Downey’s returning to the MCU, however not in the best way followers anticipated.
Robert Downey, Jr. will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this time as Victor Von Doom. Who knew he may play an armored narcissist? All joking apart, Downey and the Avengers staff took Corridor H by storm final night time, and managed to ship on a panel even when loads of followers have been speculating about wild prospects like Avengers vs. X-Males or one thing equally bonkers after the discharge of Deadpool & Wolverine. After, Downey posted a picture to his social media profiles that reveals him sharing a second with the Physician Doom masks, as soon as once more evaluating the character to his efficiency of Tony Stark.
“New masks, similar activity,” says the caption. Final night time, Downey joked about how a lot he likes taking part in difficult characters, a movement at Iron Man but in addition a peek on the approach the MCU hopes to depict Dr. Doom.
Downey’s casting raises loads of questions; whereas it is simple to think about that Victor Von Doom will likely be a variant of Tony Stark from one other universe, how did that come collectively? Was he Tony, however went one other approach when he bought the armor? Did Latveria get entangled with World Battle II and alter the trail of Tony’s mother and father? Solely time will inform, however so far as San Diego Comedian Con bulletins go, that one was fairly spectacular.
With nearly everybody assuming Secret Wars can be loosely tailored from the Jonathan Hickman comedian of the identical title (versus the Nineteen Eighties model, which was extra like a Mortal Kombat-type story), there had been hypothesis for years that Doom would show to be the last word villain of the sixth Avengers film. There had additionally been hypothesis that Downey would possibly return to make a cameo as a variant of Iron Man — however we do not keep in mind seeing anyone predicting the 2 can be intertwined.
In 2016, author Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev made Notorious Iron Man, a narrative that centered on the thought of Victor Von Doom taking over the Iron Man identification after Tony Stark seemingly died (don’t fret, he did not actually) in Civil Battle II. Bendis has been having some enjoyable with that, sharing his personal Iron Man/Doom artwork on Instagram:
The Downey-as-Doom announcement actually sucked up loads of oxygen final night time, leaving all corners of the geek web speaking concerning the MCU once more. We’ll see how a lot of that momentum can carry by way of to the discharge of Captain America: Courageous New World and Thunderbolts* subsequent yr, however between the large field workplace Deadpool & Wolverine is absorbing and the hype from San Diego, it is simple to really feel extra bullish concerning the studio’s future than we have been a yr in the past.
Downey’s Doom is anticipated to debut in Avengers: Doomsday in Could 2026.
