The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The infinite multiversal possibilities put in byAvengers : DoomsdayandAvengers : Secret Warsmay not be enough to serve anMCUcrossover become a realness afterThe Fantastic Four : First Steps . The Multiverse Saga heads towards an heroic climax inAvengers : DoomsdayandAvengers : Secret Wars , where gobs of part from all over the Marvel multiverse are expect to fulfil each other . Avengers : Doomsday ’s official cast announcementconfirms that several mutant from Fox’sX - Menmovies will baffle paths with the new Avengers , the former Thunderbolts , and the Fantastic Four .
Avengers : Secret Warscould pull off a similar exploit by bringing back Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield ’s Spider - Men , Nicolas Cage ’s Ghost Rider , and Fox ’s two edition of the Fantastic Four , among other multiversal Marvel characters . Italian sandwich missing fromAvengers : Doomsday ’s cast announcement , such as Wesley snipe ' Blade , Jennifer Garner ’s Elektra , Hugh Jackman ’s Wolverine , and Ryan Reynolds ' Deadpool may also take back to join the competitiveness againstRobert Downey Jr. ’s Doctor Doom . But even thoughAvengers : mysterious Warsmay fulfill many fans ' crossing dreams , it might not have some long - awaited squad - ups .
Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark And Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards May Never Meet
Downey’s Iron Man Is Unlikely To Return Just To Team Up With Pedro Pascal’s Mister Fantastic
Avengers : Doomsdayis set to innovate Robert Downey Jr. ’s Doctor Doom a few years after the doer ’s last meter playing Iron Man . The Fantastic Four : First Steps’titular squad will also make their first appearance in Earth-616 after cause their MCU introduction inThe Fantastic Four : First Steps ' alternate timeline . However , neitherAvengers : DoomsdaynorAvengers : Secret Warsmay bring together Pedro Pascal ’s Reed Richards and Robert Downey Jr. ’s Tony Stark , as there ’s minuscule room for Downey to reprize his original MCU role .
A right Iron Man and Mister Fantastic team - up deserve a motion-picture show of its own
If Robert Downey Jr. did return as Iron Man inAvengers : DoomsdayandAvengers : Secret Wars , there may still be slight clock time for him to have a right team - up with grapheme like Reed Richards , Sue Storm , Ben Grimm , and Johnny Storm . Avengers : Doomsdayfeatures at least twenty - seven major characters , with several more yet to be support . Avengers : Secret Warswill probably have an even bigger cast thanAvengers : DoomsdayandAvengers : Endgame ’s thirty - eight - character concluding conflict . A proper Iron Man and Mister Fantastic squad - up merit a motion-picture show of its own .
The MCU’s Tony Stark Missed A Big Part Of His Comic Book Alliances
Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man Interacted With Many Of Marvel’s Greatest Minds
Naturally , Iron Man ’s MCU journey has been one of the longest and most complete in the whole franchise . Yet , Robert Downey Jr. ’s Tony Stark never interact with characters like Hank Pym , Shuri , Namor , or Riri Williams on - sieve . Stark also did n’t inhabit the same universe as Pedro Pascal , John Krasinski , or Ioan Gruffud ’s Reed Richards , or the same timeline as any of Patrick Stewart ’s Professor X variants . What ’s more , Tony Stark and T’Challa were in the same team duringCaptain America : Civil War , and they fought Thanos together inAvengers : Endgame , yet they never exchanged a Word of God of dialogue on - screen .
Robert Downey Jr. ’s MCU yield in Avengers : Doomsday could bring an unexpected implication for Iron Man seven year after his Avengers : Endgame death .
Iron Man has a complex human relationship with the world ’s great mind in the souce material . Tony Stark often butts head with other genius - stage characters in the comics , and he team up with them in parliamentary procedure to make important decisiveness for the Earth ’s aegis . Marvel Comics ' original Illuminati squad experience Iron Man , Mister Fantastic , Professor X , Black Panther , Black Bolt , and Doctor Strange work together to oppose the world in mystery . In the MCU , the only genius - grade hero Iron Man interacted with were Doctor Strange and Bruce Banner .
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A Tony Stark And Reed Richards Team-Up Can Still Happen, But Not With Robert Downey Jr.
Iron Man And Mister Fantastic May Only Be Able To Meet After An MCU Reboot
The probability of seeing Robert Downey Jr. ’s Iron Man see Pedro Pascal ’s Reed Richards on the bountiful screen seem very low , but that does n’t intend unlike versions of both quality ca n’t team up in the MCU some day . Similarly to its informant material , Avengers : Secret Warsmight lead the MCU to a franchise - wide rebootthat could introduce a smart creation where all Marvel characters have coexist from the beginning . IfAvengers : secluded Warssoft - reboots or hard - reboots the MCU , Iron Man could interact with many of the characters he could n’t meet in the Infinity Saga , including Reed Richards .
The Fantastic Four : First Steps ' newest laggard teases that Mister Fantastic ’s story will take a leaf out of Iron Man ’s book in an interesting way .
Of naturally , Robert Downey Jr. would be exceedingly unlikely to reprize his Iron Man part in the MCU after a reboot , not only because hisAvengers : Endgameending was the staring farewell to the character , but also because a reboot ’s main purpose would probably be to establish a brand - new version of the Avengers with little to no connection to the previous shape . Recently introduced delineation like Pedro Pascal ’s Reed Richards and his fellow Fantastic Four heroes would have a higher chance of last the reboot . The seeds for this drastic change may be found inAvengers : Doomsday , Avengers : Secret Wars , and evenThe Fantastic Four : First Steps .
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