MCU: Predicting 25 Movies Marvel Will Make After Phase 3

25. Iron Man 4

The Film

A much-talked about, much-wanted Iron Man fourquel, hopefully tying up the Ten Rings storyline and introducing the REAL Mandarin. If they really want to go weirder, they could introduce Fin Fang Foom as a nod to the open multiverse.

Any Evidence?

Well, the Marvelite universe went mad for that image of John Favreau and Robert Downey Jr with other Marvel heads teasing an upcoming project, and Iron Man 4 talk has been going on for considerably longer than that.

Sadly, RDJ has been a little reluctant to talk about it (flat-out ruling it out at one point), but then lots of people expected him to have been gone from the MCU before now. Money talks.

Any Groundwork?

Well the Ten Rings are still operational, as hinted in Ant-Man and in the All Hail The King one-shot that revealed there IS a real Mandarin, so that could very easily be wrapped up. It's not like his personal arc ending has to end his overall arc, after all.

And exploring that particular avenue could mean a snark-tastic team-up of Iron Man and Ant-Man too.