Tag: Robert Downey Jr.

  • Robert Downey Jr. Open to Playing Iron Man Again

    Robert Downey Jr. Open to Playing Iron Man Again

    Robert Downey Jr. is willing to save the mega-franchise he helped start. In an interview with Esquire (which was published today but was conducted partly in January and partly in the days after he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Oppenheimer),  Downey was inevitably asked about Marvel and whether or not he’d return to the role…

  • Nerdrotic and The Critical Drinker Discussed the Oscars with Piers Morgan

    Nerdrotic and The Critical Drinker Discussed the Oscars with Piers Morgan

    The 199 is getting mainstream attention. Today, British broadcaster Piers Morgan had Gary from Nerdrotic and the Critical Drinker as guests on his YouTube show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, to discuss the Oscars with correspondent Ava Santina and commentator Esther Krakue, who were in the studio. The debate quickly got passionate – and not just between…

  • Oscars So White Charges Reemerge After Best Actress Upset

    Oscars So White Charges Reemerge After Best Actress Upset

    Our betters are proving to be anything but again, at least by their own superficial standards. At last night’s Academy Awards (for which the ratings are not yet in – I believe those are usually revealed on the Tuesday after the ceremony – but I’ll assume most didn’t watch it), an upset occurred in the…

  • The Sympathizer Trailer has Divided Loyalties

    The Sympathizer Trailer has Divided Loyalties

    Robert Downey Jr. is back, but not as you know him – no matter where you know him from. Today, HBO released a trailer for The Sympathizer, a new spy thriller miniseries from Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar. Based on the novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer follows the Captain, a communist spy who flees…

  • Josh Brolin has Heard That Thanos may Return

    Josh Brolin has Heard That Thanos may Return

    If you thought at least phases 1-3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe were safe from Marvel’s current wave of franchise-destroying bombs, a former arch-villain has some bad news for you. In an interview with ComicBook.com, Josh Brolin said that he’s heard Marvel wants to bring back Thanos, the main antagonist of the Infinity Saga. And…

  • Kevin Feige Says No Resurrections for Tony Stark

    Kevin Feige Says No Resurrections for Tony Stark

    Kevin Feige is echoing one of arch-villain Thanos’ promises. In a recent Vanity Fair article about Robert Downey Jr. (in which Downey is not interviewed because it was written during the actors’ strike), Feige talked about going to bat for Downey when it came time to cast Tony Stark in Iron Man, and he put to…