AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Directors Wish Robert Downey Jr. A Happy 60th Birthday With Awesome Doctor Doom Fan Art

AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Directors Wish Robert Downey Jr. A Happy 60th Birthday With Awesome Doctor Doom Fan Art

To celebrate Robert Downey Jr.'s 60th birthday, Avengers: Doomsday directors Joe and Anthony Russo have shared an awesome piece of Doctor Doom artwork by Boss Logic. You can check it out right here...

By JoshWilding - Apr 04, 2025 03:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Doomsday

Today is Robert Downey Jr.'s 60th birthday - many happy returns, sir! - and the Russo Brothers have celebrated by sharing an awesome piece of Doctor Doom fan art...with a few nods to Tony Stark and Iron Man included for good measure. 

The Oscar-winning actor will return to the MCU in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, where he'll play the Multiverse Saga's new big bad, Victor Von Doom. We know very little about what to expect from this take on the character, though many fans remain convinced he'll somehow be linked to Iron Man. 

It's certainly possible, though surely just as likely that 18 years after first playing Tony and 7 years since bidding farewell to Iron Man - by the time Avengers: Doomsday is released - the actor has simply been enlisted to take on a completely different role. 

Yes, there are many other actors Marvel Studios could have turned to, but few have Downey's drawing power, acting ability, or can create the sort of buzz his casting has since this long-awaited MCU return was announced last summer.

While it's hard not to get bogged down in the notion of the Oppenheimer star playing an "evil Iron Man," if he fully commits to being Doom - and we've heard that is indeed the case - then the result should be spectacular. 

Last month, the Russos confirmed that Downey was attached to play Doom before they agreed to return. "That was Kevin [Feige], and interesting enough about that was, that conversation was had a while ago," Joe explained. "And then Robert tried to talk us into doing it, and we said 'no,' weirdly because we said we wouldn't come back."

Admitting that they "were resistant for a while" due to not "[having] a way in," he added, "One day, Steve McFeely, one of our key collaborators, said: 'I have an idea.' He called us, and we went, 'That's the story, that story has to be told. It's a really powerful story.'"

It seems the biggest draw of that story is Doom himself, as the filmmaker went on to say, "We love villains who think they are the heroes of their own stories...that's when they become three-dimensional and when they become more interesting."

While we anticipate meeting Doom for the first time in The Fantastic Four: First Steps' post-credit scene, for the Russos, "a lot of [their] focus is going" towards making Victor Von Doom a compelling antagonist. 

"When you have an actor like Robert Downey, you have to create a well-shaped, three-dimensional character for the audience," Joe teased.

Avengers: Doomsday is set to be released in May 2026, with Avengers: Secret Wars scheduled to arrive in May 2027. 

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DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 4/4/2025, 3:28 PM
The MCU has had some great offerings. But there is still something about that first Iron Man that I return to more than anything else in the MCU.

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JurassicClunge
JurassicClunge - 4/4/2025, 3:33 PM
@DudeGuy - honestly is a top 10 cbm for me

😌😌😌
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 4/4/2025, 3:34 PM
@DudeGuy - Classic moment. I was about 14 when the first Iron Man came out. The theater experience was full of laughs and the action was amazing. When Jeff Bridges found out Pepper was lying people the tension was real.

Believe it or not I actually remember a mother applauding to her infant child when Hulk clapped his hands to put the fire out in the Incredible Hulk. It's moments like those that make the pre Disney acquisition a true treasure of experience. Especially the end credits scene with Stark walking into the Bar with Ross.
Pictilli
Pictilli - 4/4/2025, 3:34 PM
@DudeGuy - top 5 CBMs ever made
Pictilli
Pictilli - 4/4/2025, 3:37 PM
@DudeGuy - I was 17 when it came out. Wore a homemade Iron Man costume to the premeire. At the end of the movie my dad turned to me and told me this is the best superhero movie he has ever seen. Everyone loved it. He's dead now but I will always remember that moment. The first Iron Man is in the top 5 superhero movies ever made, for me.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 4/4/2025, 3:39 PM
@Pictilli - Rest in Peace to your pops. Glad you all were able to share that experience together. 🕊💐♥️
Scarilian
Scarilian - 4/4/2025, 4:14 PM
@DudeGuy -
Honestly if it wasn't for the abrupt ending battle and conclusion it'd be my favorite comic-inspired movie. I think Spider-man 2 wins overall, but that's probably due to me having a stronger appreciation and connection with that franchise.
pucrepeap
pucrepeap - 4/4/2025, 4:28 PM
@DudeGuy - how do graphics look worse and even more fake now, close to 20 years later.
TGDestroyer
TGDestroyer - 4/4/2025, 7:09 PM
@JurassicClunge - No bloat, no tie-ins that didn't serve the story, and great performances all around. It doesn't miss that for sure.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 4/4/2025, 3:37 PM
Happy Doomsday RDJ!

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ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 4/4/2025, 3:38 PM
LOL! Nice, I'm glad Favreau took a chance on RDJ, he'll probably go down in history as starring in one of the most iconic superhero films ever with Iron Man.
Latverian
Latverian - 4/4/2025, 3:43 PM
Hold up... a CBM article for some piece of BossLogic fan-art?

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ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/4/2025, 3:45 PM
Recasting Tony Stark is gonna be the bitch of the bunch.
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And yeah like Ninnes said, Happy Doomsday Downey!
TGDestroyer
TGDestroyer - 4/4/2025, 7:11 PM
@ObserverIO - Man...he ain't the only one. Is it possible? Yeah. How long until we accept it? Welp...we'll see.

They'd better stick the landing on any recast that's all I can say.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/4/2025, 3:54 PM
Happy Birthday/Doomsday RDJ!!.

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I wonder how many will scour this image for hints/clues or act like Doom being tied to RDJ’s Iron Man is confirmed…

Anyway my reservations aside , I am genuinely excited to see his version of Victor Von Doom and hope he truly immerses himself in it!!.
MartianManHuntr
MartianManHuntr - 4/4/2025, 4:02 PM
Happy Birthday RDJ

Hope doom and Spider-Man meet in doomsday.

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Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 4/4/2025, 4:19 PM
Incoming half a dozen articles on this one image
grif
grif - 4/4/2025, 5:33 PM
great add campaign telling people hes 60 now

TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 4/4/2025, 5:55 PM
Happy Birthday RDJ. 🎂
Lets see a little bit more of you! 😎
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TheStranger
TheStranger - 4/4/2025, 7:02 PM
As I see it, the entire issue with him being Doom is that he's too iconic as Iron Man. I'm too stuck seeing him as Tony.

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