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

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