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EXCLUSIVE: Iron Man and Children of Men writers Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby are scripting Shadow Tiger, a film adaptation of Sharad Devarajan’s comic book. This marks the first time the Academy Award-nominated pair has returned to the superhero genre since penning Iron Man, which laid the foundations…

Somewhere in the multiverse, Robert Downey Jr. is playing the villain. After the Academy Award winner first suited up as Tony Stark in 2008’s Iron Man, director and co-star Jon Favreau revealed in a 15th anniversary retrospective of the inaugural MCU title that Downey Jr. also auditioned for Fantastic…

Robert Downey Jr. has expressed interest in reprising his role as Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Which presents a problem, since he died at the end of Avengers: Endgame. Speaking with GamesRadar at the Sands: International Film Festival, the film’s directors, Joe and Anthony Russo, seemed…

Robert Downey Jr.’s ballyhooed departure from the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame seemed to have been set in stone when Marvel president Kevin Feige dismissed hope for an Iron Man return a few months ago. But not so fast. Maybe. In a new Esquire cover story, Downey…

Christopher Nolan had a Shakespearian moment when he came to The Late Show. In a reverse of Marc Antony, he came to praise Robert Downey Jr., his Oppenheimer star, not to bury him. Downey Jr. is regarded as the Oscar front-runner for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in…

Robert Downey Jr. has completed his run as Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Kevin Feige says the character will not be coming back. “We are going to keep that moment and not touch that moment again,” Feige told Vanity Fair in the Downey Jr. profile. “We all worked very hard for many years…

When you hear the name Tony Stark the actor that comes to mind is Robert Downey Jr. as he played him in the MCU starting with 2008’s Iron Man. However, Downey was not always going to play the billionaire philanthropist and was in talks to play a whole different character. “I remember you had all met…

Jonathan Majors enters the MCU as the next major villain portraying Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Looking ahead at Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, Majors recently revealed he would like to share the big screen with Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role of Iron Man. “So Kang…

The Library of Congress has unveiled its annual list of 25 movies to make the cut for the National Film Registry. The selection, considered among America's most influential motion pictures, features titles ranging from an 1898 documentary of the Mardi Gras Carnival parade in New Orleans to the 1950 Cyrano…

EXCLUSIVE: After festival premieres in Telluride, AFI and New York, the Chris Smith-directed documentary Sr. just started its run on Netflix. What began as a docu about Robert Downey Sr, the ’60s counterculture director of avant-garde films including Putney Swope and Greaser’s Palace, Sr. evolved into…

Disney CEO Bob Chapek has made some very public mistakes of late, including his handling of the company’s response to Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill. This weekend, Chapek returned to his alma mater, Indiana University, to receive an honorary doctorate and deliver a commencement speech. In it, he gave a…

This has been a trying year for movies, with the closing of cinemas in the pandemic, and a pivot by many filmmakers and stars to streaming service projects. As we wait for the boom times to return once a Covid vaccine establish herd immunity and movie theaters fill again, it seemed worthwhile to reflect on what a…