Robert Downey Jr. Joins Captain America 3 For Civil War

<p>Yes&comma; you heard that right&colon; the invincible Ironman is boarding Captain America&&num;8217&semi;s bandwagon&period; The news was announced today that Robert Downey Jr&period; himself will board 2016&&num;8217&semi;s as of yet untitled<em> Captain America 3<&sol;em> alongside Chris Evans as a part of a new phase of films that will start a cinematic adaptation of Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s historic Civil War arc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The actor is reportedly in final negotiations to replay the arguable face of the Marvel cinematic universe for the last six years and about to sign on for a &dollar;40 million deal or more depending on the film&&num;8217&semi;s box office take&period; This follows his alleged reprisal of the playboy billionaire role for<em> Ironman 4 <&sol;em>earlier last week and further reports that Downey Jr&period;&&num;8217&semi;s continue role in Marvel films to come&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Captain America 3<&sol;em>&comma; already slated for a <strong>May 6th&comma; 2016<&sol;strong> release &lpar;the former date of Warner&&num;8217&semi;s Batman V&period; Superman&rpar; will further serve as a springboard for expanding Civil War beyond Evans and Downey Jr&period; and into upcoming films such as Marvel&&num;8217&semi;s Ant-man and Doctor Strange following a narrative split between the two characters in the upcoming <em>Avengers&colon; Age of Ultron<&sol;em>&comma; opening <strong>May 1st&comma; 2015<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The cross-over mini series &&num;8220&semi;<em>Marvel Civil War<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; ran from 2006 to 2007 and featured nearly every character in the Marvel universe going head to head over a proposed &&num;8220&semi;superhero registration act&&num;8221&semi; in which American superheroes were forced to reveal their identities and provide their services to the U&period;S&period; government&period; Ironman was in support of the act with Steve Rogers&&num;8217&semi; Captain America opposed&comma; resulting in the two&&num;8217&semi;s factions warring&period; Marvel most recently announced that the series would be rebooted next year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Captain America 3<&sol;em>&comma; judging from the incoming reports&comma; would adapt the basics of the storyline which also featured Spider-man&comma; whose film rights are currently owned by Sony&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We&&num;8217&semi;ll update this headline as soon as either Disney and Marvel make a formal statement on the breaking news&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;variety&period;com&sol;2014&sol;film&sol;news&sol;robert-downey-jr-to-join-captain-america-3-exclusive-1201312229&sol;">Variety<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;heat-vision&sol;robert-downey-jr-returning-as-740534">The Hollywood Reporter<&sol;a>&comma; &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;14&sol;robert-downey-jr-will-be-in-captain-america-3">IGN<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;