Iron Man 3 director Shane Black has a long working relationship with Tony Stark actor Robert Downey, Jr. on the film Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, the film which revitalized Downey's career and led to him being cast in 2008's Iron Man. Black knows Downey well, and he's got some strong predictions about how Downey's return to the MCU as Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday will impact the entire superhero movie industry.
"I think he's going to singlehandedly reinvigorate the entire comic book movie industry with that," Black tells ComicBook. "I mean, it seemed like at first a cynical idea, you know, 'Oh, let's just go back to the well of the one guy that seems to always save us.' But it’s going to work. It's really going to work. And he's brought to it… I'm not at liberty to say anything, not that I know. I'm thrilled because I'm first in line to see that. I haven't seen all the Marvel movies. I'll see that one first."
