Friday, July 25

• Feige Indicates Favreau Back for Iron Man 2

  

  ReelzChannel is live on the Comic-Con scene today for the Marvel Your Universe panel with president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, president of publishing, Joe Quesada and Craig Kyle, VP of creative development for Marvel Animation.

  A fan asked about the recent rumors of contract disputes between Iron Man director Jon Favreau and Marvel Studios over Iron Man 2 and whether they have worked that out so that he can return to direct the second film. Feige smiled and asked the crowd if they wanted to see Favreau direct Iron Man 2. The response was an eruption of "yes" cheers. Feige grinned ear-to-ear, saying that an announcement would be coming very shortly. Although official confirmation wasn't made, it appeared clear that Favreau would soon be announced as director of Iron Man 2.

  In other Marvel news, the Avengers Movie will officially have all five key characters and "you probably will see them all pop up together," says Feige coyly.

  More on Marvel's happenings at Comic-Con as we hear it.

  
  

  Posted 07/25/2008 by Jeff

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Wednesday, July 16

• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Scribe to Pen Iron Man 2

  After settling their differences with Iron Man director Jon Favreau, Marvel is moving full speed ahead with Iron Man 2. Variety reports that Justin Theroux has been tabbed to write the screenplay for the much anticipated sequel to this summer's highest grossing flick (an achievement soon to be eclipsed by The Dark Knight). Theroux's previous credits include Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (yikes!) and Ben Stiller's upcoming comedy Tropic Thunder.

  Before fanboys start panicking over Theroux's lack of David Goyer-esque credentials, it should be pointed out that the first Iron Man enlisted an army of writers to pen multiple drafts, only to be re-written on-set each day by director Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. -- both of whom are returning for the sequel.

  
  

  Posted 07/16/2008 by Thomas

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Thursday, June 12

• Jon Favreau Battles Marvel over Iron Man 2

  The internets are awash with reports that Iron Man director Jon Favreau has threatened to opt out of Iron Man 2 unless he gets a hefty pay raise for the sequel. Depending on which story you believe, the bosses at Marvel Studios are either trying to make Favreau work for pennies, or Favreau is demanding compensation somewhere in the realm of Bolivia and two Caribbean islands to be named later.

  The spat started on Tuesday when Favreau reported on his Myspace forum that he hadn't heard from Marvel in weeks, adding that he wasn't too keen on Iron Man 2's rather ambitious release date of April 30, 2010. Then IESB poured gasoline on the nascent blaze, citing sources within Marvel that claimed the studio execs were simply "being cheap" in their negotiations with the director. Yesterday, Marvel fired back via DeadlineHollywoodDaily, claiming that Favreau was indeed offered significant salary bump for an Iron Man sequel.

  Look for the posturing to continue. The stakes are high in this battle, considering that Iron Man has earned upwards of half a billion dollars worldwide to date. We're not expecting the two sides to join hands and sing Kumbaya anytime soon.

  
  

  Posted 06/12/2008 by Thomas

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Tuesday, April 29

• Early Review of Iron Man!

  Iron Man hits screens this Friday and we've got the full Iron Man review ready for you today!

  Rest assured the review is spoiler-free so don't be afraid. You know you want to know... Does Robert Downey Jr. do Tony Stark justice? Is Jon Favreau now an action director? How is "The Dude" as a bald baddie? And of course, most importantly, is it any good? Click on our Iron Man review for all the answers!

  
  
  Next Showing: Iron Man opens nationwide May 2nd, 2008.

  Posted 04/29/2008 by Jeff

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Wednesday, February 27

• Jon Favreau talks Iron Man

  ReelzChannel caught up with Jon Favreau at Wondercon in San Francisco. 

  Amongst other things, the director of the upcoming blockbuster, Iron Man, talked about the importance of post-production to get the CGI, suit, and action sequences just right on a fanboy flick such as this one. The video also reveals that a new Iron Man trailer will debut during Lost this Thursday! 

  Check out the full Favreau Iron Man Talk Below. 
  
  
  

  
  
  Next Showing: Iron Man hits theaters May 2, 2008.
  

  Iron Man at CES

  Director Favreau dishes on Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark.

  Posted 02/27/2008 by Heather

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Friday, February 22

• Iron Man Likes Super Sunday

  Hitwise reports that this summer's highly anticipated Iron Man made a big splash from Super Bowl XLII advertisements on February 3, 2008. The website, ironmanmovie.com, jumped up 800 percent in market share of visits on Super Sunday.

  The Iron Man Trailer has been met with extremely positive reaction catipulting the flick, which features Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man/Tony Stark, into one of most anticipated releases of 2008.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  First Trailer For Iron Man!

  Tony Stark Comes to Life - May 2, 2008.

  Posted 02/22/2008 by Jeff

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Monday, January 28

• Favreau impressed by the creative freedom he enjoyed on Iron Man

  On hand at Santa Monica's Casa Del Mar on Saturday to help promote Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show, in which he enjoys a brief cameo alongside his Swingers buddy, Iron Man director Jon Favreau talked briefly about his eagerly anticipated comic book flick.

  Having recently locked picture, Favreau is now ensconced in the editing room, racing to have the CGI-heavy flick ready in time for its May 2nd release date. So far, he likes what he sees:

  "The stuff between Robert (Downey Jr.) and Gwyneth (Paltrow) and Jeff Bridges is really great," he raved. "There was so much freedom in storytelling, because they always knew that it was going to be about Iron Man and the flying and I never got pressure on the scenes. And so I had a tremendous amount of freedom to tell a story in a tone that I'm very comfortable with. So in a way, it was really the most creative freedom I can remember having on anything. And it works."

  
  
  Next Showing: Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show opens Feb. 8th

  Posted 01/28/2008 by Thomas

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Wednesday, September 5

• Iron Man Trailer September 10th!

  For those who made it into the Marvel or Paramount presentations at Comic-Con, it has been hard to contain the excitement we all felt viewing the Iron Man footage for the first (second and third) times. Yes, it's that cool!

  Now, the rest of the world will finally get to witness the awesomeness that is Jon Favreau's Iron Man when the teaser trailer is unveiled on MTV on September 10th.

  Favreau announced on Myspace today that the teaser trailer will be unveiled at the break leading into The Hills on MTV September 10th. The High-Def teaser then hits the net the next day on Apple.com/trailers. The trailer will also hit a variety of Viacom-owned channels on the 10th and 11th as well.

  
  
  Next Showing: Iron Man hits screens summer 2008.
  

  Reelz Clip

  The cast of Iron Man talks to Naibe Reynoso.

  Posted 09/05/2007 by Jeff

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Saturday, July 28

• Downey Jr. game for an Avengers flick

  On the heels of Robert Downey Jr.'s appearance at Comic-Con, I asked the Iron Man star if he'd be interested in a possible Avengers movie.

  "Oh yeah," he joked. "I'd probably be the best deal on the lot."

  Indeed, bringing Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and the rest of the Avengers crew together would be an expensive proposition -- and quite logistical challenge, too.

  Marvel exec Kevin Feige didn't seem too worried when I asked him about the difficulty of assembling the Avengers. "Truth is, if we can do an X-Men film with 15-20 big name actors and get them all scheduled, you can do (Avengers)," said Feige. "It can be done."

  Yesterday director Jon Favreau became the runaway hit of Comic-Con when he debuted some dazzling footage from Iron Man.

  
  
  Next Showing: Iron Man opens May 2, 2008

  Posted 07/28/2007 by Thomas

  Jon Favreau | Robert Downey Jr. | Iron Man

Wednesday, May 2

• Iron Man = Power Ranger?

  Entertainment Weekly just posted their exclusive first pic of the suit from Iron Man, and for some reason the first thought that occurred to me was of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

  Don't get me wrong -- the suit looks great, and so far Iron Man fans have every reason to believe the movie is in good hands with director Jon Favreau -- I just think it kinda looks like a Power Ranger. And maybe a little like Robocop.

  
  

  Posted 05/02/2007 by Thomas

  Jon Favreau | Iron Man