With Iron Man 3 just hitting the movie houses world wide, we can’t help but look ahead to his next projects. Where can we expect to see him next? Fear not, GS has you cvovered. Here are 7 Great Movies Robert Downey Jr. will Star in Next:
We must add that Robert has been in some serious negotiations with Marvel and Disney regarding his role as Iron Man 3. This may go either way, and the unspeakable may happen. Nope, we’re not even going to mention it. We are assuming He’s on board for his Avengers 2 sequel.
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1. The Judge
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Billy Bob Thornton, Dax Shepard, Leighton Meester, Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga and Vincent D’Onofrio
Release Date: Oct 10, 2014
Director: David Dobkin
The dramedy The Judge stars Robert Downey Jr. as a lawyer who returns home for his mother’s funeral only to find out his Alzheimer’s-stricken father, Robert Duvall playing a former judge, is the murder suspect. David Dobkin directs from a script by Nick Schenk.
Other cast members that have already been confirmed are Robert Duvall, Billy Bob Thornton and Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester. This is quite a cast.
2. Avengers: Age of Ultron
Phase: Production
Starring: Robert Downey Jr. (To mention only one)
Plenty of rumours are flying around regarding Avengers 2. No doubt this will be THE next biggest blockbuster this world has even seen! Here’s everything you need to know. In a nutshell, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk reassemble for the sequel to The Avengers. The superheroes will battle Thanos with the help of Black Widow, Hawkeye and Nick Fury from S.H.I.E.L.D.. Joss Whedon returns to write and direct the sequel.
This time they will be facing their strongest enemy yet, Ultron!
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3. The Days Before
Phase: Development
Starring: Robert Downey Jr.
Timur Bekhmambetov will direct the sci-fi action film The Days Before starring Robert Downey Jr. and Reese Witherspoon. Aliens are destroying our planet by going back in time. They travel back each day to destroy each yesterday. One man beats them to a yesterday to warn people of impending disaster. Chad St. John wrote the script.
This film has a distinct “Groundhog Day” feel to it. But we must admit it sounds pretty awesome! With Reese’s recent DUI arrest, things may change a bit though.
4. How to Talk to Girls
Phase: Development
Starring: Robert Downey Jr.
We had a bit of a “WTF” moment there when we first heard about this, but apparently Robert Downey Jr. will produce and star in the comedy How to Talk to Girls based on the book written by a nine-year old Alec Greven. The book advices boys on how to deal with the opposite sex. Ben Karlin and Stu Zicherman adapts the screenplay.
5. Perry Mason
Phase: Development
Starring: Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. will play Perry Mason in a feature adaptation of the defence attorney created by Erle Stanley Gardner. The story will be set in Los Angeles during the 1930s. Gardner, who was one of the best-selling authors of all time, had “135 million copies of his books in print in America alone in the year of his death” in 1969. The character of Perry Mason was portrayed each weekday on a long-running radio series, followed by well-known depictions on film and television, including “television’s most successful and longest-running lawyer series” from 1957 to 1966.
6. Pinocchio
Phase: Development
Starring: Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr. stars in a live-action adaptation of Pinocchio based on the Italian children’s book written by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto carved a wooden marionette that dreams of becoming a real boy and embarks on a quest to find his missing puppet. The Director is Ben Stiller, so no doubt this will be a comedy. There’s no clarity on which role Robert Downey will play yet. Perhaps Gepetto?
7. Sherlock Holmes 3
Phase: Development
Starring: Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law
Little has been revealed for the third Sherlock Holmes movie, Robert Downey Jr. will star once again as Sherlock Holmes along with Jude Law as Dr. Watson.
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What about Iron Man 4 and 5 ?
Even if there will be a Iron Man 4 and 5, we don’t even know if Robert will once again be Tony Stark. Also, the way Iron Man 3 ended pretty much killed any possibility for a 4 or 5. All we know for sure is that Robert Downey signed up for Avengers 2 AND 3 since this post.
Well he can rebuild his suits, and he doesnt need the arc reactor in his chest to power the suits anymore. One can hope !!
Iron Man 3 also ended Robert Downey Jr.’s contract to play Tony Stark. Complicating things even further is that Iron Man 3 is the fifth highest-grossing movie worldwide in history. That should be reason enough to see him suit up again. Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon even considered to ditch Avengers 2 if Downey Jr. was not signing up:
Here is Whedon’s quote from Entertainment Weekly:
“He is Iron Man. He is Iron Man in the way that Sean Connery was James Bond. I have no intention of making Avengers 2 without him, nor do I think I’ll be called upon to do that. I don’t think it’s in my interest, Marvel’s interest, or his interest, and I think everything will be fine. But I know that this is Hollywood and you roll with things. You have to be ready for the unexpected. But I loved working with Robert, and everybody knows he embodied that role in a way no one else can.”
Yup, replacing him will be difficult. Fans are giving Ben Affleck a hard time for replacing Bale. Can you imagine the daunting task to replace Downey Jr?
Like it or not, RDJ isi getting older and at some point won’t be able to continue playing the part of Tony Stark. Should they retire the character, or look for a replacement?
was watching the film the pick up artist on cinemax a few months ago. its hard to belive how love RDJ came along way from then. when i was watching it i was like wow that’s Iron Man, would love to see RDJ and Molly Ringwald reunite for a film, god knows where molly ringwald has been.
Now that was a long time ago… remember Ally McBeal? He’s come a long way indeed…
SH3 YES!!