Will the new Iron Man 2 movie be shot in IMAX format?
Production Jon Favreau said it was his intent to create a film trilogy for Iron Man,[21] with Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) becoming Iron Monger during the sequels. However, Stane became the main villain in Iron Man after a meeting between Favreau and various comic book writers, including Mark Millar. Millar argued the Mandarin, whom Favreau originally intended to be the main villain, was too fantastical.[22] Favreau concurred, deciding “I look at Mandarin more like how in Star Wars you had the Emperor, but Darth Vader is the guy you want to see [them] fight. Then you work your way to the time when lightning bolts are shooting out of the fingers and all that stuff could happen. But you can’t have what happened in Return of the Jedi happen in A New Hope. You just can’t do it.”[23] Justin Theroux signed to write the script in July 2008, which is based on a story written by Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. Theroux co-wrote Tropic Thunder, and Downey recommended him to Marvel. Genndy Tarta
Oh no! This isn’t really confirmed news, but a report from our friends at Collider today quotes Jon Favreau as saying that he’d love to do Iron Man 2 in 3D and even potentially shoot scenes on IMAX, just like The Dark Knight did. Considering Iron Man is currently ranked as the #2 box office earner this year, I imagine that Paramount and Marvel might be up for giving Favreau the budget he needs to do both of these. The report is a bit sketchy and Favreau only said that he wants to do it in 3D, not that they actually were going to – but time will tell if they actually make it happen. Although I’m not the biggest fan of 3D, I’m going to let this one slide and still remain considerably excited to for Iron Man 2 to hit in 2010! Favreau attended at a press conference for the Iron Man DVD and said that he’d love to do the sequel in 3D. “He also called the IMAX Dark Knight footage a game changer and he said he’d love to shoot part of Iron Man 2 in IMAX.” And as for the 3D, “it’s all about the
