During the Marvel Studios panel at 2024 Comic-Con International: San Diego, Robert Downey Jr. surprised with the new character in the MCU
It almost seems like we are in a literal multiverse of madness: during the panel of Marvel Studios during the 2024 Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC), on the night of last Saturday, the 27th, the company announced that Robert Downey Jr.the eternal Iron Manwill play the villain Doctor Doom in Fantastic Fourwhose official title was revealed as The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
It is worth remembering how Doctor Doom/Victor von Doom It is Iron Man/Tony Stark are not related in any way. So far, the studio has not revealed whether Doctor Doom will be a variant of Tony.
At SDCC, Downey Jr. appeared disguised with the iconic mask of Doctor Doom in the comics and, when he removed the item, the audience at the event applauded the actor, winner of the Oscar 2024 in Best Supporting Actor per Oppenheimer (2023).
“New mask, same task.”
Robert Downey Jr. surprises Hall H to announce his return to the MCU as Doctor Doom. pic.twitter.com/j1SEjzse3p
—Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) July 28, 2024
More about Fantastic Four
One of the most anticipated films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in the coming years, Fantastic Four promises to come with a different aesthetic and environment than what we are used to seeing in the franchise, with retrofuturistic elements.
Scheduled to premiere in theaters on July 25, 2025, the production directed by Matt Shakman has names like Peter Pascal (Reed Richards/Mr. fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/Thing), Paul Walter Hauser, Natasha Lyonne, Julia Garner (Shalla-Bal/Silver Surfer), Ralph Ineson (Galactus), John Malkovich It is Robert Downey Jr. (Doctor Doom).
Source: Rollingstone

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