Predicting 20 Comic Book Movies Announced In 2017
5. Iron Man 4
Given the many flirtations we've already seen with Robert Downey Jr hanging up his Iron Man suit for good, it's a wonder he's even still making MCU movies, but money talks as loudly as brand power, and anyone thinking he will retire any time soon from the lucrative role needs to pay more attention.
More importantly, the Iron Man arc is not finished. He might currently be tied up with the Civil War connotations and mentoring Spider-Man, but there's still the small matter of the still-active Ten Rings to deal with yet. Just imagine an Iron Man sequel bringing in Ant-Man for a cameo in a climactic set-piece to end that MCU terrorist sub-plot once and for all.
Evidence?
The most pertinent evidence - a table meeting of Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr and the Russos - led to lots of wishful thinking, but there's got to be a reason Iron Man 4 talk refuses to die.
If anything, the fact that the film is so hyped without even a hint of confirmation should be reason enough for Kevin Feige and Marvel to get it into production.