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Is there Iron Man 4 coming? ›

However, after three solo films and several team-up efforts, the character's big-screen tenure seemingly ended with the death of Downey's Marvel hero in Avengers: Endgame, indicating there would be no plans for any future Iron Man movies.

The films have been in production since 2007, and in that time Marvel Studios has produced and released 33 films, with at least 11 more in various stages of development. It is the highest-grossing film franchise of all time, having grossed over $29.8 billion at the global box office.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a 2018 American animated superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales / Spider-Man, produced and distributed by Sony Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment.

Arranged as an ensemble of core MCU characters originally consisting of Tony Stark / Iron Man, Steve Rogers / Captain America, Thor, Bruce Banner / Hulk, Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, and Clint Barton / Hawkeye, it later expands to include 16 total members.

So, it's not outside the realm of possibility for Evans to reprise his role as Captain America or Human Torch in Avengers: Secret Wars, especially considering the actor has expressed that he's more willing to return as his Fantastic Four character than the Star Spangled Man with a Plan.

MORE: Robert Downey Jr. isn't coming back as Tony Stark, Marvel Studios president says. Tony Stark sacrificed himself to snap away Thanos at the end of 2019's "Avengers: Endgame," and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige told Vanity Fair in December, "we would never want to magically undo it in any way."

For nearly 40 years, Marvel Comics characters have been gracing the big screens in movie theaters around the globe. Kicking off in 1986 with Howard the Duck, there have been 70 theatrically-released films featuring these beloved comic book characters--but not all of them are in the MCU.

And unlike the original “Captain Marvel,” “The Marvels” also didn't arrive during an epic “Endgame” event. But the MCU is not dead.

That brings us to Iron Man, the very first Marvel movie made, but the third in chronological order.

Unlike his usual persona as Spider-Man, Peter in this film is portrayed as a 10-year-old boy without any superpowers. Rumors suggest that Venom and Eddie Brock embark on a quest to eliminate Peter after learning of his future abilities.

Who owns Deadpool? ›

In March 2019, Disney officially acquired Fox and gained the film rights to several Marvel Comics characters for Marvel Studios, including Deadpool and the X-Men.

Universal Pictures actually owns the rights to any movies focusing solely on Hulk, predating Disney's 2009 acquisition of Marvel Studios, meaning that Universal has the right of first refusal to distribute any solo Hulk movies.

The theme of redemption is reinforced when Wonder Man, introduced as a villain in The Avengers no. 9 (October 1964), returns from the dead as a hero and takes his place in the Avengers' ranks.

There's 17 official MCU Avengers, 4 of which are dead and 2 more whose status is unknown. That leaves 11 Avengers, 4 of which are off-world. So the 7 remaining Avengers on Earth are Hulk, Hawkeye, War Machine, Falcon, Spider-Man, Okoye and Ant-Man. I didn't realize there were so many Avengers.

Iron Man 4 never materialized, and while no official reason has been given, it was likely a combination of several factors. Tony Stark's role in team-up movies outweighed the need for a fourth Iron Man solo film in the MCU.

Robert Downey Jr. may have recently won his first Oscar for Oppenheimer, but he's not looking to run from his Marvel past. In fact, the actor says he'd “happily” return as Tony Stark/Iron Man. “It's too integral a part of my DNA,” Downey told Esquire in a new interview.

Morgan Stark appears in The Invincible Iron Man. Morgan H. Stark appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Avengers: Endgame, portrayed by Lexi Rabe. This version is the daughter of Tony Stark and Pepper Potts who was born in 2018.

Marvel head Kevin Feige refuted the claim it was mulling over bringing Iron Man back. Speaking with Vanity Fair, Feige said Marvel Studios could not “magically undo” Tony Stark's death in Avengers: Endgame. “We are going to keep that moment and not touch that moment again,” Feige told Vanity Fair.