Iron Man 4 has been confirmed by Robert Downey Jr after his initial doubts on the Ellen DeGenres show, of all places. It was bound to happen sooner or later especially with the "All Hail the King" short with Ben Kingsley being kidnapped by the actual Mandarin's minions. All that remains to be seen is the actual Mandarin and the hopes that Iron Man 4 will go out with a really big bang.

I would cast Cary Hiroyuki-Tagawa as the Mandarin because he plays the best Asian villain every time. As for the other Iron Man rogues, I think its time for Ezekiel Stane to make an appearance as the the Ghost or Spy Master. In fact, the Mandarin's minions include just about every popular villain from Blizzard, Whirlwind, Firebrand, Crimson Dynamo, to the Living Laser. The minions can just be hired muscle who don't talk much but look great during action scenes. This would also be a great time to bring in the Maggia with Madame Masque and Count Nefaria.

The main villains for Iron Man 4 would be the Mandarin, Ezekiel Stane, Madame Masque and Count Nefaria. At the same time, I suppose Marvel could do a team up with Iron Man and Captain America. MODOK and the Red Skull could work together by starting the Civil War saga and pit Iron Man against Captain America since Ultron is Iron Man's greatest blunder. Plus I think AIM was originally Hydra's think tank. The possibilities and awesomeness is endless. What do you think?