Favreau On Iron Man 3

With the Iron clad sequel raking up the worldwide revenue, Jon Faverau has spoke about his desire to return and continue his Iron Man solo outings. But, any future installments will have to wait for Avengers in 2O12 to wrap first.

So what did Favreau say exactly? “You’ve got to The Mandarin”, says the director, “the problem is, the way he’s depicted in the comic books…you don’t want to see that”. With The Mandarin as the prime candidate to square up to Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark in the next outing, one question is who is he? And what is that Favreau suggests we don’t want to see?

The way he is depicted is as a Chinese descendent, a scientific genius and master of martial arts. Brought up embittered against the world around him. He garners power from ten magical rings. Wait a minute,  here it is, in a super tech charged Iron Man Favreau concedes that this could be the problem, introducing the ‘supernatural’. But with the Avenger’s will bring Thor, and thus Favreau states ‘maybe introducing magic wont seem out of place’.

However, one thing is for sure, magic or no magic. Iron Man 3 will have to wait, a long wait, before movement begins in its production. 

MATT RICHARDSON

The Next Marvel Heroes Are Runaways

While the more well known Marvel heroes such as Iron Man 2, Captain America and Thor are currently developing into their own franchises, it would suggest Marvel have their hands full, or perhaps not, with Runaways in prime position to be their next, after Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) has signed on to direct.

For the uninitiated, Runaways is the creation of Brian K Vaughn known for also being the man behind Y: The Last Man. It is an original tale set within the Marvel Universe that revolves around the teenage siblings of super-villains discovering that their parents have dark secret alter-evil-personalities.

Thus a battle ensues between the group of six – who all have inherited abilities – and their evildoer parents.

At this stage the film is in early development, with no cast set in place and the script in its initial draft phase penned by Vaughn himself.

MATT RICHARDSON

New Iron Man Stills

Just in case the new trailer to Iron Man's sequel did not marvel enough, we have been blessed with even more new material. It may only be stills and future advertisement shots, but they do showcase Robert Downey Jr; aka Tony Stark in all is his iron clad glory, and he is not alone. 


He is joined by a suited and booted War Machine, otherwise known as Col. James Rhodes, who will be played by Don Cheadle this time out. Cheadle inexplicably replaces Terence Brown, who leaves the franchise on turbulent terms; with word a rift with Favereau is at the heart of it. 

The best is saved for the trailer with a sneak peak to the latest mark V model suit, that has the ideal functionality to cope with the modern world; when not used for flying, and making bad people explode, it really is a nifty little briefcase,

Pencil it in, Iron Man 2 is set for a UK release May 30.

MATT RICHARDSON

Watch new Iron Man 2 trailer

With the Oscar’s done and dusted for another year, eyes gaze back towards the new upcoming blockbusters of 2010. What better time then to release the trailer to the much-loved Iron Man sequel? Watch it here.

Watching the trailer feels like that you never left your auditorium seat from Faverau’s original Iron Man. The fundamental elements of entertainment, action, and fun that made the original, are there in spades.

As with the original, what it lacks in depth, it makes up for in sheer popcorn flicking fun. If you want depth, go deep-sea fishing, or better watch The Hurt Locker.

It blends previously released footage of Mickey Rourke’s Whiplash causing havoc at a grand prix, and generally being the ‘bad guy’ in a Russian accent. But, there is a hatful of new footage; lots of iron clad men blowing things up, and Stark morphing into Iron Man using a briefcase!
MATT RICHARDSON