The recent news that Robert Downey, Jr. has signed on to appear in Captain America 3 sure is exciting. For quite some time now, most of us have thought that the Iron Man actor's final appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be in the third Avengers movie, but this revelation opens up all kinds of doors for the character's future. Downey, Jr. has appeared as a featured actor in four Marvel Cinematic Universe movies to date (Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Avengers and Iron Man 3), in addition to a cameo appearance in 2008's Incredible Hulk, and it was generally perceived that he had perhaps had enough of the character and was very close to leaving the franchise. Now, the doors are open for a fourth Iron Man movie, further appearances in any additional Avengers movies that might occur, television series guest appearances and all kinds of other exciting possible appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - and that means the character could go in all kinds of interesting directions in the future. In this article, we're going to take a look at a few possible routes down which the character of Iron Man/Tony Stark could travel in the future. Here are thirteen intriguing potential destinies for Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe...
