My friend Devin over at CHUD just finished an interview with Jon Favreau regarding the upcoming Iron Man DVD release, but apparently they talked a whole lot more about Iron Man 2. It’s a good read and he says more is coming. Here are some of the highlights:
1) He, Justin Theroux and Robert Downey Jr. are working hard already on the script
2) War Machine will be in Iron Man 2
3) Happy Hogan will get more screentime (CONFESSION: I don’t know who that is)
4) It’s going to be a trilogy
5) The Mandarin will be the main arching villain of the trilogy
6) Regarding The Avengers, Favreau sees how Captain America and Hulk fit into Iron Man’s universe, but not Thor (I agree)
7) Doesn’t want to go The Dark Knight route. He wants to keep it simple and fun
8) Says the action and battles will be much better than the first movie… he’s learning action
Now that’s a lot of information! I’m not surprised at all about the Mandarin… I think the bad guys being called the 10 rings (or something like that) in the first movie pretty much pointed towards Mandarin’s presence in the Iron Man movie universe. I don’t think they’ll be “magical” rings though.
War Machine is good, AS LONG AS THEY KEEP THE MAIN FOCUS ON STARK and leave War Machine as a minor side character.
Like I said, it’s a good read and you should go over at take a look at it.
