Fans who were hoping to see Tony Stark show up in THOR and THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA are going to have to brace themselves... ‘cause it ain’t happening. At least according to IRON MAN director Jon Favreau.

MTV got these words from Mr. Favreau’s recent guest spot on the Kevin & Bean show…

"[RDJ's] not in 'Thor', he's not in Cap which are the two movies for next Summer… It'll be very interesting to see how... these movies are going to be taken into account for 'The Avengers’ in two years… [since] there is no shooting draft written yet. It's gonna be a big undertaking for Marvel to actually incorporate what happened in ' Iron Man,' 'Iron Man 2,' 'Thor,' 'Captain America', 'The Hulk.' All that has to inform one unified vision in 'The Avengers'... And certainly, Tony Stark is not going to be involved in any of the movies until that one."

So it’ll be at least two years before we see ol’ RDJ putting the armor on again, unless there’s the far, far chance that a third IRON MAN could come out before AVENGERS. And that’s really next to impossible since Favreau's going to be more than busy with COWBOYS & ALIENS while Downey will probably be locked up with the second SHERLOCK HOLMES movie. == TEASER ==

But maybe this is a good thing? Would the magic of seeing him in action get diminished if he kept showing up twice every summer? Might it run the risk of overexposure like some fans think Deadpool and Wolverine have? Or do you figure they'd be necessary to keep Shellhead fresh in the public consciousness?

Me, myself, I’d like to see as many of these guest spots as we can get. Maybe they get a little too “wink and nudge” at times, but it’s such a novelty to see a “shared universe” at the movies that I’ll always be interested in seeing them, even if they get forced. I got the biggest kick out of the T-1000 in showing up WAYNE’S WORLD 2, after all. If anything, I’d like to see them play these up even more.  Marked-up maps in the background just aren't enough.

But my opinion’s irrelevant. What matters is the Comic Vine community's. Are you disappointed about there being no RDJ in THOR and CAP, or relieved? Do you like all these cameos and Easter Eggs, or would you want to see less of them? And is there such a thing as too much RDJ Iron Man?

-- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of UNIMAGINABLE for Arcana Studios and HYBRID BASTARDS! for Archaia. HYBRID BASTARDS! is available  here and UNIMAGINABLE is available here for pre-order on Amazon.com.  

I don't mind him not showing up, in fact I prefer it. Let Capt. and Thor have their individual time in the spotlight, Iron Man's had his. Leave the meet-up for the Avengers.

Well Stark may not actually be appearing in "Thor" or "Captain America", but I would be surprised if there wasn't SOME reference to him, like with the news clip from "Incredible Hulk" showing at near the end of Iron Man 2 (like mentioning Stark Expo in Thor)!  
 
I think what's more important is that Sam Jackson makes an appearance in both films

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I think this is a good thing. I wouldn;t want to see Iron Man get the same kind of reputation as Wolverine has now. His character was over spotted like crazy for all 4 X-Men Movies and to be honest it started to get really stale to me. 
 
If we give Iron Man some space for the future. Fans will mostly start to miss him and once he comes out he'll be welcomed back

Wasn't expecting him to be in them so this is like nothing to me. If he WAS in Cap though, I'd have been very upset

No RDJ, no Tony... Well, it doesn't mean that there will be no Iron Man!

" Wasn't expecting him to be in them so this is like nothing to me. If he WAS in Cap though, I'd have been very upset "

" It's only a smokescreen... RDJ will make a brief cameon in one of them. "

 He's already been seen in the Incredible Hulk film, the CAPTAIN AMERICA shield has made 2 cameos and THOR'S HAMMER has been seen in the latest film....I think that it's fair...

arent Thor and Captain America both prequels?

I don't a damn about Iron Man now, he had his time. It's all about Thor and Cap now.
Their All the rage

he's done his part, his presence isn't necessary.
it's fine either way

Maybe not on Cap's movie (since is based on WWII) but on Thor's... might be a good place to have RDJ.. or maybe ScarJo!
Although on Cap's movie Howard Stark could appear!

I agree it will be a bit hard to piece together a good story line that fit's with The other Character movie considering the didn't exactly follow The Comics so i wanna see How the movies turn out.

comic vine typo bro  wayne's world 1 not  2

I'm honestly not that sad, I love his Tony Stark, and IM and IM2 were amazing, but let have a little break, I'm looking forward to Sherlock Holmes :D And just because he won't be in Cap or Thor, doesn't mean we won't see Stark Tech in the movies, plus they could just be saying this to hide in little cameo's for Downey in the films.

Does not matter to me either way. Just hope The Avengers turns out well.

I say the armor hang up for a while. The Hulk appearance was cool but so far he's run the monopoly on screen time in the movieverse. I wouldn't mind seeing more notable SHIELD agents like Dum Dum Dugan and the Contessa show up with Coulson and Fury. And I'm pretty sure they'll have Tony make a new shield for Cap anyways so itcscool.

I like the Easter Eggs, especially when they're a reference that's mostly aimed at comics fans

I'd like to see some of the other characters get a little cameo. So far, Tony Stark has had all the attention.

I really don't mind if they don't do easter eggs or guest stars because it bothers me a little believe it or not because its a little too fan boyish so just  keep the story original and separated   from other superheroes until the avengers. 

Easter Egg style... cool!!! Co starring role... NOT!!! :oP Can't wait!!! :o)

Him making a cameo at the end or something like in Incredible Hulk would be fine... If not, whatever, ain't gonna ruin the movie for me.

lame

i dont see how anyone could expect him to be in Captain America when its during the war. They got Howard Stark in it though. They could put him in Thor but it would be smart to just leave him out and not force anything

Well it would be nice to see appearance of the different heroes but maybe we could get references to them at least?

" He was a nice addition to the end of Hulk, but it would be overkill if they had Tony Stark cameo in all the movies... I dont mind the references between them all, thats kinda cool and gets me stoked for the day that Avengers will FINALLY get here. THAT movie will be so flippin EPIC I cant WAIT to see it!! DAMN I love Downey as Stark though,,,,they cast him so well!!! "