Quoted from Combichrist I stand by my point, Speilberg as director of Ironman, Somehow I do not see that ever happening. Not saying he is not a great director, but I don't think he would take something like that on.

We all know Spielberg won't take Iron Man on, simply because Favreau is already signed! But all I'm saying, and I think James is saying too, is that this film wouldn't be entirely out of Spielberg's range. It's science-fiction, it's character-driven, and if it's done with the same amount (and scale) of action that there is in the comics, it can be epic. Sounds a lot like some of Spielberg's other films to me LOL!

Iron Man director Jon Favreau confirmed at Comic-Con that the villain in the movie will be 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."-cs

-Zavier

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First Poster from Comic-Con.  Favreau said that the armor in the pic was not the film's final design.

Here is a new casting rumor. According to Quint over at Ain’t It Cool News, "A few days ago there was word that reached my ears about the role of Tony Stark in Jon Favreau's IRON MAN being offered to a very interesting actor. The word was that IRON MAN was being offered to Hustle & Flow's Terrence Howard."

More on the rumor More on the rumor  here.

-Zavier

This story has been confirmed by the trades and Jon Favreau himself, on his MySpace page. Tony Stark will be played by Robert Downey, Jr.

Click on the link above for more info.

-Zavier

I just read this on AICN. I actually surprised myself by thinking that Downey is not a horrible choice. He's not a favorite actor of mine, he always comes off like a spoiled jerk to me, but that's a plus when playing Tony Stark. Sure, he's kind of small and far from muscular but that'll all be covered by some cool armor, so it won't matter.

It seems that the earlier rumor of Terrence Howard making an appearance in the Iron Man movie wasn’t complete bull.

According to Variety, the actor has signed on for the ‘buddy role’ in “Iron Man”. Howard will play Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes, the best friend of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Drugfree Jr), the billionaire industrialist who becomes the superhero known as Iron Man.

So far, so good Mr. Favreau.

-Zavier

That's pretty cool. Terrence Howard is an amazing actor. I don't know the lore of Iron Man, I had never heard of it until they announced the director. But its certainly attracting a lot of attention, with the likes of Robert Downey Jnr and Terrence Howard signing on for leading roles. Could be quite the adventure, assuming the script is up to snuff.


Cheers, Chism.

I think Robert Downey Jr is a great pick as is Terrence Howard.  

With luck it'll do good and in the second one we can see Downey's Tony Stark succumb to the bottle and have Howard take up the armor in his place.

The first pic of the Grey Suit ( Stark's first suit ) can be seen over at Ain't It Cool News.

Is he supposed to look so... clunky? I dunno. If I were a billionair superhero, I would've gone for something a little more flexible. I'm no expert on the Iron Man comics, but is that what he looks like in the comics?


Cheers, Chismeister.

Stark's first costume was built out of scrap metal and pieces of junk while he was held prisoner.  After he freed himself, he built better suits.  In the comic book, the first Iron Man suit wasn't much more than a tin can.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_man


Phil

Thanks for that, Phil.

Good old Wikipedia.


Cheers, Chismeister.

Click on this newly released picture to check out an awesome article from USA Today on Jon Favreau's Iron Man movie.

Entertainment Weekly has revealed the new Iron Man Armor (red and yellow), which was designed by Oscar-winning F/X guru Stan Winston.

Check it out here.

Now that looks cool. This movie is shaping up to be something cool.

Actually looking forward to it now.


Cheers, Chismeister.