Robert Downey Jr is returning to the Marvel superhero world after five years \u2013 but not to the Iron Man role that launched the blockbuster franchise.<\/p>\n
The actor will make his comeback as Dr Victor Von Doom, a prominent villain in the comic books that spawned the popular film series.<\/p>\n
Downey Jr will appear in Avengers: Doomsday<\/strong>, which is due to be released in May 2026, and a further instalment titled Secret Wars a year later.<\/p>\n Stars joining the Marvel franchise were unveiled at the Comic Con event in San Diego.<\/p>\n Downey Jr appeared on stage concealed behind Doctor Doom\u2019s iconic mask and green cloak before unveiling himself to fans.<\/p>\n Speaking to reporters, he said: \u201cI like playing complicated characters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n The 59-year-old was instrumental in launching the Marvel movie universe, starring in its first film Iron Man<\/strong> in 2008.<\/p>\n He last appeared in a Marvel film in 2019\u2019s Avengers: Endgame<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The American actor won an Oscar for his role in Oppenheimer<\/strong> earlier this year.<\/p>\n The post Robert Downey Jr to return to Marvel as Doctor Doom<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Robert Downey Jr is returning to the Marvel superhero world after five years \u2013 but not to the Iron Man role that launched the blockbuster franchise. The actor will make his comeback as Dr Victor Von Doom, a prominent villain in the comic books that spawned the popular film series. Downey Jr will appear in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}