Iron Man (2008)

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Iron Man (2007) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/)
Plot:
Billionaire Tony Stark, previously one of the world's most imaginative weapons defense technology creators, decides to retire from weapons manufacture. A powerful competitor attempts to kill Stark, and almost succeeds. To keep himself alive, Stark must build a modern-day suit of armor. He then begins to build more agile and powerful versions of the suit, and uses it to fight crime as the Invincible Iron Man!

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Kit then introduced Favreau, who was met with sustained applause from the audience.

"Ant-Man was taken," Favreau joked, when asked how he became involved with Iron Man.

Favreau said that he'd been talking to Arad since he played Foggy Nelson in Daredevil, noting that Nelson occasionally represented Tony Stark...

"Not saying anything there...I mean, that's if I don't play Iron Man," the director joked.

Favreau said that he was advised by fans and comics’ pros to get artist Adi Granov involved in the movie, and he took the advice. The director called Granov to come up to the dais, and then showed a teaser image the artist had designed as a teaser movie poster.

Granov is doing design work for the film, and the image shown, Favreau said, is not the final armor design.

Speaking of his design work, Granov said that he chose first-off to make sure that the armor had a circular light on the chest, since the triangle never worked for him. Granov also praised Favreau for turning to comic book fans in making the film, something that's rarely seen.

"There's sort of a Robocop-type quality that this character can have," Favreau said in talking about which elements he likes in the armor, noting that he likes the ideas of weight and power, and an inorganic look over organic, rather than martial arts. The director reiterated that while he will be using special effects for the film, he wants to keep the feeling realistic, and not let the effects pull the movie away from the audience.

"There's one tech-based suit," Favreau said, explaining that Iron Man himself will be the major effect, rather than a world of special effects. The director said that the feel will be Tom Clancy, "But because it involves Tony Stark, there will be some James Bond in there."

Favreau said that he's looking at the anime Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell, and Neon Genesis Evangellion for inspirations, but still trying to ground the film in the real world and real technology, "So the only buy you have to make is a guy in an Iron Man suit."

Asked if his Tony Stark will deal with his alcoholism, Favreau said that he's looking at Iron Man as a group of films, so he'll have time to explore how his weapons manufacturing and captivity (now in Afghanistan rather than Southeast Asia), and in looking at a the history of Tony Stark and Iron Man, as the stressors grew up around him in the comics, the alcoholism came in, and a similar path may be followed in the film. Favreau said that he'll be starting with the gray armor in the film, before moving on to a few different types of armor, and will end with the gold and red, evolving more into a weapons platform than a flying suit.

Will Tony Stark have a moustache or goatee? "If we cast Tom Selleck, a moustache, if we cast me, a goatee,” Favreau said.

Asked if Marvel Studios will be returning to a Daredevil film, Avi Arad said that in time, they plan to get to it.

And just as the panel was closing, Favreau said that the villain in the Iron Man film will be the Mandarin.


Source: Blake Wright
July 22, 2006


Iron Man director Jon Favreau confirmed at the San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday that the villain in the movie will be fan-favorite Mandarin!

The Mandarin is one of the world's greatest scientific geniuses who is seeking world domination. Although The Mandarin has no superhuman powers, he is a superb athlete with tremendous skill in the various martial arts. For weapons, he uses ten rings he wears on his fingers that respond to his mental commands.

Marvel Studios has set a May 2, 2008 release date for Iron Man. Paramount Pictures will distribute the film.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Joins "Iron Man"

Gwyneth Paltrow is joining the cast of "Iron Man," as Virginia "Pepper" Potts. Paltrow will play a personal assistant to an industrialist, who develops an armored suit to battle bad guys.

In addition to Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr. is cast as Tony Star/Iron Man and Terrence Howard as Jim Rhodes.

"These are popcorn films designed for broad audiences, but there are multidimensional characters that have brought us the best luck with actors," said Marvel Studios president of production, Kevin Feige.

The film is directed by Jon Favreau (Elf) and is being financed Marvel Studios. Production begins in March in Los Angeles, with Paramount Pictures looking to release "Iron Man" on May 2nd, 2008.

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