Robert Downey Jr. and director Jon Favreau on the set of IRON MAN(2008).
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Jon Favreau Opens Up on IRON MAN 2 and 3
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Friday, September 12, 2008
Source: Scott Huver at CS
One thing is for sure. Director Jon Favreau has absolutely no issues talking about his future films even if they're high profile tent pole releases. While promoting the upcoming September 30 DVD release of Iron Man, Favreau opened up and confirmed earlier reports at a promotional press conference. SHH's Scott Huver was on hand and passed along what we can expect from Iron Man 2 and a third installment. If you don't want to know anything that could be considered spoilers, click out of this article.
Here's some highlights.
--Iron Man's classic comic book nemesis the Mandarin, the Asian crimelord who sports ten powerful ring weapons (alluded to in the first film through references to the terrorist cell the Ten Rings) will most likely emerge as a primary antagonist, although Favreau is still wrestling with how to address the villain's mystical origins and fit them into the high-tech world established in the debut film. It's also possible the Mandarin may not be fully revealed as the "Big Bad" until a possible third film to avoiding overexposing a potentially intriguing enemy .
--The most well-known storylines from the comic book series – "Demon in a Bottle," in which Stark becomes an alcoholic, and Rhodey taking over the role and armor of Iron Man during Stark's recovery – are expected to be included, possibly both in the second sequel. Rhodey's role in the first film was not as expansive as originally intended, and Favreau expects to rectify that.
--Favreau is also having designs developed for Rhodey's "War Machine" armor, and even more upgraded and tricked-out versions of Stark's suit may be utilized.
--Favreau plans to follow the first film's themes of integrating social and political themes into the adventure and fantasy, and he hinted at a current global situation providing some inspiration – possibly an allusion to plans to utilize Iron Man's Russian counterpart, the Crimson Dynamo.
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Jon Favreau and newcoming writer Justin Theroux (Tropic Thunder) are set to begin fleshing out the script with production likely starting early 2009. Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jon Favreau will reprise the roles with Favreau once again behind the camera.
Iron Man 2 will hit theaters April 30, 2010.
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Crimson Dynamo would be cool and Demon in a bottle is a great storyline as long as it doesn't take the whole 2 movies. I would actually really like to see something in regards to Armor Wars. The fact that people were stealing his weapons/technology was a big part of the first flick. Favreau could really run with that in the second or third film. Something like that could push him to drink more. Rhodey can then take over duties and run into trouble forcing Tony to put down the liquor and create a new suit. War Machine.