Robert Downey Jr returning as Tony Stark is inevitable. It is only a matter of time. The might be somewhere in the next 10 to 15 years. But how would one do that. The pressure is on. You have to bring him back legitimately without undercutting his death. I have a solution to that.

First, what movie should he appear in. The obvious answer would be Secret Wars, but I would prefer The Young Avengers . Why you might ask. Well I'm getting to it.

It all lies in a man named Kang. Kang the Conquer is a time traveling dictator who is most commonly a future version of Iron Lad. However we don't have Iron Lad yet. And if Marvel doesn't add him to this universe I have another alternative. Tony Stark.

Hear me out.

Tony Stark maybe dead in our universe but time travel works differently in the MCU. To catch you up to speed, every change made in the past results in 2 timelines. One where the change happened and another where it didn't happen (our timeline). Last time we checked a couple timelines are still left open. Like the one where Loki got a hold of the Tesseract. This Tony Stark would be from that timeline.

Lets say that Tony survives in this timeline. What does he do after? So if we go back to Age of Ultron, what did Tony do. He made Ultron. Why? Because of the alien invasion. What just happened in Infinity War and Endgame? Half of all life was killed off and an alien invasion. So this Tony is more paranoid than ever. Not only does he have to protect the planet but he also has to protect his daughter, Morgan. This Tony goes full control freak. To keep the world safe he needs to control it. We saw a bit of this in Age of Ultron but this is much worse And then Tony figures, why not extend that control to different timeline. Enter the Young Avengers.

To these guys Iron-Man is their hero. Not only is he a bad ass he also saved the universe.. Think about who's on this team. Kate bishop, Shuri, Cassy Lang, maybe Wiccan and Speed, and, most importantly, Peter Parker. Peter had a special relationship with Tony. Imagine how much that would affect him. Maybe we could throw in a future version of Morgan Stark into the mix. Imagine how hard it would be to fight their hero. They may be the Young Avengers but he's Iron Man. He's an OG Avenger.

In the end, defeating Kang would symbolize the Young Avengers stepping out of the shadow of the original Avengers. It would be saying, "Hey, these guys are the real deal."

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Edit: Before you downvote, please understand that those are just dreams, I know he will most likely not come back.

Most of us know that Robert Downey Jr. was going to be out of the MCU for an indefinite long.

However, in a recent interview he stated that he might return as the beloved Iron man under two conditions (Money arrangements, of course, and working together with Tom Holland).

WARNING! If you have not watched Avengers: Endgame, DO NOT READ! MAJOR SPOILERS FOR ENDGAME!

So... Imagine Kevin Feige agreed to RDJ’s conditions. How would Tony come back? I mean, we all saw what happened to him after Endgame. What are the odds of him actually coming back?

I have some assumptions that might be extremely accurate if you think about them more rationally.

3. Tony Stark created a clone of his before the events of Endgame with his consciousness in it.

Just think about it. He has always tried to foresee what would happen and would try to prevent terrible events from happening. He had seen the terrible power of Thanos and the six infinity stones and that crushed him. So he had 5 years to come up with a plan to have two brains like his - and so he created Tony Mark two (pun intended). This theory, however, is not so plausible since he would have appeared after the events in the last Avengers movie.

2. He rebirths himself with the snap.

What? That sounds crazy to you? Well, the stones could do virtually anything, right? Why won’t he just wish for himself to stay alive besides destroying Thanos and his army. And, for the record, the problem from the latter theory still exists, but his concentration was on Thanos and not on his rebirth. So he could exist somewhere out there but still wander around trying to find his people.

1. Iron man is the new J.A.R.V.I.S.

Why would it be difficult for him to do it? He created J.A.R.V.I.S., Ultron, Vision, why wouldn’t he be able to put his own consciousness into a machine and live basically forever? There is even a slight hint in the end of Endgame - when the hologram looks right at Morgan. What are the odds of him actually getting lucky and looking straight at his daughter’s eyes while talking to her? Not that high, am I right? He might not show up immediately after those terrible events, but with time, maybe on Morgan’s way to recreating her father’s journey he can appear in her records just like Tony’s own father’s old works appeared in Iron Man 2. That, in my view, is the most plausible idea.

To sum up, face the facts, Tony is gone for now. There are no confirmations that he will definitely return, but it is possible sometime in the future. However, Feige probably will not spend that much on RDJ anymore since his arc was perfectly closed and Marvel now want to focus on other, newer projects.

Iron Man is probably my favorite "super hero" in the MCU. I was expecting him to die in infinity war but thankfully that didn't happen. I know he only is signed on for 1 more movie as of right now but what are the chances they resign him for another avengers movie or a Iron Man 4? I expect him or Cap to die in the next movie or maybe both but it would be nice to see RDJ reprise his role as he does such a good job. Yeah he cost a lot of money, but honestly I think it's worth it. They have definitely made more money off him than they spent.

If the movie’s ending will follow the ending of the 2015 comic book Secret Wars, then the entire multiverse in Marvel will be recreated/rebooted. This could mean that characters who had died in the past, or during the event of Secret Wars, can come back! (Examples like Tony Stark, Natasha, Captain America..etc.)

For those who don’t know the ending of the 2015 comic secret wars, it basically has Reed Richards and his family create new universes/realities, ultimately creating an ENTIRE new multiverse in Marvel.

So, we can see variations of dead characters come back in the MCU, whether it be a variant, past-self, or the same character brought back from the afterlife…etc. There might be a good chance we’ll be able to see these characters again in the MCU!

Especially for the characters who do die during Secret Wars, since, literally every single marvel character dies -except for a very few amount- throughout the whole comic.

Any thoughts on this? I am really hoping Marvel might implement this ending into the movie, since not only would it be very open-ended for new possibilities and characters to be introduced-AND a very good start for the next phase to come in the MCU, but it also can bring back some possible OG characters that we have missed for a while now.

While speaking to Collider’s Michael Zimmerman promoting his latest movie, Anthony Mackie opened up about the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday — and it sounds like fans should brace themselves for major shocks.

Asked about his reaction to reading the script, Mackie was surprisingly open about things, including the fact that we might be getting another ending in the style of Infinity War. “You know what? I was really excited, man" he said. “It’s one of those stories that really pushes the boundaries, and it — the cliffhanger at the end, you know, the last moments of the film — it really builds and sets us up for a way for the continuation of the Marvel saga, which is really exciting.”

In Avengers: Doomsday, Mackie’s Sam Wilson/Captain America will return to lead a brand-new line-up of Avengers in the post-Endgame era, a task he was assigned by President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) in Brave New World. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the film is set to bring back major players from across the MCU while introducing Doctor Doom, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in a surprise turn. Mackie also teased what sets this entry apart from other Avengers outings :

*"You see these characters, and you see how they’re introduced and how they play in the universe moving forward, and no one is safe. Everyone is expendable."*

That ominous warning — "everyone is expendable" — is enough to spark speculation that this could be Marvel's biggest swing and gamble yet. Unlike Infinity War, if character deaths end up being permanent, then it would shake the foundations of the MCU for the better, and with the integration of Fox-era X-Men characters, alongside the debuting Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts* ensembles, Mackie’s words only fuel the fire about who'll be walking into the movie, but won't be walking out — so make your peace, now.

And it’s not just fans who are getting hyped. *“It’s really exciting”**Mackie added, as he prepares to head back to the UK to resume production on what will undoubtedly be the biggest film of next year.

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Anthony Mackie says that ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’ will end on a cliffhanger. *“No one is safe. Everyone is expendable."*