MCU Ressurects Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom

What’s more metal than coming back from the dead?! I don’t even mean this in a religious way, but that’s a whole other story. Not everything brutal has to come by way of dirginess and grimy blast beats. Just ask Robert Downey Jr., because that’s apparently what he’s doing with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He may have died as Iron Man, but that fool is motherfuckin coming back as Doctor Doom.

The announcement came Saturday evening while Downey Jr. was making an appearance at San Diego Comic-Con. Attendees were already going off with excitement because of the screening of the new “Deadpool & Wolverine” that came out the same day, but it was the panel they had later on after the screening that brought the most riotous reaction. It wasn’t a moshpit by any means of MetalSucks’ standards, but maybe the closest something at Comic-Con could ever come to a pit?

Downey Jr. strolled his ass out onto that Comic-Con stage donning a Doom mask—the crowd in suspense as if it were an episode of that somehow entertaining Masked Singer show. Mystery and intrigue lingered until Downey Jr. ripped the mask off, as uproars and cheers and all that good bullshit showered in for the stirring reveal.

In more detail, Downey will take on the villainy of Victor Von Doom in Avengers:Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, due out in May of 2026 and 2027 respectively. The news couldn’t be better for Marvel fans, considering that killing Iron Man off was one of the dumbest things they’ve ever done. The resurrection was in big thanks due to the brothers Russo, the dynamic filmmakers who have been undoubtedly blessed with handling the Avengers franchise.

“New mask, same task. What’d I tell you, I like playing complicated characters,” Downey said during Saturday night’s spirited events.

What a fuckin baller thing to say.