Jon Favreau is an American actor, director and writer. Born in Flushing, New York, Favreau has appeared in many movies, including Rudy, Very Bad Things and The Break-Up. As a director he's credited with such films as Swingers, and most...
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Jon Favreau is an American actor, director and writer. Born in Flushing, New York, Favreau has appeared in many movies, including Rudy, Very Bad Things and The Break-Up. As a director he's credited with such films as Swingers, and most recently Iron Man.
In Iron Man 2, the scarlet and golden-metaled hero must face an adversary with technological upgrades of his own. Whiplash (Mickey Rourke) sports a power pack on his chest that looks similar to the one used by Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.). “The technologies are definitely related, and that’s part of the core theme of the film,” says director Jon Favreau. The character’s alter ego, Ivan Vanko, is a Russian who, Favreau says, “has constructed his own version of a suit.” Among the creative... Read Full Story
DIRECTOR Jon Favreau says superhero sequel Iron Man 2, which began filming three weeks ago and opens on May 7, 2010, will explore the dual identity of the armoured crimefighter.
Robert Downey Jr, 44 , plays billionaire inventor Tony Stark who creates a hi-tech power-suit to become the eponymous comic book hero.
Speaking to USA Today - which gave us this first set picture of Downey Jr - Jon Favreau said the follow-up takes place six months after Stark has revealed his Iron Man... Read Full Story
Marvel Studios has sent out the following two-part production update for Iron Man 2 and The Avengers !
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. AND JON FAVREAU SUIT UP FOR MARVEL STUDIOS’ THE AVENGERS AND IRON MAN 2
As part of his four picture deal with Marvel Studios, Robert Downey Jr. is appearing as Tony Stark in THE AVENGERS motion picture, as well as reprising his starring role as the larger-than-life leading character in IRON MAN 2. Jon Favreau will return to direct the sequel to the blockbuster IRON MAN... Read Full Story
DIRECTOR Jon Favreau says the sequel to this summer's superhero blockbuster Iron Man will feature the characters Mandarin and War Machine and could be shot in IMAX, possibly using 3D technology.
At a Hollywood news conference to promote this month's DVD release of Iron Man, Favreau said the sequel, due out in April 2010, was in the early stages of writing.
Robert Downey Jr plays the billionaire inventor Tony Stark who creates a hi-tech suit of armour which keeps him alive and... Read Full Story
Director Jon Favreau has been posting updates from the set of Iron Man 2 via Twitter and here is some of the latest entries from the hip director of last summers action hit.
May 1: “Wrecking the joint. Not much left of the set. Broken stuff everywhere. Should look cool on screen.”
May 4: “More suited destruction today. Rigging a big gag with lots of cameras.”
May 4: “ILM on set today. Doing a mix of practical suits and Imocap, their version of on set motion capture developed... Read Full Story
“Iron Man” director Jon Favreau had plenty to say about the film future of Marvel’s armored hero during a live, online Q&A session with fans, including some hints about the storylines that will drive “Iron Man 2,” the characters — both good and bad — that could make an appearance, and how he feels about the other big superhero movie that hit theaters this year.
“Mandarin is still an important figure in the Iron Man universe,” wrote Favreau during the live chat hosted by the LA Times’ Hero... Read Full Story
Jon Favreau recently held a live online chat
moderated by
The Los Angeles Times . As you might suspect,
those asking questions were less interested in Made and Fav's upcoming
bit part in buddy Vince Vaughn's Four Christmases and more interested in
the sequel to
Iron Man .
Refreshingly, Favreau didn't actually dodge the
questions. Some of the answers are ambiguous, but some seem to drop fairly
strong hints about the direction of the franchise. As for where the story is
headed... Read Full Story
Academy Award Nominee Robert Downey Jr. is still Marvel’s “Iron Man” and will be for a 3rd Iron Man film and the Avengers film. According to Variety ,
In addition to starring in “Iron Man 2,” Downey has agreed to return as billionaire Tony Stark and his crime-fighting alter ego in The Avengers and a third Iron Man installment, guaranteeing the thesp a superhero-sized payday and his own ongoing franchise as part of a four-picture deal with the comic book company.
The article then goes... Read Full Story
Iron Man is a qualified success. Robert Downey Jr. is fantastic throughout–the movie’s greatest strength is how much screen time he gets–and Jon Favreau does really well with the Iron Man scenes and the action scenes in general (he does terrible with almost everything else). But, while it also moderately succeeds as a romantic comedy–Downey and Gwyneth Paltrow’s performances in their absurdly written scenes are great–it fails dramatically. There’s no friendship between Downey and Terrence... Read Full Story
It shouldn't have taken so long, but Marvel and
Jon Favreau have finally inked a deal to bring
the director back for
Iron Man 2 .
Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood reported the
deal yesterday, which locks up the two biggest components of
Iron Man 's tremendous success.
Robert Downey Jr. had a sequel clause in his
original contract, according to Finke's report.
I'm glad Marvel did this, not specifically because I
felt Favreau did a great job or anything, but because I... Read Full Story
