"Iron Man 3" is set to break box office records left and right. The inevitable financial success of the franchise (better than any other Marvel franchise not named "The Avengers") will inevitably lead to the question of whether Disney will further perpetuate the franchise to squeeze more money out of its cash cow.
Spoilers for the film would indicate that this series is over, but a number of actors have differing opinions on whether "Iron Man 4" will eventually arrive.
"It's going to be determined definitely by Marvel, and if they think there's another aspect of the story that needs to be told that wasn't covered in the trilogy," Don Cheadle said. "If there's another way in that's interesting."
He did note, "I think if people like you make enough noise about it there'll be an Iron Man 4."
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was not as positive. "I don't think there's going to be [an 'Iron Man 4']. I think we're done with 'Iron Man,'" she told Geek Nation in a video interview.
Actor Robert Downey Jr. also emphasized his need to move on. "[The injury] got me thinking about how big the message from your cosmic sponsor needs to be before you pick it up. How many genre movies can I do? How many follow-ups to a successful follow-up are actually fun? Because, as quiet as it's kept, I come from a family of very innovative writers and directors and actors and artists, and the circle of friends they were in were the people I heard having pun-offs playing poker at two in the morning, and it was just the most comforting aspect of my childhood," he noted in an interview with GQ. "So there's this kind of legacy of souls from what I consider to be a very particular time in entertainment, and I'm sensing a return to that-it's what me and the missus are doing next. It's not unlike: I heard Brady signed on for three more years with New England, and then he's done being a QB, because he'll be 40. I'm 47, and I'll be 50."
"Iron Man 3" debuts in theaters this Friday May 3.
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