Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau (pronounced /ˈfævroʊ/; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and comedian. He is best known for appearing in films including Rudy, I Love You, Man; Swingers and Couples Retreat, as well as directing such films as Elf, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and Cowboys & Aliens. He is also known for playing the role of Pete Becker, Monica Geller's boyfriend during season three of the television sitcom Friends. Jon Favreau interview for...Read Full Story

Looks almost exactly like what I pictured. Everybody remember those early, early months of THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA ’s advertising? Long before any actual photos were released, we got some highly-rendered conceptual art of the heroes in costume - - and they wound up being quite representative of the end product. THE AVENGERS movie is still a year away, but CBM ’s got a pic of the team that’ll start this whole process all over again. Reportedly, this is a poster being hung at the Licensing...Read Full Story

Freddie Wong and the Wong gang put their spin on the upcoming film Cowboys and Aliens. Jon Favreau actually contacted them and gave them the resources and full creative freedom to make the video. They shot the short on the Universal Studios lot with bar fights and actual movie props. Get ready for a Western shootout with technology. See what these guys came up with! To quote one commenter, “Freddie doesn’t go to Hollywood, Hollywood comes to Freddie.” Yeeehawwwww!!! Here’s more freddiew...Read Full Story

Looks almost exactly like what I pictured. Everybody remember those early, early months of THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA ’s advertising? Long before any actual photos were released, we got some highly-rendered conceptual art of the heroes in costume - - and they wound up being quite representative of the end product. THE AVENGERS movie is still a year away, but CBM ’s got a pic of the team that’ll start this whole process all over again. Reportedly, this is a poster being hung at the Licensing...Read Full Story

Share Wed, 15 December 2010 04:27:45 ET Choosing to direct 'Magic Kingdom' rather than the billion-dollar franchise, the 'Iron Man' director states his aim is to 'find something that lights a fire' inside of him as a filmmaker. Jon Favreau has generated buzz when he confirmed recently he won't be back to direct " Iron Man 3 ". As rumor started to build up that money issues or lack of cohesiveness might be some of the reasons behind his departure, the 44-year-old set the record...Read Full Story

Cowboys and Aliens is almost upon us and I think it’s very cool that Jon Favreau has contacted Freddie Wong, Youtube extraordinaire, to help make a cool short in conjunction with the movie. In the short, Wong and Favreau team up to kick some cowboy asses, thanks to the advanced alien wrist weapon thingy. I hope Cowboys and Aliens will be as good and fun as this short. Here’s the behind the scenes for Freddie Wong and Jon Favreau’s “Cowboys and FreddieW”.Read Full Story

Jon Favreau Willing to Play Happy Hogan in ‘Iron Man 3′ : " Jon Favreau may have provided a very diplomatic explanation for why he decided to bow out of directorial duties on Iron Man 3 , but reports of his increasingly tense relationship with Marvel Studios certainly make it seem like there might have been more going on behind the scenes than either party is prepared to acknowledge. Favreau’s departure came as a shock to fans of the Iron Man franchise who recognized what a pivotal role he...Read Full Story

WonderCon Interview: Jon Favreau Talks ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ : " This weekend at WonderCon in San Francisco, Cowboys & Aliens director and co-writer/producer Roberto Orci hosted a panel to discuss their upcoming genre bender and treat audiences to nine minutes of footage from the film — including a WonderCon exclusive sneak peak of the aliens. You can see our coverage of the event HERE. We were able to participate in select press roundtable interviews with both Orci and Favreau immediately...Read Full Story

In an interview with TOH’s Anthony D’Alessandro last week at the National Italian American Federation Gala, where Jon Favreau was lauded with the org’s Special Entertainment Achievement Award , the actor-director gave up some nuggets of intel on his upcoming summer genre-mash Cowboys & Aliens, starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. Kitschy high-concept vehicles can be a turnoff on their title alone.  Before moviegoers even approached the ticket booth, they could smell the stench of...Read Full Story

Can you blame him really? Not one jot! Iron Man 2 was a bloody mess and clearly had a whiff of studio interference and way too much going on. Iron Man was a surprisingly enjoyable flick but any sequel was always going to go down the ‘more is more’ route. But that’s sequels for you and the general rule of thumb in Hollyweird. Director Jon Favreau has finally announced he’s ditching Iron Man and won’t be directing a third outing for Tony Stark and his heavy metal machine suit. Fav announced...Read Full Story