Overview
- Favreau, appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, said he called Anthony and Joe Russo to oppose the plan and now believes he was wrong.
- He praised the Russos' handling of the scene and the cast’s work, adding that he was choked up watching it.
- Marvel has announced Robert Downey Jr. will return to the MCU as Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday, which is scheduled for December 2026.
- Joe Russo said at CinemaCon that Avengers: Endgame will return to theaters on September 25 with new footage that links to Doomsday, a plan still developing.
- Favreau helped launch the MCU by casting Downey in 2008’s Iron Man, a history that explains his initial protectiveness and why his public reassessment matters now.