Iron Man sequel news - Page 3

Jason Seaver · 06-17-2008, 04:11 PM

I think the Hulk being the villain in the Avengers movie is more likely - or, perhaps, the initial reason for the Avengers banding together.

Get the Hulk in the right situation, and he's the villain, especially since he's still pretty much being portrayed as the near-feral, almost inarticulate monster. Just say he's gotten a nasty extra jolt of gamma rays and he can't revert back to Banner.

oscar_merkx · 06-30-2008, 05:12 AM

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Jon Favreau talks IM 2 and TDK

Greg_S_H · 07-10-2008, 04:22 PM

Looks like Favreau is confirmed for 2:

Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily » So What Was All The Fuss About? Marvel Locks In Jon Favreau For ‘Iron Man 2′

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EXCLUSIVE: It's not officially announced yet, but I'm told that Marvel Studios and Iron Man director Jon Favreau have reached a deal for him to helm the sequel, due out in 2010. (Robert Downey Jr had a sequel clause in his contract so he's on board.) Marvel Studios boss David Maisel was quick to put out a "definitely" richer offer to Favreau, but not quick enough for Jon -- who used the Internet and other media to rile up the movie's many fans by spreading nonsense that Marvel was dragging its feet and then lowballing him. Granted Maisel is no day at the beach himself, but, seriously, could Favreau have been more of an asshole?

I don't read Nikki Finke, so maybe she's always this unprofessional. But, the answer to the question is, yes, he could have been much more of an asshole than he was, since he wasn't one at all.

jvasilatos · 07-11-2008, 03:07 PM

Nikki Finke's name befits her.

Don't believe everything Hollywood gossip mongers print... they're in it to get attention for themselves and provoke controversy more than report facts.

Favreau is a class act and deserves all the accolades he's gotten for his creative vision on this series, and Robert Downey Jr. is a gem.
JV

oscar_merkx · 08-01-2008, 03:49 PM

Splash Page » Sam Jackson Wants Nick Fury Cameos in ‘Thor,’ ‘Captain America,’ Unsure If Favreau Will Return to ‘Iron Man’

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Sam the man himself Thursday at Comic-Con, he said we still have a lot to learn about the future of Fury. “Yeah, I’m looking forward to making that character a bit more integral, in terms of the other stories that are happening,” Jackson told us, revealing that he may have multiple cameos in practically every Marvel movie for the next few years. “’Iron Man 2,’ ‘Captain America,’ ‘Thor,’ and hopefully the big one that’s coming in 2011, when they put everybody together.”
Of course, Jackson is referring to “The Avengers,” which his recent cameo set up as he recruited Tony Stark to join the superhero team. But according to the “Pulp Fiction” legend, he has no intention of keeping Nick Fury on the shelf that long.

oscar_merkx · 08-09-2008, 05:13 PM

Interview: Robert Downey Jr. for "Tropic Thunder"

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but "Iron Man 2" is a topic of conversation, as he and Favreau are currently collaborating on a story for the much anticipated sequel. "Now Justin Theraux who wrote 'Tropic Thunder', is writing it and Jon and I are working on the story with him. It's pretty great and I think it's going to be cool. I think it's going to appropriately well thought out so that we don't forget what got us the response that we appreciated so much, which is, we didn't say, 'Great, now that this is like this, now we're going to twist it and do this with it.' It's now; I'm not saying we're going to do bits. I think more of the same; it is a very rich feel, because it was a very simple movie, if you ask me. It was an origin story."

Can't wait for this to come out

oscar_merkx · 09-12-2008, 06:18 AM

lots of new re IM 2 & 3

Jon Favreau on the Iron Man Franchise! - Superhero Hype!

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Q: How has Marvel's plan to integrate their universe in films changed your plan, going from a franchise to a mega-franchise?
Favreau: It's tough because it first starts off like, "Hey, wouldn't it be fun if we stuck a Captain America shield in the background? Wouldn't it be fun if we have Sam Jackson play Nick Fury like in "The Ultimate Avengers"?' It's like, "Let's prove ourselves to our fans." So you do that. Now, between the Captain America shield and Nick Fury and then the after-the-credit scene that in the eleventh hour became the final scene of "The [Incredible] Hulk," that one was a big one for me. I was like, "Wow, we're forming a team. We're going to that guy and you're forming a team." That's clearly not the day after "Iron Man" ended. Where does it fit in the time continuum? I don't want to just ignore it or do what the comic books have done. I guess you could do what Marvel has said: "It's an alternate universe." They've gotten away with that one for a couple of decades, but how do you make all that work within that world? Because I think it is fun and I think that "Hulk" was successful in keeping a tone that did not seem inconsistent with our film, and certainly with Robert being in there. But we definitely now have a lot of things [to consider]. Look, I come out of improv, and in improv you say, "Okay, give me a suggestion of a place, a line of dialogue –" and here it's like, "Okay. Give me three scenes that I have to incorporate into my next movie." So it's a challenge. What's refreshing is that I don't go back and it's not like you have a studio executive who could care less, like, "I don't give a sh*t. Just make whatever, whatever tests best." In this case you have Kevin Feige who's like, "How are we going to solve this puzzle?" It's like a Rubik's Cube to them as well. Just all that brainpower addressing something makes you come up with interesting solutions. So we have a pretty good game plan. Then there are conversations that I've been having with them about "The Avengers" too. Remember, with "Avengers" you're not just dealing with tech. You're dealing with inter-dimensional portals and all the sh*t that makes you jump the shark if you don't handle it right. So we were very restrained in how we used our superhero-ism in our movie and we did that by keeping it all tech based. Then "Hulk" went a little the same way. It's still kind of tech-based. You get to Cap and you say, "Okay, he was frozen in that thing –" and it's like, "Okay, I could maybe buy that, with the super-soldier thing." Then you get into Thor and it's like, "Okay, well now..." and so how do you make that all feel like it's in the same world as our movie is? That's going to be the challenge moving forward.

There is much more

Andy Sheets · 09-12-2008, 08:18 AM

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Then you get into Thor and it's like, "Okay, well now..." and so how do you make that all feel like it's in the same world as our movie is?

I thought Favreau did a good job but he is starting to sound like a wuss regarding the Thor/Mandarin/magic thing

Steve_Tk · 09-12-2008, 08:40 AM

I think he's correctly addressing it. The other movies are from a tech standpoint, then all a sudden some viking comes from no where and the audience is like "um what?". Makes sense. And thor sucks, leave him out of it, will not work, imo.