Tag: Tony Stark
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Marvel’s What If…? Exposes The Biggest Flaw With Avengers: Endgame
The death of Iron Man at the end of Joe and Anthony Russo’s ultra-blockbuster “Avengers: Endgame” is tragic, but not because he sacrificed his life. It’s tragic because Tony Stark, with his dying breath, transformed from an ostensible hero into a mass murderer.”Avengers: Endgame” climaxed with a lengthy battle sequence wherein every known, living character…
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The Avengers Had Jeremy Renner Begging Marvel To Kill Off Hawkeye
Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) was always sort of a standout in the Avengers. It wasn’t always in the best way. Sure, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) didn’t have powers either, but he did have his Iron Man suit and a whole lot of money. The unpowered Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) had intense (and…
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This 1970s Spider-Man Movie Is the Marvel Hero at His Weirdest
We are inundated with superhero stories, but there isn’t one quite as globally popular as Spider-Man. A 2022 analysis of Google’s search data reveals that the web slinger averages 5 million searches per month, a staggering number for a character first introduced in the pages of Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. The character is widely…
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Armor Wars: Everything We Know so Far About the War Machine Film
Editor’s note: The below contains full spoilers for Secret Invasion.Lt. Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes first made his cinematic debut in 2008’s Iron Man, which means that the character has been in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since its very inception. At that time, the role was played by Terrence Howard, but he would soon be replaced…
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This Is How ‘Secret Invasion’ Set Up ‘Armor Wars’
Editor’s note: The below contains full spoilers for Secret Invasion.As soon as Armor Wars was announced in 2020, Marvel Studios fans celebrated the idea of James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Don Cheadle) stepping out of Tony Stark’s (Robert Downey Jr.) shadow and getting his first solo adventure as War Machine. In 2022, the project was reworked as…
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What Has Robert Downey Jr. Done After Filming ‘Avengers Endgame’?
Despite starring in one of the most financially successful movies ever made, Robert Downey Jr.’s career has been rather quiet since his Marvel Cinematic Universe swan song, Avengers: Endgame. On the one hand, this is pretty surprising, as one would probably expect that the main character of the biggest film franchise ever would be lining…
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Robert Downey Jr. Auditioned To Play Doctor Doom In 2005’s Fantastic Four
Before he was Tony Stark, Robert Downey Jr. was in the running to play a different armor-wearing genius from the Marvel universe.For the 15th anniversary of 2008’s “Iron Man,” Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and director John Favreau sat down for a conversation. When discussing Rdj — who the success of “Iron Man” rests on…