Click the spy pic below to check out an awesome Iron Man Spy Report over at IESB. The article contains more pics and Iron Man caught on video. They probably won't be up for long.

Another pic.

Apple wasn't supposed to post this until tomorrow. The trailer was supposed to premier on several shows during prime time tonight and then hit the interwebs.

Click here to check out a very awesome trailer.

Holy cow that's one hell of a trailer.

Good thing Apple posted early.

This flick looks pretty damn decent.


Matt.

It's good to see Robert star in a possible blockbuster. He's a great actor and he deserves to have a higher profile.

Robert Downey Jr. had a very high profile.  His fall was due to problems and, even after Hollywood gave him another shot, he still fell from grace.  After what happened on Allie McBeal, they cut him loose.


Phil

Yeah being on Ally McBeal was quite a fall from grace. Lol.
But seriously I always felt he was a little under rated as an actor. Anyway, he seems to have been on the straight and narrow for awhile now.
    

Being on Allie McBeal wasn't the problem.  In fact, everyone thought he was terrific in it.  Prior to it, he his drug problem caused him to cancel out of some other project very late in the game.  He lost a lot of work as a result.

He voluntarily entered rehab and supposedly cleaned up his act.  He couldn't get work afterwards until he did AM.  He was on for half a season (maybe more) when he suddenly disappeared.  The show has to rewrite the scripts in the middle of a big story arc.  Major PITA.

Turned out he was getting stoned for a week somewhere.

It was hard for him to get good work afterwards.


Phil

I don't really care if he's hard to work with or not, I'd rather see a selfish stoner who can act on the big screen than a really nice guy who can't. Like Keanu Reeves.

Hollywood better keep giving him second chances.

Quoted from Death Monkey I don't really care if he's hard to work with or not, I'd rather see a selfish stoner who can act on the big screen than a really nice guy who can't. Like Keanu Reeves.

You may not care, but Hollywood does.  Do you think doesn't mean anything when an actor disappears for a couple of days when he has to work?  That costs big money for the studios.  They want to deal with reliable people as much as talented people.


Phil

Yeah I agree the trailer looked really promising. Iron Man himself is a pretty cool superhero. The problem with the Iron Man IP though is that he has bad villains.

He has the Mandarin, who is ok but I don't think he translate well into the movies (or this time period). As I recall from the cartoon he basically had magic rings and was a Fu Manchu knock off. I think I read he was confirmed as the villain in this movie, does anybody know what they're going to do with him? I think he's going to need a lot of work to be taken seriously by a non comic book audience.

I'm looking forward to the squeal that will no doubt pit Iron Man against War Machine, I think that'll be pretty bad ass. It'll be that or Fin Fang Foom...(cringes)

sheepwalker

Quoted from dogglebe You may not care, but Hollywood does.  Do you think doesn't mean anything when an actor disappears for a couple of days when he has to work?  That costs big money for the studios.  They want to deal with reliable people as much as talented people. Phil

Well then it's fortunate I wasn't talking about what Hollywood cares about. I was talking about what I care about. I want to see him on the screen. I could care less what Hollywood wants.

I can neither better nor worsen his work ethic, just like I can neither better nor worsen Hollywood's so I'll just opine on his acting instead...

Quoted from Soap Hands ..I think I read he was confirmed as the villain in this movie, does anybody know what they're going to do with him?

IMDb has Jeff Bridges listed in the cast as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger.  I'm assuming he'll be the villain in the first installment.

Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) will also be making an appearance.

Very fortunate for you.  Unfortunately, Hollywood foots the bill and those that cause problems generally fade away into oblivion.

If everything in Hollywood came down to talent, there would be a whole different crowd of people starring in movies.


Phil

Quoted from dogglebe If everything in Hollywood came down to talent, there would be a whole different crowd of people starring in movies. Phil

My point exactly.