Well, it appears the end of the current era of Superhero genre movies is coming. At least if the report from MovieHole is true and singer… yes SINGER… not ACTOR, Justin Timberlake has been signed on to play the lead role in Iron Man.
If this is true (and I do emphasis IF), then once again some studio has decided to screw the fans. “Let’s not be faithful to the fans by giving them this character they’ve been waiting to see on screen played by a trained and experienced (not necessarily famous) actor… no, that would be too sensible. Let’s instead say to hell with the fans and stick some famous teen-idol singer in there who may attract more young girls to the theater!!! Yeah! Let’s do that! That’s so smart we deserve to pay ourselves more and increase ticket prices too!”
THIS… PISSES…. ME…. OFF! Fantastic actors like Sean Bean can’t get leading roles, but they’re going to give a role like Iron Man… a film I want to see… to Justin Timberlake? Stupidity at it’s finest. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with Timberlake, but this is ridiculous.
If the studios think having Timberlake is going to increase the drawing power of the film… then this little strategy is going to backfire on them. What demographic does Iron Man appeal to? Teenage girls? Ummmm… NO! Your target demographic is guys. Who does Timberlake appeal to? Guys? Ummmm… NO! He appeals to teenage girls (I realize I’m generalizing here, but it’s applicable in the circumstances). Teen girls generally won’t go to see Iron Man even with Timberlake in it, and all you’re going to do to your core demographic (Male comic fans) is tick them off. Not smart.
I don’t know. Am I overreacting here? Is it just me? Am I the only lunatic who thinks this is a slap in the face to comic genre fans who want to see this movie properly made?
UPDATE: Apparently FilmForce is reporting MovieHole was incorrect and the rumour isn’t true. Ahhhh… divine intervention must have steped in!**
