Robert Downey Jr. Confirms He’ll Be in “Avengers: Infinity War”

December 9, 2016 Stephen Iervolino

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(LOS ANGELES) — Robert Downey Jr. has confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that he will indeed appear in Avengers: Infinity War.

It was all but certain that his Tony Stark/Iron Man would appear in the film, which will unite dozens of characters from Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, but this was the first time Downey’s acknowledged it.

“We have a start date!,” he noted. “That’s, you know, when you start shooting. So I have yet to be released from my Marvel contract! You heard it here first!”

Downey Jr. will reprise the role in the forthcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming, taking the young Peter Parker under his wing — and providing the fledgling superhero some high-tech web wings in addition to other Spidey suit upgrades. Tom Holland, who, played the hero in Captain America: Civil War, gets his own film, co-produced by Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, which is owned by ABC News’ parent company Disney.