It’s only been five years since the Avengers as we knew them split, but Marvel Studios is already hard at work on a reunion. Rumors that Marvel was working on getting the band back together have been swirling for years now — but it wasn’t until Robert Downey Jr. was tapped to play a variant of Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday that it truly seemed possible.
With Marvel’s ultimate crossover event, Avengers: Secret Wars, on the horizon, it makes a lot of sense for some famous faces to make a reappearance. Downey is likely just the first of many actors returning to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe: Benedict Cumberbatch recently confirmed that he’s set to reprise his role as Doctor Strange in Doomsday. But one other Avenger reported to return throws into question the state of mortality in the MCU.
