{"id":29024,"date":"2013-06-20T14:18:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T18:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=29024"},"modified":"2013-06-20T14:18:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T18:18:15","slug":"robert-downey-jr-avengers-sequels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/20\/robert-downey-jr-avengers-sequels\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Downey Jr Signs For Two AVENGERS Sequels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/RobertDowneyJrIronMan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29025\" alt=\"RobertDowneyJrIronMan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/RobertDowneyJrIronMan.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/RobertDowneyJrIronMan.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/RobertDowneyJrIronMan-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robert Downey Jr. will be back for <strong>Avengers 2<\/strong> and <strong>3<\/strong> once again playing playboy billionaire and superhero Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. Marvels Studios has just signed a deal with the actor securing his services for the superhero sequels.<\/p>\n<p>There had been much speculation as to whether Downey Jr would return to the superhero franchise he helped launch for Marvel after his initial contract with the studio &#8211; which covered his appearances in three <strong>Iron Man<\/strong> films, a cameo in <strong>The Incredible Hulk<\/strong> and last summer&#8217;s <strong>The Avengers<\/strong> &#8211; came to an end.<\/p>\n<p>And while it is good to know that Downey will be back for the two schedule <strong>Avengers<\/strong> films, unless his contract is renegotiated there won&#8217;t be another Iron Man film until Phase 4 of Marvel&#8217;s interconnected superhero franchises, which would kick off sometime after the 2018 release of <strong>Avengers 3<\/strong>. Of course, by that time the actor will be 54 years old and Downey has previously expressed reluctance about playing the character after the age of 50.<\/p>\n<p>Avengers writer\/director Joss Whedon will be performing both tasks again for at least the first sequel. Production is expected to begin in March 2014 on <strong>Avengers 2<\/strong> for a May 1, 2015 release.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/marvel.com\/news\/story\/20786\/robert_downey_jr_to_return_as_marvels_iron_man\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Marvel has secured the actor to reprise his iconic portrayal of Tony Stark for two more films.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/20\/robert-downey-jr-avengers-sequels\/\" title=\"Robert Downey Jr Signs For Two AVENGERS Sequels\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[1671,357,4405,6412],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-comicsandfilm","8":"tag-joss-whedon","9":"tag-robert-downey-jr","10":"tag-the-avengers-2","11":"tag-the-avengers-3"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29024"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=29024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}