Warning: this article contains major spoilers for Avengers: Endgame! Consider yourself warned!
Marvel Studios still has big plans for the Mandarin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Despite the fact that Tony Stark died in Avengers: Endgame, one of Iron Man’s greatest nemeses will return in a future MCU project.
The confirmation came directly from Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige during a Reddit AMA session (via Collider). When asked if future MCU projects would feature the Ten Rings organization introduced in the first Iron Man movie or the “real” Mandarin teased in the Marvel One Shot short film “All Hail the King,” Feige simply responded, “Yes.”
Source: IGN.com Kevin Feige Confirms the Return of the Mandarin in the MCU