Last night Marvel had a huge panel in the biggest possible room you can book from Comic-Con International/San Diego Comic-Con--Hall H. They talked about a lot of upcoming movies but the biggest news from that panel and possibly all of CCI/SDCC is that we're not getting a Kang movie with the Avengers anymore--we're getting, "Avengers: Doomsday," in 2026 followed by, "Avengers: Secret Wars in 2027. The Russo brothers are returning to direct and Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the MCU...as Doctor Doom. Not Iron Man. I am a bit befuddled.
I honestly would have maybe predicted RDJ would come back to the MCU at some point with a good enough offer and story. I never would have predicted he'd somehow be Victon Von Doom. Is it some kind of multiversal variant? A different kind of reality-warping shenanigans? We don't know and probably will have to wait a bit for the exact details, but Robert's back, and he's gonna be a supervillain. I've seen reactions to this vary from excited optimism that Marvel is going back to talent that previously worked well to a bit of trepidation for the exact same reason--Marvel is going back to playing a bit of a nostalgia card for stuff that's not even two whole decades old yet.
I guess sometimes we invent a reason to bring old stuff back because it worked the first time. After all, remember in the Star Wars flicks when they did the whole, "Somehow, Palpatine returned," gimmick? I've written extensively about the power of nostalgia/"weaponized nostalgia," and how it can give us great new stories that utilize the power of past tales but can also backfire horribly. I guess we need to let Kevin Feige (the well-known mastermind behind much of the MCU), the Russos, and Marvel cook so we can see just what happens.
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