again when he tells her the “horrible story”. It seems like a pet name given to her, much the same way fathers have pet names for their daughters. It also could've been how Morgan pronounced her name when she was first learning to talk.
Chris Evans is rumored to return as Captain America in Avengers: Secret Wars, sparking speculation and excitement among fans. Avengers: Secret Wars is rumored to feature actors from Marvel movies predating the MCU, creating a multiverse connection.
Summary. Feige won't bring back MCU's main Iron Man after his Endgame sacrifice, but a variant could still allow RDJ to return without undoing his death.
Have the Russo brothers reacted to Robert Downey Jr's MCU return?
Avengers: Endgame directors are confused by Robert Downey Jr.'s comments about returning as Iron Man: "We closed that book" Avengers: Endgame directors the Russo Brothers aren't too convinced by Robert Downey Jr.'s recent comments about potentially suiting up again as Iron Man in the MCU.
After Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tom Holland's Spider-Man has officially taken the place of Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man as the most important hero (and brand) in the MCU. In 2015, Marvel Studios reached an unprecedented deal with Sony Pictures that allowed them to reboot Spider-Man as part of the MCU.
After they get better acquainted, Tony playfully calls Thor "Point Break," a reference to the 1991 film where Patrick Swayze's character, Bodhi, sports a similar hairstyle. This nickname stuck with Thor until Thor: Ragnarok.
Thor Odinson himself said he is around 1500 years old at the time of the events of Infinity War (2018), and MCU fandom wiki mentions Loki's year of birth as 965 AD, hence he would be 1055 years old at the time of his death in 2018. So, Thor is around 445 years older than Loki.
On the Technopolis area of Battleworld during the Secret Wars storyline, Arno Stark is the brother of Tony Stark (the region's ruler). He colludes with Wilson Fisk to help undermine his brother's rule and seeks to steal new armor designs from Kiri Oshiro (the niece of Rumiko Fujikawa).
Does Robert Downey Jr. want to return as Iron Man?
Robert Downey Jr. would "happily" return to play Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. "It's too integral a part of my DNA," Downey told Esquire of playing Tony Stark, in an interview published Monday. "That role chose me."
Disney (DIS) bought Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in late 2009, bringing an entire multiverse of IP with them. While some have criticized the quality of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) as of late, there is no debate that the entertainment company has dominated the box office across the globe for many years.
