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12-09-04, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Sessa17
Tony Stark cannot be played by a young actor.
I've always felt there is one person perfect for Iron Man (at least that is who I would cast).
The man, the myth, the legend. . .
He already has a drink in his hand, you pust a mustache on him, & you have the perfect tony Stark.
I've always felt there is one person perfect for Iron Man (at least that is who I would cast).
The man, the myth, the legend. . .
He already has a drink in his hand, you pust a mustache on him, & you have the perfect tony Stark.
12-09-04, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Gattman
I would of gone for Timothy Dalton myself he is the spitting image of Tony Stark imo
04-29-06, 07:52 PM
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Jon Favreau to Direct Iron Man
From Newsarama:
JON FAVREAU TO ADAPT, DIRECT IRON MAN FOR MARVEL
He may have played Matt Murdock’s best friend, Foggy Nelson In the film version of Daredevil, but when it comes to a film version of Marvel’s Iron Man, Jon Favreau has a much larger role than that of a supporting character.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel has tapped the actor/screenwriter/director to develop and direct Iron Man, working on the script from Arthur Marcum and Matt Holloway. While many may only remember Favreau as Nelson or perhaps from his breakout role in Swingers, Favreau has moved recently, to work behind the camera, directing last year’s Zathura, executive producing the acclaimed Green Street Hooligans, and directing Elf, among others. Favreau is also attached to direct a film version of John Carter, Warlord of Mars.
As Favreau said in an interview quoted in the trade, he’ll be looking to use CGI with the project, something he has been reluctant to do, making Iron Man his first film which will use the technology extensively. “I think that now, through motion-capture and the integration of miniatures with CGI, like in King Kong, I'm starting to be a lot more convinced by what the technology can do,” Favreau is quoted as saying. “But the idea of using CGI and relying solely on that to tell your story, those days are past. I think that integrating practical filmmaking and augmenting it with CGI is the key to making it an emotionally involved story."
If things move according to plan, Iron Man will begin production in early 2007.
The announcement of Favreau’s connection with Iron Man was only one of a handful of Marvel film developments cited by the Reporter. In addition to Iron Man:
- a sequel to Hulk is fully in the works, written by Zak (X2, X3) Penn
- Shaun of the Dead co-writer Edgar Wright is adapting Ant-Man. Wright will direct and co-write the film version with Joe Cornish.
- Captain Americais being adapted by David (Road to Perdition) Self, who is also adapting/has adapted Namor and Deathlok
- Andrew (Hoolow Man) Marlow is adapting Nick Fury.
- Mark (Poseidon) Protosevich is adapting Thor."In the comics, the stories that appealed to me most were the features called 'Tales of Asgard,' " Protosevich told the Reporter. "They were very much based on the traditional Norse myths and how the relationship between being like Thor and Loki and Thor and Odin, and how these beings manifested themselves. I don't want to give too much away, but I will say the movie will take place in the world of myth and legend but will not betray some of the thematic elements of the comics that made them so appealing, like the idea of a god growing to truly understand man."
All the films will be produced by Marvel, as part of their plan to become their own production house (for which they raised $525 million), and distribute the films through Paramount (the Hulk sequel is already set up to be distributed through Universal).
He may have played Matt Murdock’s best friend, Foggy Nelson In the film version of Daredevil, but when it comes to a film version of Marvel’s Iron Man, Jon Favreau has a much larger role than that of a supporting character.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel has tapped the actor/screenwriter/director to develop and direct Iron Man, working on the script from Arthur Marcum and Matt Holloway. While many may only remember Favreau as Nelson or perhaps from his breakout role in Swingers, Favreau has moved recently, to work behind the camera, directing last year’s Zathura, executive producing the acclaimed Green Street Hooligans, and directing Elf, among others. Favreau is also attached to direct a film version of John Carter, Warlord of Mars.
As Favreau said in an interview quoted in the trade, he’ll be looking to use CGI with the project, something he has been reluctant to do, making Iron Man his first film which will use the technology extensively. “I think that now, through motion-capture and the integration of miniatures with CGI, like in King Kong, I'm starting to be a lot more convinced by what the technology can do,” Favreau is quoted as saying. “But the idea of using CGI and relying solely on that to tell your story, those days are past. I think that integrating practical filmmaking and augmenting it with CGI is the key to making it an emotionally involved story."
If things move according to plan, Iron Man will begin production in early 2007.
The announcement of Favreau’s connection with Iron Man was only one of a handful of Marvel film developments cited by the Reporter. In addition to Iron Man:
- a sequel to Hulk is fully in the works, written by Zak (X2, X3) Penn
- Shaun of the Dead co-writer Edgar Wright is adapting Ant-Man. Wright will direct and co-write the film version with Joe Cornish.
- Captain Americais being adapted by David (Road to Perdition) Self, who is also adapting/has adapted Namor and Deathlok
- Andrew (Hoolow Man) Marlow is adapting Nick Fury.
- Mark (Poseidon) Protosevich is adapting Thor."In the comics, the stories that appealed to me most were the features called 'Tales of Asgard,' " Protosevich told the Reporter. "They were very much based on the traditional Norse myths and how the relationship between being like Thor and Loki and Thor and Odin, and how these beings manifested themselves. I don't want to give too much away, but I will say the movie will take place in the world of myth and legend but will not betray some of the thematic elements of the comics that made them so appealing, like the idea of a god growing to truly understand man."
All the films will be produced by Marvel, as part of their plan to become their own production house (for which they raised $525 million), and distribute the films through Paramount (the Hulk sequel is already set up to be distributed through Universal).
04-29-06, 07:59 PM
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Good news all around, especially the Hulk 2 news for me. He is my all-time favorite comic book character. So I'm psyched about any news.
I remember Tom Cruise expressing his desire to play Iron Man years ago, but I have a feeling that is 100% not happening now. That film will have a big enough budget. But I think Favreau can handle it.
I remember Tom Cruise expressing his desire to play Iron Man years ago, but I have a feeling that is 100% not happening now. That film will have a big enough budget. But I think Favreau can handle it.
04-29-06, 08:59 PM
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Good news, all around? Ant-Man?
Marvel needs to learn that not all of their characters would translate well to screen.
And I can't really get excited about Favreau on Iron Man either.
Marvel needs to learn that not all of their characters would translate well to screen.
And I can't really get excited about Favreau on Iron Man either.
04-29-06, 10:15 PM
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I think Marvel needs a little QC...Not every single comic character they own needs their own friggen movie. Antman & Deathlok? Ironman and Thor dont sound to promising either. Oh well, I guess they are going to be about quanity. We'll see how it plays out I suppose.
04-29-06, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by FantasticVSDoom
I think Marvel needs a little QC...Not every single comic character they own needs their own friggen movie. Antman & Deathlok? Ironman and Thor dont sound to promising either. Oh well, I guess they are going to be about quanity. We'll see how it plays out I suppose.
I'm still surprised that DC/Warner have yet to mine their other big names. They have alot more household names on their roster than Marvel does (Green Lantern, Flash, Hawkman, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow).
04-29-06, 11:55 PM
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“But the idea of using CGI and relying solely on that to tell your story, those days are past. I think that integrating practical filmmaking and augmenting it with CGI is the key to making it an emotionally involved story."
Oooo! Let's not tell the people at Pixar.
What on earth is he talking about? Ignoring Pixar/DreamWorks/BlueSky/etc./etc. animated films, has any movie outside of Final Fantasy relied soley on CGI?
Earth to Favreau: It's the story, not the filmmaking/fx techniques. And you can't find better examples of this than the runaway success of Pixar, etc., and the utter failure of Final Fantasy, a visual wonder betrayed by an absolutely inane story.
Despite that, I'd like to see an Iron Man movie. If he were younger, Timothy Dalton would make the perfect Tony Stark, IMHO. Remember how he looked in the Rocketeer? Can't think of anyone these days that even comes close. Plenty certainly have the talent, but you have to have that look. Dashing playboy type with a moustache.
Gotta have the 'stache.
Oooo! Let's not tell the people at Pixar.
What on earth is he talking about? Ignoring Pixar/DreamWorks/BlueSky/etc./etc. animated films, has any movie outside of Final Fantasy relied soley on CGI?
Earth to Favreau: It's the story, not the filmmaking/fx techniques. And you can't find better examples of this than the runaway success of Pixar, etc., and the utter failure of Final Fantasy, a visual wonder betrayed by an absolutely inane story.
Despite that, I'd like to see an Iron Man movie. If he were younger, Timothy Dalton would make the perfect Tony Stark, IMHO. Remember how he looked in the Rocketeer? Can't think of anyone these days that even comes close. Plenty certainly have the talent, but you have to have that look. Dashing playboy type with a moustache.
Gotta have the 'stache.
04-30-06, 12:47 AM
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As long as Favreau doesn't make it annoying kids film, I'd be fine with him doing Iron Man. Meanwhile, Ant-Man? Yeesh. But what could be cool would be a Dr. Strange film. He has so much weird occult stuff going on that it could be a lot of fun.
04-30-06, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Jon2
“But the idea of using CGI and relying solely on that to tell your story, those days are past. I think that integrating practical filmmaking and augmenting it with CGI is the key to making it an emotionally involved story."
Oooo! Let's not tell the people at Pixar.
What on earth is he talking about? Ignoring Pixar/DreamWorks/BlueSky/etc./etc. animated films, has any movie outside of Final Fantasy relied soley on CGI?
Earth to Favreau: It's the story, not the filmmaking/fx techniques. And you can't find better examples of this than the runaway success of Pixar, etc., and the utter failure of Final Fantasy, a visual wonder betrayed by an absolutely inane story.
Oooo! Let's not tell the people at Pixar.
What on earth is he talking about? Ignoring Pixar/DreamWorks/BlueSky/etc./etc. animated films, has any movie outside of Final Fantasy relied soley on CGI?
Earth to Favreau: It's the story, not the filmmaking/fx techniques. And you can't find better examples of this than the runaway success of Pixar, etc., and the utter failure of Final Fantasy, a visual wonder betrayed by an absolutely inane story.
Ant-Man, Deathlock...sure why not. Just because they're smaller names doesn't mean they won't make good movies, look at Blade, who knew (or even knows now) that Blade was a comic? Frankly, Ant-Man by Edgar Wright actually sounds like it'd be a blast.
04-30-06, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
As long as Favreau doesn't make it annoying kids film, I'd be fine with him doing Iron Man. Meanwhile, Ant-Man? Yeesh. But what could be cool would be a Dr. Strange film. He has so much weird occult stuff going on that it could be a lot of fun.
I think Favreau is a great comedic Director (Made,Swingers,Elf) I just don't know about giving him the reigns to these effects driven action movies. I'm interested in what he does with this and John Carter of Mars.
04-30-06, 04:08 AM
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I have faith in Favreau. He did a great job with the effects on Zathura, if nothing else. Personally, I thought that was the tip of the iceberg in terms of what the film had to offer...but even to a detractor, the special effects are virtually untouchable.
Oh, and Fincher's theme song post made me chuckle. Just FYI.
-JP
Oh, and Fincher's theme song post made me chuckle. Just FYI.
-JP
04-30-06, 04:39 AM
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Here's the first look at Iron Man as he will appear in the upcoming film:
We can only hope we'll throw wads of paper at his enemies and yell "Repulsor Ray".
We can only hope we'll throw wads of paper at his enemies and yell "Repulsor Ray".
04-30-06, 07:05 AM
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I really wish Jon Favreau would go back to directing/starring in comedies, but I guess I'll take this too.
Since it is Edgar Wright doing "Ant Man", I wonder if it is going to be more of a comedy than a serious action comic flick.
Since it is Edgar Wright doing "Ant Man", I wonder if it is going to be more of a comedy than a serious action comic flick.
04-30-06, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema
Good news all around, especially the Hulk 2 news for me. He is my all-time favorite comic book character. So I'm psyched about any news.
I remember Tom Cruise expressing his desire to play Iron Man years ago, but I have a feeling that is 100% not happening now. That film will have a big enough budget. But I think Favreau can handle it.