Jeez…

You’re right, dude. I went back and re-read the thread and realized I got it confused with what Kevin Feige said about the deal to independently finance movies.

But, I still say it will be north of 100 mil just by the very nature of the hero being represented. 90% of Ironman in action will be CGI. I daresay that we will see less of a “man-in-suit” than we do in the Spiderman movies.

By the way, this is an independently produced picture through Marvel’s Merrill-Lynch deal. Paramount is not financing this movie.

The Budget for Iron Man: Asked if Paramount placed a strict ceiling on the effects budget for Iron Man, Favreau responded, “I think the ceiling’s sort of emerge based on what they think that the movie’s going to earn. I think that working on a Marvel project like Iron Man, he’s sort of the biggest superhero left that hasn’t had a franchise yet. I think the success of X-Men and Spider-Man without really being star-driven pieces reassures them that the film does have an upside commercially. And what’s nice, too, is that those movies don’t require an expensive star to [sell] it. Iron Man’s the star, the superhero’s the star. I don’t know that a movie like Daredevil did better for having Ben Affleck than Spider-Man did having Tobey Maguire who was a relative unknown at the time.

It gives you a little bit of latitude because there’s a lot of money that usually goes into getting that face on the poster. But I’m also of the generation of director, I sort of came up understanding special effects, so I don’t throw the same amount of money that some of the older generation directors who are just learning about it. There’s a way to be ‘scrappy’ is what I’m trying to say. There’s a way to get a lot for your money nowadays. There’s a lot of talented people in that field so I’m not really concerned about it.”

Were did he say 150 -165 million? I’m thinking 100 million at the most. This is a Paramount picture and they’ve been known to be very tight with their budget. I hope I’m wrong cuz I love Iron Man, but everybody knows the CGI company’s rape the studios. There is no way a film should cost 200 million, but it is what it is. The more money you pump into a film the better the eye candy. That doesn’t make it a better film, it just make the film more appealing.

How is 150 to 165 million low budget?

With the deal that marvel has to finance movies on its own, they have allotted up to 165 million per picture or year, and Jon F. has already said on his myspace page that the budget is north of 150 million.