Marvel’s new ‘Avengers’ films will star Robert Downey Jr. as a villain

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Marvel’s new ‘Avengers’ films will star Robert Downey Jr. as a villain
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Marvel Studios kicked off its return to San Diego Comic-Con with dancing Deadpool variants and a choir for a panel that included news about the next two “Avengers” films and surprise guests, including Harrison Ford. Among the surprises announced Saturday: Robert Downey Jr. would return to Marvel’s films, but not as Iron Man.

Marvel Studios capped its Comic-Con presentation in San Diego with the announcement that Robert Downey Jr. would be returning to its cinematic universe — playing villain Doctor Doom in the next “Avengers” film instead of Tony Stark/Iron Man. “New mask, same task,” Downey Jr. told cheering fans. Marvel Studios capped its Comic-Con presentation in San Diego with the announcement that Robert Downey Jr.

Feige said all the actors introduced Saturday would appear in the upcoming “Avengers” movies, which will be directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. The brothers guided the “Avengers” franchise through its sprawling storyline capped by “Avengers: Endgame” in 2019 that included the death of Downey’s Tony Stark/Iron Man character.

The cast then stepped aside to share a scene from the movie on the big screen, which revealed that President Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, played by Ford, is hoping to rebuild the Avengers with Mackie’s Sam Wilson. It also showed Ford’s character transform into the Red Hulk.

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