Doomsday will begin filming in 2025, marking Robert Downey Jr.‘s return as Doctor Doom. Joe Russo confirmed that preparations are underway, but the team has yet to reveal the exact start date, fueling anticipation for the film’s May 2026 release.

In the Marvel film franchise, based on the Marvel Comics, Downey Jr portrays billionaire businessman Stark, as well as his alter-ego Iron Man. In fact, this is not the first time the comparison has been made between Downey Jr’s fictional character and the real-life SpaceX founder.

J oe and Anthony Russo have been carving out a cinematic lane for themselves outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the past few years. However, it was confirmed earlier this

"Iron Man" star Robert Downey Jr. also criticized Elon Musk for using SpaceX to attempt to colonize Mars.

Rumors suggest that Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom and Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff will be lovers in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.

The announcement that Robert Downey Jr. would be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), but this time around as Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday, was met with a lot of buzz and some rather mixed reactions at first.

Thanks, Downey, for continuing to find the most soul challenging roads in sobriety,” Brolin wrote on Instagram

Tom Holland made his big debut as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War and with all the rights issues with the character, seeing Spider-Man with the Avengers was something that fans never thought they’d see at the time,

Robert Downey Jr. is a melted mess after his highly anticipated Broadway debut in McNeal turned into an unexpected disaster, multiple sources who are close to the 59-year-old box office heavyweight exclusively tell Closer.

Currently, former Marvel star Robert Downey Jr. is on Broadway, leading a production of McNeal, and his Avengers: Endgame directors and co-star came to see him. The Russo brothers took to Instagram to share an image backstage at Lincoln Center.