Iron Man 2 Discussion Thread

[Booyah!]

Kevin Feige Announces "Avengers" Line Up
After the "Iron Man 2" footage, io9 got a few moments with Marvel Producer Kevin Feige, who told them who's in the movie version of Marvel's superteam, the Avengers..
Io9__Do you know what heroes are we going to be putting in The Avengers? How close are you to discovering who the core characters are?

Feige__I think we know. I think it's going to be Iron Man and Thor, Captain America and Nick Fury. I think it's safe to assume that there will be some members of the Hulk universe in the film as well. In terms of the additional I think Black Widow, sure. The SHIELD organization for sure. What's exciting, for me, about The Avengers movie is seeing those four characters interact with each other. I think anywhere from the first issues of The Avengers to Civil War the dynamic between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark is just awesome, it's fascinating. It brings out sides in others that won't be brought out in the other franchises. Going forward with the mix is a whole other thing, I think it will be cool. So to pile on another 15 or 10, frankly more than four would be too many.

Is the Hulk in it?

Zak Penn is outlining it as we speak, so we'll see.

Are you going to test potential Captain America people against Robert knowing they'll have work together at some point?

We've already been doing a little bit of that, to an extent. We're certainly casting all of the actors knowing that they need to carry, whether they are the good guy or the bad guy or a small part, not only their own franchise but playing an important part in the Avengers franchise. We are definitely keeping that in mind as we are casting.

Has Chris Hemsworth [Thor] said that he would meet with Robert?

Oh yes, that was the first meeting of Thor and Tony Stark, it was pretty cool.

So, no Wasp or Hank Pym by the sounds of it. Unless Feige is keeping a few secrets, but it doesn't seem likely.

 

[MercWithAMouth]

So is this footage available anywhere online?

i would like to know this as well

 

[tylerdurden]

Hell Yeah!!!

holy crap! war machine!!! wooohooooo!!!
ok fanboy gush over.

from the footage shown at sdcc, it sounds like the script is still pretty sharp. i love the exchange between stark and the senator. can just imagine downey jr's classic snarkiness making his lines pure comedy gold.

 

[DinoLast]

Here's some pics of whiplash I have found.

 

[DinoLast]

The Trailer for the Game.
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[DinoLast]

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[jnmx2000]

love the triangle chest piece, I hope we see this armor in the movie, a hot toys version of that would be a definite buy. not to interested in the simple retooled mark 3 armor.

 

[LipSmack]

I like the triangle ver. too, the suit is getting pretty close to the design of extremis (which is my favorite suit), but id love to see something like the original suit, he cant have all his armor around him at all times, so he could have like a spandex like armor that he can polarize when hes out and about, But wouldnt be as strong. Just like a temporary thing till he can run and get his actual armor. i hope that makes sense

 

[ChrisCJ99]

I just watched a Favreau interview on G4 TV at the SDCC 09...... Man, I'm pumped!!!!

 

[The Mike]

SEGA admits that the game doesn't follow the line of the movie, it was created before hand as a "sorry" to the fans who hated the first game.

I like the triangle ver. too, the suit is getting pretty close to the design of extremis (which is my favorite suit).

It has been confirmed that Stan Lee will be playing Larry King in Iron Man 2 and that he is discussing "on air" with Tony about modifications he made to the suit. People are speculating that its either the Mark 5 (Triangle chest) or War Machine but nothing has been confirmed.

 

[tylerdurden]

thanks for posting those vids dinolast.

too bad they couldn't capture the footage as well.

sam rockwell seemed kinda disinterested. his answers were so short and blunt. and i wonder if mickey rourke couldn't make it cos of "scheduling conflicts", or cos he just couldn't be bothered.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

How long before the footage gets broadcast on the web? Or was it strictly for the comic con only.

 

[Booyah!]

Interesting stuff in this Kevin Feige interview:


Check this in depth IESB interview out with head honcho Marvel maniac Kevin Feige.
There is lots of good information here folks. Take a few minutes and catch yourself up on everything Marvel. Thanks to IESB.net for providing the interview.

Q: How reticent were you to go on with a second movie(Iron man 2)? What were the choices you had to make, in order for this second movie to be better than the original one?

Kevin: Thankfully, the first film was a big enough success that nobody was reticent. Certainly, the studio was like, "Make another one! Make another one!" The fear always is to make it good and to improve upon what you did the last time. It was well received, but there were things we thought we could improve. That's always the best part of the sequels. You get a chance to do it again and maybe improve elements that you disappointed with, even if the audience wasn't. There were a few teeny, tiny things that we looked forward to redoing.

Also, when you've got 50 years of comic book stories to tell, we had all sorts of stories we hadn't gotten to yet. An origin story is great and it's pre-packaged, if you do it right. It's the sequel that frees you up. We committed ourselves to a direction. We had Tony out himself as Iron Man, in the last frame of the last movie. We were like, "Should we do this? We're locking ourselves into something." And, we said, "Yes, let's do it." It's locked us into something which has opened up the whole franchise, like in that Senate scene that we showed in Hall H. That's what the whole movie is like. Everyone knows who he is now, and he has to deal with that.

Q: When you brought the first film to Comic-Con, you just killed. How did the reaction this time around compare? How did you pick what you were going to show, to top that first presentation?

Kevin: It was very overwhelming out there. It was great. There was a standing ovation, the minute Jon walked out, so that was very different than it was last year. All that was great, but we wanted the footage to speak for itself, so we followed the method we did last time. We didn't really get a chance to do a preamble, but that's not footage we would show to any crowd. We put that together for this crowd, which is essentially bringing people into the cutting room. That Senate scene is a long, raw, rough version of that scene. But, this audience is very savvy and we give them credit for that.

Q: Was it not worth fighting and trying to make it work with Terrence Howard?

Kevin: Ultimately, we thought that we had a chance to improve the movie with Don Cheadle. For the story that we wanted to tell in the first movie, Terrence did a great job for us. I'm glad that he was in that one. In this one, the story we wanted to tell and that Jon and I started working on, which was going to be much more Jim Rhodes-centric, and have the War Machine story, we thought Don was a better way to go.

Q: Were there other things that you wanted to tweak for improvement?

Kevin: Just really little things. Our end battle this time will be slightly more epic, in scale. It's that balance of delivering the character. With these movies, we really care about the characters, but also delivering a spectacle. In the last movie, the connection between Jeff Bridges and Robert was great, but we wanted to give it a little more spectacle, this time around, for its finale.

Q: How much pressure is there on you to deliver a movie that is going to be as commercially successful as the first one?

Kevin: A tremendous amount of pressure.

Q: How do you deal with that?

Kevin: You just work hard. All that we can do is work very, very hard on the movie. I think we maybe stopped for about four weeks, after the release of the first Iron Man, and then jumped right back into it. And, that continues, for me, through Thor and Captain America and The Avengers.

Q: How is Zak Penn doing, bouncing between three films to work on The Avengers script?

Kevin: It's great. We're learning as we go. It's a new thing. Jon clearly is enthusiastic about it. Ken Branagh is enthusiastic about it. Joe Johnston is just getting into the mix now, on Captain America. The screenwriters have conference calls amongst themselves, in terms of what we're doing. Sometimes we'll change something. We're not going to lock ourselves into something. No, if it doesn't work for the movie we're making, we shuffle it. I call them and go, "Remember that thing I told you about? We're not doing it."

Q: Are you introducing ideas for The Avengers that you'll later use?

Kevin: Yeah, it's a big dialogue, back and forth. It's the bullpen. We're not re-inventing the wheel here. It's just on a much different scale.

Q: Will you introduce more supporting Avengers in that film?

Kevin: Probably a few, yeah.

Q: Is Scarlett's Black Widow going to be in it, or are you thinking of doing that as a solo?
Kevin: Maybe, yeah. She's signed up for all of those options, should we be lucky enough to have the audience want to see them.

Q: How much will Nick Fury be in these movies?

Kevin: That remains to be seen. I think you saw a good chunk of it in the Hall H footage. Sam has gone on the record as saying he hasn't busted into bad-ass action mode yet. At the end of the first one, for those people patient enough to wait through the end credits, they met this guy named Nick Fury, and Tony had no idea who he was. In this movie, he opens that door a little bit more, for Tony, and invites him to walk through it. Tony may or may not do that, in this movie, but Nick Fury is the conduit by which all the other characters will connect.

Q: How important was it to sign Sam for all the films?

Kevin: We wanted to do it for the continuity. Clearly, he had inspired the ultimate incarnation of Nick Fury, in the past 10 years, in the comics, so we were very happy when we got him involved in all the movies.

Q: Does Stan Lee cameo in Iron Man 2?

Kevin: Yes.

Q: How is Captain America shaping up?

Kevin: Captain America is going to start prep in October. We already have some concept artists working on it. Joe Johnston's finishing up Wolfman now, but we're already deep into the script and he was in the office with us, last week. He starts officially, and we open the offices officially, in October.

Q: How close are you to announcing the cast?

Kevin: I think it'll be a few months.

Q: Does Hulk factor into The Avengers?

Kevin: I think so. In the comics, he has.

Q: Are you in a good place with Edward Norton to bring him in?

Kevin: I don't know. We should ask him.

Q: How are Kenneth Branagh and your lead actor developing Thor?

Kevin: Kenneth is great. We've got Tom Hiddleston as Loki, and we've got Chris Hemsworth as Thor. I can't wait until next year, when we bring all of those guys out to Comic-Con. Natalie Portman's on board, which we've mentioned. I think we're nearing, closing in on Odin and Heindel and the Warriors Three, which we're excited about. We're about halfway through prep. We start filming in January.

Q: What sold you on Chris Hemsworth?

Kevin: It's one of those rare things that doesn't happen often, but people like me always say it, so it probably sounds cliché. We auditioned a lot of people. We did a lot of screen tests. We put a lot of people on video. And, one guy just kept popping out, and that was Chris. You realize, regardless of what he's saying or how he's saying it, that you're engaged with him. It's that movie star quality, which he has. And, thankfully, he looks like Thor, which is a good combination.

Q: How much is set present day?

Kevin: Maybe 30%.

 

[LipSmack]

30% in modern day
i hope this is done right

 

[wHySoSeRiOuS203]

Interesting stuff in this Kevin Feige interview:


Check this in depth IESB interview out with head honcho Marvel maniac Kevin Feige.
There is lots of good information here folks. Take a few minutes and catch yourself up on everything Marvel. Thanks to IESB.net for providing the interview.

Q: How reticent were you to go on with a second movie(Iron man 2)? What were the choices you had to make, in order for this second movie to be better than the original one?

Kevin: Thankfully, the first film was a big enough success that nobody was reticent. Certainly, the studio was like, "Make another one! Make another one!" The fear always is to make it good and to improve upon what you did the last time. It was well received, but there were things we thought we could improve. That's always the best part of the sequels. You get a chance to do it again and maybe improve elements that you disappointed with, even if the audience wasn't. There were a few teeny, tiny things that we looked forward to redoing.

then how come alot of sequels are terrible?

 

[Memnoch]

then how come alot of sequels are terrible?

Because unlike Iron Man most films have an "open ending" that they can go any direction. Iron Man locked them into a direction so they can still open up but they have a clear story to follow, unlike say, X-Men, where there was no clear story to follow.

 

[LipSmack]

Because unlike Iron Man most films have an "open ending" that they can go any direction. Iron Man locked them into a direction so they can still open up but they have a clear story to follow, unlike say, X-Men, where there was no clear story to follow.

good point, god i wish x-men was better.
Cyclops dying WTF!

 

[The Ringer]

I am not sure if these had been posted yet but a couple pictures.

 

[Jaycepticon]

good point, god i wish x-men was better.
Cyclops dying WTF!

best thing to happen to him since he was the most useless one in X2 as well

 

[meanstreak]

New siggy... i'm real hyped for this one!