RDJ’s return to the MCU will happen during a different type of MCU Phase 4 show, the What If…? animated feature that will premiere on Disney+ in August.ĭisney and Marvel have yet to confirm RDJ’s involvement in the project, but we don’t need an official announcement when leaked Lego toys can tell the same story. But that’s just expected to be old footage that Marvel did not use in previous movies. We already expect a Stark cameo in Black Widow when it’s released in about a month in theaters and on Disney+. Only it’s not quite as exciting as you think. And it looks like RDJ’s Iron Man is coming back to the MCU this summer. But Marvel has ways of bringing all of them back in the future without ruining Endgame’s legacy.

Chris Evans also retired his Steve Rogers/Captain America, and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow died in Endgame before Stark. RDJ’s contract reached its end with Endgame, and Marvel is looking at the next phase of Avengers adventures beyond what the original team members could offer. The protagonists do not get to ride into the sunset unharmed - and Stark pays the ultimate price. Endgame is a better superhero movie than most because the stakes seem more real, and everything is on the table. Stark got to wear the Iron Man armor one final time in Avengers: Endgame, where he had to sacrifice his life to save everyone else. The “genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist” Tony Stark helped create and lead the Avengers, and he got a fantastic arc over more than a decade of stories.

Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) is the superhero who was the catalyst for Marvel’s monstrous MCU success.

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