Iron Man: Will the Marvel superhero return to cinema?

“And I’m Iron Man” : With these words, Robert Downey Jr. said goodbye to the last line of his first solo adventure published eleven years earlier and said goodbye to the Marvel Cinematic Universe by sacrificing the character of Tony Stark. Avengers Endgame.

A feature film that in a few minutes the Avengers lost their leaders (Tony Stark and Steve Rogers) and the MCU two of its most interesting characters that could offer real narrative arcs. But is their departure really final?

This Sunday, April 16th, TF1 will be renewing Iron Man 2. It is certainly the weakest of the three opus of his trilogy, and Robert Downey Jr. admitted to our microphone that the film was made in a hurry. Despite its many flaws and underexploited villains, its recent appearance on television makes it possible to measure the weight of its absence in a world struggling to move forward.

And who, the multiverse obliges, easily found solutions to bring him back in one way or another. as an option for example. The role is played by Robert Downey Jr. or another actor, as scoopers promised that Tom Cruise made a cameo in an alternate Iron Man armor for Doctor Strange’s purposes in Multiverse of Madness, which was completely fake.

It has since been announced that Avengers 6 will be inspired by the events of Secret Wars, which will bring several worlds into collision and multiply the possibilities of the storyline to bring back the lost characters. And we imagine the temptation will be great on Marvel’s part, and the launch of Phase V, powered by Ant-Man 3, would feel like a false start.

We are talking about the release of a new generation

But producer Stephen Broussard recently ruled out the possibility of Robert Downey Jr. returning: “One of the meta-narratives of Phase IV revolved around new characters. New people wear capes.”she said io9 last February. “For example, you see Cassie in a costume, Kate Bishop or new characters like Jack Werewolf at night.”

“There are some shows that take place after the first ten years of the Marvel narrative, like Robert Downey Jr. is no longer in our plans or something like that. It’s about a new generation coming to the fore, which, again, has always been there. It happened. in the comics.”

In a shared world where writers and producers struggle to kill off their characters, we appreciate these words, which, if they risk chilling some fans, undoubtedly also apply to Chris Evans and Scarlett ‘Black Widow’ Johansson. At least for now, because things can change very quickly.

In the meantime, and in the absence of Tony Stark, Riri Williams will play the role of Iron Man. Discovered in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in the guise of Dominique Thorne, the young woman would later be nicknamed the heroine of her own series, Iron Heart, as she wears this armor modeled after the former leader. The Avengers.

Not to be forgotten is James Rhodes (Don Cheadle), aka War Machine, who just released his armor in Iron Man 2 and will be back in the Secret Invasion series, scheduled for June 21 on Disney+. Then in Armor Wars, the TV show was turned into a movie that tells the story of what happens when the technology created by Tony Stark falls into the wrong hands.

Failing his physicality, the shadow of the first Iron Man and the spearhead of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continue to hover over him.