--- description: “There isn’t one in the pipe,” says Robert Downey, Jr. title: Don't hold your breath for Iron Man 4 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22a970cf0b1d47fb/6986a250d0b6f23a2a305f8d/454799282.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Don't Hold Your Breath for _Iron Man 4_ by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 8, 2014 1:20 PM CUT  Actor Robert Downey Jr. attends day 2 of the Variety Studio presented by Moroccanoil at Holt Renfrew during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Actor Robert Downey Jr. attends day 2 of the Variety Studio presented by Moroccanoil at Holt Renfrew during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.Jonathan Leibson—2014 Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 8, 2014 1:20 PM CUT Robert Downey Jr. shot down any hopes of there being another Iron Man film anytime soon in a recent interview. “There isn’t one in the pipe,” Downey Jr. told [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/robert-downey-jr-talks-iron-man-4-1201299776/ "undefined"). “No, there’s no plan for a fourth _Iron Man_.” But Downey Jr., who spoke to Variety while in Toronto promoting his upcoming film _The Judge_, will appear as billionaire superhero Tony Stark in upcoming sequels of the _Avengers_, set to hit theaters in summer 2015 and 2016. \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/robert-downey-jr-talks-iron-man-4-1201299776/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3303230/iron-man-4-robert-downey-jr/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3303230/iron-man-4-robert-downey-jr/"},"headline":"Don't Hold Your Breath for Iron Man 4","datePublished":"2014-09-08T13:20:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:03:16.977Z","description":"“There isn’t one in the pipe,” says Robert Downey, Jr.","url":"https://time.com/3303230/iron-man-4-robert-downey-jr/","keywords":["movies","avengers","Robert Downey Jr.","Iron Man"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22a970cf0b1d47fb/6986a250d0b6f23a2a305f8d/454799282.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22a970cf0b1d47fb/6986a250d0b6f23a2a305f8d/454799282.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Variety Studio Presented By Moroccanoil At Holt Renfrew - Day 2 - 2014 Toronto International Film Festival","caption":"Variety Studio Presented By Moroccanoil At Holt Renfrew - Day 2 - 2014 Toronto International Film Festival","creditText":"Jonathan Leibson—2014 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3303230/iron-man-4-robert-downey-jr/","name":"Don't Hold Your Breath for Iron Man 4"}}]}] ```