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Robert Downey Jr. Will Return to ‘Avengers’ Franchise — But Not as Iron Man


Robert Downey Jr. made a surprise appearance at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, July 27, to confirm his official Marvel Cinematic Universe return as Doctor Doom

During Marvel’s Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, July 27, it was announced that Downey, 59, would portray comic book character Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday. “As proof of the unimaginable possibilities in the Marvel multiverse, we give you the one person who could play Victor Von Doom,” Joe, 53, said during the panel, per social media footage. “We’ve been spending, you know, the last two-plus years figuring that out for Wolverine,” the president of Marvel Studios told Discussing Film earlier this month, referring to Hugh Jackman ’s X-Men character appearing in the latest Deadpool movie.

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