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- Marvel Studios dropped a new trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness during the Super Bowl.
- The trailer teases the return of Patrick Stewart’s beloved Professor X.
- Professor X, seemingly part of the MCU’s “Illuminati”, could just be one of many titanic cameos in the film.
If the latest trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is any indication, the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Univers Phase Four film is about to completely upend the franchise entirely.
Not only did the trailer confirm the appearance of Patrick Stewart’s iconic Professor X from the OG X-Men franchise, but there’s speculation that tons of iconic characters could appear, particularly those that are a part of the Illuminati, which is effectively a secret society of Marvel’s smartest heroes that keep an eye on the multiverse.
From Mister Fantastic to Deadpool, from Captain Carter to Namor, there’s been tons of giddy conversation about who could be unleashed in this paradigm-shifting film. Undoubtedly the most tantalizing idea, though, has been the speculation that Tom Cruise — who was famously in the mix to play Tony Stark when the Marvel Cinematic Universe was being conceived around 15 years ago — could star as an alternate universe version of Iron Man, particularly a character named Superior Iron Man.
Say what you will about fan service and cameo porn, if Marvel pulls off the Tom Cruise as Iron Man thing, it’ll be one of the most iconic things they’ve ever done.
“Hey Tom come dick around in this psuedo horror movie about wizards as an alternate version of Robert Downey Jr.”
— Eric Italiano (@eric_ital) February 14, 2022
The references to a potential Superior Iron Man are two-fold: the first, and more obvious, is the presence of Ultron bots, which suggest that in this universe — which seems to be putting the main MCU Doctor Strange on trial for his “crimes against the multiverse” — Tony Stark’s Ultron plan succeeded.
So my thinking is that Tom Cruise’s will be Superior Iron Man, one who managed to perfect the Ultron program and has it under his control pic.twitter.com/zkJdkmwoo4
— Bjönk (@BorkEternal) February 14, 2022
Hoping this is Tom Cruise's Tony Stark variant pic.twitter.com/uAkHSPVQPk
— Peekochoo (Matt fan) (@Peekochewie) February 13, 2022
10000000% Tom Cruise is playing Tony Stark, who else’s woulda built those Ultron bots pic.twitter.com/QFBbCk1oji
— Carter 🦍 (@H11mGuy) February 14, 2022
BRING ME SUPERIOR IRON MAN TOM CRUISE #DoctorStrange2 pic.twitter.com/z6DMBI4fgc
— BLURAYANGEL 🦇 (@blurayangel) February 14, 2022
https://twitter.com/Pollos_Hernandy/status/1493004882051219464
The other is that some fans believe the glowing character seen fighting Wanda Maximoff is Cruise’s Superior Iron Man (to be fair, others are speculating that it’s an alternate universe version of Captain Marvel, potentially played by Teyonah Parris, who plays Monica Rambeau in the MCU).
Hey, Superior Iron Man is trending.
I have no inside information but when @ycinar and I created Tony’s Endo-Sym armor, it was designed to glow red/orange when he was angry. #DoctorStrange #MultiverseOfMadness pic.twitter.com/mZe7vk2tNG— Tom Taylor (@TomTaylorMade) February 14, 2022
ES SUPERIOR IRON MAN NO TENGO NINGUNA DUDA DE QUE ES ÉL.
TOM CRIUSE SERÁ SUPERIOR IRON MAN pic.twitter.com/7dt3g9b7sf
— MarvelFlix (@MarvelFlix) February 14, 2022
Wasn’t so sure but man I really do see a Tony Stark beard here now😳 Tom Cruise Superior IRON MAN!? #DoctorStrange2 pic.twitter.com/RGjw0Rzszm
— Cris Parker (@3CFilmss) February 14, 2022
https://twitter.com/Furlow71/status/1493050642734145537
https://twitter.com/rockybqlboa/status/1493048048829743112
I reckon this is Tom Cruise as a ‘Superior Iron Man’ variant and member of Professor X’s Illuminati that Doctor Strange is being taken to for trial. Notice those are iron man/ultron-esque robots 🤔#DoctorStrange #MultiverseOfMadness #DoctorStrange2 pic.twitter.com/ySa1RHnnYN
— 𝑨𝑲𝑰𝑹𝑨/𝑪𝑽𝑳𝑻𝑽𝑹𝑬 (@RON1NSenju) February 14, 2022
https://twitter.com/beanzaru/status/1493016602580713472
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which was directed by Spider-Man filmmaker Sam Raimi and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Rachel McAdams, is set to hit theaters in the United States on Friday, May 6.
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