Robert Downey Jr. has been doing the press rounds for his new movie, “The Judge,” an adult drama he urged his Twitter followers to go out and see, so the adult drama doesn’t go the way of the dodo bird. Unfortunately, the box-office results weren’t overly impressive this weekend. Is that because audiences would rather see RDJ as “Iron Man” or was “The Judge” and its so-so reviews the deciding factor? Regardless, when doing any sort of press, Downey Jr. is pressed about “Iron Man” and The Telegraph did just that during their interview.
Does Marvel have plans for “Iron Man 4” they asked? It’s something that’s been on the minds of the media a lot lately, and something that Downey Jr. has given various answers to over the last few weeks. “Not that I’m aware of,” he said. Does that mean “Iron Man” is no more? “Not that I’m aware of,” he responded again. So what is the future of Tony Stark? Just appearances in ‘Avengers’ movies?
“ ‘Avengers’ was another opportunity, but they’re not talking about ‘Iron Man 4,’" he said of his Marvel bosses. Downey Jr. also implied that he’s not fully aware of Marvel’s future plans. “I was kind of bombed out to tell the truth, but maybe they’ve got bigger fish to fry and I trust their overall vision. The funny thing about these genre movies is you’d think they were national secrets.”
Asked about other superhero universes out there, Downey said that overall audience fatigue may be setting it. “Honestly, the whole thing is just showing the beginning signs of fraying around the edges,” he answered. “It’s a little bit old… Last summer there were five or seven different [superhero films] out. I feel that they are critiqued by a different metric to any other movie. Right, [that metric is box office], but also they are more forgiven because they operate on a different frequency. It’s like a bunch of really good dancers and you’re looking for the one who keeps changing her leg warmers. They make a lot of money.”
Too cynical? Just caught in a bad mood? In a separate interview with Social Chicago TV (via ComicBookMovie), RDJ didn’t suggest the next big Marvel film would be tired. “This new ‘Avengers’ may well be the best Marvel movie, and by the way that’s saying a lot, because I thought ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ was great,” he said. “And ‘Iron Man 3’ turned out great, and ‘Cap 2’ was awesome. And they’ll be some surprises in the next little while too.”
This isn’t the first time in the last two weeks that the actor has suggested Marvel has some new surprises up their sleeves. Does he mean over the course of their next few films? Does he mean for “Iron Man” and Tony Stark as he intimated last week? Time will tell. Meanwhile, some 40 comic book super hero movies will be hitting between now and 2020. Will you be getting tired, or are we in a super hero movie golden age? Discuss.
Geez, if you are tired then don\’t watch it and sod off. No one is holding a gun to anyones head. Not every movie released has to be for everyone. I still enjoy the comic book movies, as long as they are good.
The whole movie experience is being polluted by the courting of nerd culture along with Hollywoods economical dependence on Asia markets. Films are reverting back to the dumbed down serials of the 40s only this time with color and \’spolosions.
With the hundreds of millions he made thru Marvel, RDJ doesn\’t need to be concerned about his post-Marvel career, does he? He can finance his own to make adult drama. It won\’t cost as much as The Judge if he acts in it and not get paid half of the budget (or more).
Like all things, superhero movies will come to an end sooner or later, preferably sooner though….
I sadly didn\’t get what all the fuzz with The Avengers was all about. I thought it was more Transformers than people gave it credit for!
I\’m certainly tired of them. But audiences sure aren\’t. Sounds to me like Downey Jr. is concerned about his post-Marvel career.
I\’d appreciate them more if there was more diversity in how they were told. I haven\’t seen it, but I get the sense "Guardians of the Galaxy" has some freshness to it. I also thought "Dredd" was kind of a cool, different, down-and-dirty way to do a comic book movie. If they were innovative a less brand-conscious with the way they made these movie I might have a larger appetite for them.
I was tired of them by the time the first IRON MAN came out. I haven\’t seen a superhero movie since.
I\’m already tire of these comic book movies. It\’s like even if I try not to watch them they are bombarded everywhere. Thanks to Marvel indie films and great interesting adult r-rated films and blockbusters are suffering. No chance of getting movies like Matrix, Speed, District 9 type of r-rated features anymore. Comic book movies are getting annoying and boring and same old same old.