Iron Man 3

[Gabriel]

From THR:
'Iron Man 2' rockets to No. 1

Distributed by Paramount, "Iron Man 2" marked the fifth biggest bow ever and Paramount's best to date.

Heated expectations for the opening gave us knots in our subject, a relieved Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige conceded Sunday.

"But what untied those knots was watching the film with a paying audience," Feige added. "It really was an indication to us that they're still with us for this ride."

A franchise three-quel is expected to hit multiplexes sometime in 2013.

"We do have a contract with Robert Downey Jr. to do it, and it will come after 'The Avengers,' " Feige confirmed.

[Gabriel]

'Iron Man 3' Release Date Announced: May 3, 2013.

[Crainy]

I always looked at iron man as a TF ripoff, the last two movies were only ok.

[Michael Do]

^how so?

anyway, is Favreu directing this? i heard theres been a feud between him and marvel.

[Trailbreaker]

I always looked at iron man as a TF ripoff, the last two movies were only ok.

Oh, because of Tony Stark's realistic metal suit with shifting metal parts, as opposed to the liquid metal crap you see in the comics which would have never worked for these films?

Can't wait for this! But, here's hoping that The Avengers does great, because if it ends up not working, there's a chance it would ruin the integrity of the Iron Man franchise itself.

[Crainy]

Yeah, exactly because of that. And because the overall style is very similar.

[Gabriel]

DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE: Jon Favreau All Ears For Disney's 'Magic Kingdom' Feature Film

He just completed Cowboys & Aliens, the DreamWorks/Universal co-production that stars Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. Favreau will finish that film for release on July 29, 2011, and he is expected to re-team with Robert Downey Jr. for a third Iron Man, the franchise which was one of the Marvel films bought out from Paramount to be distributed by Disney.

From Variety:
Favreau enters Disney's 'Magic Kingdom' - 'Iron Man' helmer to develop family feature for studio

Favreau is already busy prepping for "Iron Man 3," which he will direct for Disney-based Marvel for summer 2013. He recently wrapped "Cowboys and Aliens" for DreamWorks and Universal.

From Variety:
Disney's 'Magic' ride - Theme park to star in film

[HarryCanyon]

Sounds like a Disneyland/Disneyworld tie-in for part 3.

[Shadow]

I always looked at iron man as a TF ripoff, the last two movies were only ok.

sorry bro but :wtf Ironman is nothing like TFS.

[Dak]

I always looked at iron man as a TF ripoff, the last two movies were only ok.

I don't even wat

Anyway looking forward to it. Hope Mandarin is the villain for this one.

[Gabriel]

From MTV:


Will The 'Iron Man 3' World Include The Mandarin? 'I Hope So,' Says Jon Favreau!

"If you remember, 'Iron Man' was a very normal world. It was based in our real world, with a few little things exaggerated," Favreau told MTV News. "The technology was exaggerated slightly, but really it didn't feel like you were stepping into a superhero world. It didn't feel like you were stepping into the Marvel Universe."

"By the time 'Iron Man 3' happens, you will have had three other superheroes revealing themselves at least, in addition to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Black Widow and whoever they have in 'Avengers,'" he explained. "So now you're going into a world where you open up the paper and you're reading about villains and heroes and a lot of people with different types of powers. Everything was tech-based in 'Iron Man,' but the world is opening up very much."

Favreau indicated that Marvel's growing movie universe is in good hands between now and then, though — especially when it comes to the superhero team-up extravaganza "The Avengers" and its director, Joss Whedon.

"There's a balance that has to be struck, but there's a tremendous opportunity for humor, and character, and with Joss they got somebody who really understands the underlying material and has proven that he's good and clever with his interpersonal communication," said Favreau. "So I look forward to all of that."

"I'm involved with 'Avengers,' so as I'm working on ['Cowboys & Aliens'], I'm supportive and more than available for them as little or as much as they want me to be," he added.

So does this changing universe and the introduction of magical elements in films like "Thor" mean we're any closer to seeing The Mandarin's diabolical blend of sorcery and science?

"I hope so," said Favreau. "Because all my stuff was tech-based, and now you have other worlds and inter-dimensions and this sense of history — which I think is quite cool — that we started with the Stark Expo."

"There was a lot of stuff we had to present to set up other future properties, so I'm well aware of the challenges that go into it," he added. "You're not just servicing one film. You're not just making the best film you can, you're setting up a playground for all of the characters to play in."

'Iron Man 3' Will Be A Sequel To 'Thor,' 'Captain America' And 'The Avengers,' Says Jon Favreau

"I don't know a lot about 'Thor,'" Favreau told MTV News when we visited him at the "Cowboys & Aliens" editing studio. "I've talked to ['Thor' director] Kenneth Branagh. I've met the cast members. I had a conversation with ['Avengers' director Joss Whedon] in passing, giving him my two cents about the film."

Although he hasn't seen the script for "The Avengers" yet, Favreau said he's eager to see what the next few years have in store for the Marvel movie universe — especially since he sees "Iron Man 3" as a sequel to all the Marvel Studios movies that come before it.

"In theory, 'Iron Man 3' is going to be a sequel or continuation of 'Thor,' 'Hulk,' 'Captain America' and 'Avengers,'" he said. "This whole world... I have no idea what it is. I don't think they do either, from conversations I've had with those guys."

Favreau indicated that the fluid nature of Marvel's films up to, during, and even after filming makes it difficult to predict the exact nature of the movie universe when it comes time for "Iron Man 3." With so many things likely to change between now and when the first word is written in the "Iron Man 3" script, the filmmaker said he's can't even venture a guess about what will be going on with Tony Stark when he returns to his solo adventures.

"Honestly, right now 'Captain America' and 'Thor' are their big priorities, and you learn things by shooting and making movies," he explained. "The script is one thing, but when you actually see what you land on at the editing room — especially with Marvel where they film, cut, film some more and shape the film — you really learn as you go."

[Razor]

I always looked at iron man as a TF ripoff, the last two movies were only ok.

IM is no TF ripoff. Terminator: Salvation IS!

Btw I can't wait for IM3. The first two were great.

[Gabriel]

VULTURE EXCLUSIVE:

Jon Favreau Will Not Direct Iron Man 3

The poet Robert Browning once wrote that "a man in armor is his armor's slave." By that logic, director Jon Favreau is now a free man: Insiders tell Vulture that Favreau has just informed Marvel Studios that he won't direct a third Iron Man film.

It's unclear whether the impasse was financial or creative or both. One informed source hears that he was frustrated with Marvel's urge to stuff more of their in-house heroes into the next film in the wake of The Avengers. In a recent interview with MTV News, Favreau explained that based on his conversations with Marvel Studios executives, he had no clarity as to what a third Iron Man film would even be about. “In theory, Iron Man 3 is going to be a sequel or continuation of Thor, Hulk, Captain America and Avengers,” said Favreau at the time, “This whole world … I have no idea what it is. I don’t think they do either, from conversations I’ve had with those guys.”

Still other industry insiders look at Favreau's growing price tag and speculate that he was getting too expensive for the frugal Marvel and its equally cost-conscious parent company, Disney. In fact, one Hollywood player familiar with Marvel's playbook theorizes that the company had been pushing a confusing and packed vision of the third film as a tactic to provoke Favreau into leaving the project. Favreau, after all, is said to have received $10 million for the Iron Man sequel; it's unclear what he'd be seeking for a third film, but reps familiar with these sorts of gross participation deals tell Vulture that he likely would command $12 million to $15 million up front, plus a 15 percent percent of the gross after the film recouped. With star Robert Downey Jr. also participating in the gross (and so far it's a $1.2 billion global franchise), that's an enormous amount of cash headed out the door. Disney has got to be protective of their profits for an IM3: It bought Marvel for $4 billion in 2009, and then this October paid Paramount Pictures $115 million for the distribution rights to The Avengers and Iron Man 3 in order to reunite the titles with their parent company.

Regardless of why, we’re told that Marvel quietly began the process of finding a director to replace Favreau last night. But Marvel’s task is complicated by the fact that Downey Jr. has both contractually negotiated director approval and is currently the hottest leading man in Hollywood with first pick of dozens of "go" movies around town.

Favreau will be staying on the Disney lot, at least for now: His next project will be the studio's Magic Kingdom, about a family trapped in Disneyland and their magical encounters with all sorts of Disney attractions and rides. Marvel currently has no script for a third Iron Man, and while it has no plans to shoot the film until 2012 at the earliest, Marvel execs hope to put a director on the project to guide its development as soon as possible.

From io9 Aug 6, 2010:
Did Marvel really snub Jon Favreau as director of The Avengers?

Favreau's Iron Man remains one of the few truly great superhero movies, so it's sad to read Cinemablend's report, based on an inside source they say has proven reliable in the past. According to this source, Iron Man 2 wasn't the movie that Favreau wanted to make, and he felt it was rushed into production without a decent script. (With only two years between Iron Man and Iron Man 2, and Favreau having complained publicly about the haste in the past, this part sound plausible.)

Cinemablend's source also says Marvel interfered excessively with Favreau's work on the movie, and "turned the project into an infomercial for The Avengers." And Favreau is unlikely to be back for Iron Man 3, both because of this bad experience and because Marvel won't want to pay him what he wants to be paid a second time. The source also claims Robert Downey Jr. saw the same problems, and while he's already locked in for Iron Man 3 and he'll have star billing in The Avengers, he probably won't be back after that.

From Deadline:
Confirmed: Favreau Won't Helm 'Iron Man 3'

Insiders close to Marvel and Robert Downey Jr, who has director approval on Iron Man 3, confirm that Jon Favreau won't direct this next installment of the franchise. Granted there's no script yet. And few helmers do what Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) and Gore Verbinski (Pirates Of The Caribbean) did: stick around for a trilogy. Favreau just wrapped Cowboys & Aliens and is about to embark on Disney's Magic Kingdom and "is excited about the opportunity to go do his own thing" while Kevin Feige as the ultimate custodian of Marvel's Iron Man franchise "sees it as an opportunity to bring some more fire to the franchise". Favreau is still on board to exec produce The Avengers which Joss Whedon is directing. Favreau just negotiated a Disney development deal but the director had been expected to re-team with RDJr for the third Iron Man, one of the Marvel films bought out from Paramount so Disney could distribute. The website Vulture got there first but isn't very reliable so I waited to confirm and elaborate.

[Xsubs]

Seems like Marvel just wants to milk more of the Cash Cow.

[TIMtationX]

To me, if you they're gonna try and put all these characters in Iron Man 3, then it kind of ceases to be an Iron Man movie right? Save for a cameo here or there, Iron Man should be about Iron Man.

[swishbig]

I always looked at iron man as a TF ripoff, the last two movies were only ok.

Only a TF fan would say that. They tend to compare most movies with TF.

Actually, many people always compare movies to their favorite films.

[Gabriel]

Will Shane Black Direct ‘Iron Man 3’?

Shane Black is in contention to direct Iron Man 3 for Marvel Studios.

The writer/director has powwowed with Marvel execs about his take on the third installment in the blockbuster franchise. As of now he is being considered for the directing job, but the assumption is that if he gets the gig, he would also write a draft.

Insiders said that Black's involvement is far from a sure thing, and that other filmmakers were being looked at.

Marvel is keeping the story direction of Iron Man 3 -- which returns Robert Downey Jr. in the title role -- secret.

Disney, which owns Marvel, is scheduled to release the threequel on May 3, 2013.

The directing spot recently opened up when Jon Favreau, who directed the first two movies, announced he was departing the franchise.

Iron Man 3 would reteam Black and Downey, who worked together on the well-regarded Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which Black directed and co-wrote.

Black made his name writing high-profile specs in the 1980s and 1990s and, with movies such as Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout, was one of the top writers in the action genre.

Boarding Iron Man would prove that the vet filmmaker isn't too old for this s***, to borrow a line from one of his movies. Several weeks ago, Black was tapped to write Death Note, Warner Bros.'s adaptation of a manga, and is working on Doc Savage, Sony's action project based on the classic pulp hero.

[r-type]

Will Shane Black Direct ‘Iron Man 3’?

According to this link, he will. Excited.

[Hardkore]

http://www.slashfilm.com/iron-man-3-tom-clancythriller/

We’ve known since last month that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang writer/director Shane Black would be directing Iron Man 3. The question that remained was whether he would also be writing the script. As it turns out, the answer is yes. At the Omaha FilmFestival this weekend, Black appeared at a panel and briefly discussed Iron Man 3, including a few details about the script.

According to a report on Ain’t It Cool News, Black is scheduled to meet with star Robert Downey, Jr. this week in order to discuss the screenplay. Downey will be contributing to the script as well, although it is not clear at this point in what capacity or to what extent. The two have worked together previously on the excellent Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which starred Downey and was written and directed by Black.

Black also said that the studio was not pleased with the direction of Iron Man 2, and that Iron Man 3 would be doing something a little different. Instead of the iron-suited dustups of the first two films, Iron Man 3 will be more along the lines of a Tom Clancy-style thriller, with IronMan fighting “real world villains.”

Also notable is Black’s statement that Iron Man 3 will not feature other Marvel heroes. Way back when plans for The Avengers were first announced, plenty of people (myself included) wondered how Marvel would sustain such a complicated, interrelated universe containing so many different film franchises — or whether it even planned to. As it turns out, the crossovers we’ve already seen were just setting up the stage for The Avengers. After that film comes out in May, Black says, we can expect to see a return to single-character stories. Though I still wouldn’t be surprised to see winking references to other Marvel heroes in Iron Man 3.

All in all, it sounds like Iron Man 3 is headed in a very good direction. Although Iron Man 3 will only be Black’s second directorial credit, he’s already proven himself as a screenwriter with films like Lethal Weapon and The Long Kiss Goodnight. The clever, funny tone of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang proved an excellent fit for Downey’s skills, and if Black and Downey can recapture some of that magic for Iron Man 3, it should make for a very entertaining time at the theater.

[Gabriel]

SPOILERS
From Latino Review:
EXCLUSIVE: Iron Man 3 Is About…

[Albershide]

Interesting new cast members so far. :borat

Ben Kingsley
Guy Pearce
Jessica Chastain
Andy Lau

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=58485

[Razor]

Interesting new cast members so far. :borat

Ben Kingsley
Guy Pearce
Jessica Chastain
Andy Lau

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=58485

And Andy Lau would be... the Mandarin?

[Albershide]

And Andy Lau would be... the Mandarin?

According to the article - No.

Word is that Lau (or whoever finally lands the role) would play a good guy - a Chinese scientist who comes to the aid of his old buddy Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) by providing him with some new tech that will help him battle Ben Kingsley's villain

[Razor]

Oh my bad I didn't click on the link to read the article.

But sky is the limit now for choosing Iron Man villains -- after the Avengers movie, its no longer odd to mix in some "mystical" villains in the Iron Man movieverse (something which the first two Iron Man movies had difficulties coming up with).

I still have a feeling the Mandarin would be next. Could be wrong though...

[Albershide]

James Badge Dale cast as the villain Coldblood? Cool I wouldn't mind another cyborg.

coldblood-iron-man-3.jpg

http://screenrant.com/iron-man-3-jam...e-kofi-172072/