After Avengers: Age of Ultron, one of the biggest questions on people’s minds will be this: is there a chance we’ll see another movie that solely headlines our favorite red-and-gold Shellhead?  Marvel’s answer to that question is that Iron Man, like James Bond, will always be popular and hip.  But if they do have a fourth Iron Man movie, will the franchise stick with the actor that has made the character his own?
Entertainment Weekly was able to talk to Robert Downey Jr. recently on a visit to the set of Age of Ultron.  And they got some answers that point to a high likelihood that we’ll be seeing those repulsor-beams on his hands at least one more time:
"It’s down to Kevin [Feige, Marvel Studios president] and Ike [Perlmutter, CEO of Marvel Entertainment] and Disney to come to us with what the proposal is, and that’s on us to agree or disagree … When things are going great, there’s a lot of agreement … Right now, this has just been swell, hasn’t it? … This has been a really good one and it feels good and we’re having a good time."
Downey then jokingly talked about his good fortune with the Iron Man role:
"It’s that thing of: why give up the belt when it feels like you can barely get jabbed? … Most people are saying that right when they get knocked out … [Shrugs] The future is, as usual, uncertain."
If there is an Iron Man 4, it would be completely insane and ludicrous for Marvel Studios to not have Downey as Tony Stark. Â Any other actor in the role will forever be compared to him.
Personally, I’m getting the hint that perhaps both Marvel and Downey are in a ruse together.  What is this ruse?  You might ask.  It’s the ruse of stirring the fans up to garner interest and add a bit of suspense to the unsure future of the Iron Man franchise.  We all know that they know they have a good thing going.  Going off of that notion, I can say that this article seems to have been suspiciously released just a few days before Comic-Con International.  Will Marvel and Downey be making a surprise announcement to the fans soon?