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Jon Favreau on Iron Man
Source: MTV May 24, 2006

MTV talked to Iron Man director Jon Favreau, who gave some interesting quotes. Here are a few of them about the movie:

"It's the first movie Marvel is self-financing," he said of a new deal that frees the makers of the "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" movies from studio control. "We're set to come out in the summer of '08, and we'll start shooting in January."

"We're gonna have it take place in the present day, but there will be an origin story that has the old, gray Iron Man suit; eventually it will progress into more of the modern look," Favreau said. "That's the fun of doing the first one."

"The alcoholism doesn't come into play until later on in the story of Iron Man," he said. "[The comic] started off in the '60s, where it was about him as a successful manufacturer who developed this suit. Then, later, it spins off into that story about him fighting against himself. I think we're going to lay the groundwork for it, but the first one's going to explore him taking on this alter ego of Iron Man, and developing the suit, and what happens politically within the Stark Corporation."

Mentioning an eventual "Iron Man 2," Favreau said that actor playing Tony Stark for his franchise is unlikely to be a major star (Tom Cruise was briefly attached to the role years ago). Instead, the director hopes to announce his discovery of a relative unknown from the Brandon Routh ("Superman Returns") mold later this year.

I never really liked Iron Man, wasn't really familiar with the storyline... but I'm excited. Directors/writers seem to be getting to point of comic book movies, that they're character driven before anything else. The action is a staple in every one of em, but if you don't set up the background of the guy behind the mask it's pointless dribble. That's why the Spider Man, X-Men and latest Batman frachises have succeeded.

DEEERNEEER....DEERNEEER....I AM IRON MAN!!!!....DUN DUN DUHNUNUH DUHNUDUNUDUNUHDUHN DUHN NAN NAN....

How in the hell did Jon Favreau get to direct this picture?Iron Man was always an interesting character IMO,but this effects heavy(no doubt)feature may be out of his reach.

I just hope he's up to the challenge,this isn't Elf after all.:p

i think he can step outside the comedy box ..

he directed Zathura and showed that he can do action and suspense as well .. (as much as he coulkd in a kids film)

a good director can excel in any genre.. he's a good director.

Iron Man is and has always been one of my favourites, Im pumped for this:D

Even though they want an unknown, dont you think Jim Caveizal would be perfect for the part?

I'll have to check that(Zathura)out then.

Oded Fehr(you know the guy from The Mummy who was the leader of the gypsyish desert group and kept talking about how the curse would bring about destruction of biblical proportion.) has been momentarily attached to it.

I can see him doing a decent job, he wasnt bad in The Mummy.

Iron Man Update From Jon Favreau
Source: Advanced Dark June 20, 2006

Scooper 'Advanced Dark' asked Iron Man director Jon Favreau a question on his Blog and got an interesting response:

We've got two(2!) sets of writers typing away on scenes and outlines. We've got a room full of storyboard illustrators and concept artists. The story has been fully broken. The villian has been selected and the train has left the station. I expect a rough first draft in the next several weeks, though the sequences are being hammered out visually as we speak. I wont reveal any further details on the plot or villians at this time. Marvel likes to trickle this type of info out slowly, as you can understand, and we are a full two years away from release. I did, however, convince them to share some interesting stuff some time in, oh, I don't know, July?

At Comic-Con perhaps? We shall see...