Marvel finally confirmed what MCU fans have been dying to hear: Robert Downey Jr. is coming back to Avengers movies. However, he won't play Iron Man in Avengers 5, now titled Avengers: Doomsday. He'll be Victor von Doom, a big villain from The Fantastic Four comics and a character some people expected to see in the The Fantastic Four reboot.
RDJ should also appear in Avengers: Secret Wars. That's probably the whole point of bringing the actor back, even if he's seemingly playing a different character.
I already explained why I think RDJ will actually play a Tony Stark version who doesn't become Iron Man in his reality. Instead, he takes up the Doctor Doom mantle to become a villain, at least from the perspective of the main MCU reality, Earth-616. That's speculation from yours truly. I'd expect plenty of speculation as to why the MCU's first Doctor Doom needs to have the same face as Iron Man.
While I mused on the real identity of RDJ's next character, I also said Marvel has a problem to fix. Unlike Thanos (Josh Brolin) in the Infinity Saga, the main villain of the Multiverse Saga hasn't had any big cameos. That's because Kang was supposed to be the saga's big baddie, of course. But Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom will start showing up in the MCU before we get to Doomsday.
An insider tells us where the character will show up next. Before we look at that, I'll tell you that big spoilers will follow below. While you might expect RDJ cameos in future movies, you might want to be surprised.
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