Comments on: Jon Favreau Quits Iron Man 3 for Magic Kingdom

By: justme

justme — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:40:09 +0000

I’d place a bet on Favreau not willing to bend on the kind of mess that ended the Spiderman franchise. Better for the movie not to get made then to make another train wreck. Unless they want to go ahead without Favreau and Downey.

By: knossis

knossis — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:52:53 +0000

In reply to Rodney. No one knows who's going to take the helm of course but it's part of Downey's contract that he get's to approve the Director.

By: Geno

Geno — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:30:16 +0000

In reply to Rodney. There is the armor wars storyline, mass hysteria. Lots of iron man suits running around. Plus they can still go deeper into his alcoholism if they wanted to. I wonder who would take the helm for Iron Man 3? What direction do they want for Iron Man and Tony to go? I hope Jon changes his mind but I'm sure whoever steps in will bring a good vision for us to enjoy, or bring explosions every five minutes with close ups of the armor and repulsor blast sound effects.

By: Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:53:22 +0000

In reply to AAH.

Why stop? The comics didn’t stop after 2 stories, and they managed to find adventures to last the past 47 years. And you think they should stop because we have seen him “drunk enough” already?

Demon in a Bottle is easily one of the most powerful and impacting story lines in comics ever.

As long as the films keep entertaining (and making money) there is no reason to stop.

By: AAH

AAH — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:40:20 +0000

they should stop with iron man 2, what more can u do with iron man for there to be a part 3, we already saw him as a drunk and he’s gonna be in the Advengers anyway so is not like your gonna miss him

By: TigerClaw

TigerClaw — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:36:00 +0000

The whole idea of the Magic Kingdom movie, Sounds a lot like a Night At the Museum

By: Rob D.

Rob D. — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:48:29 +0000

In reply to Andrew C. Yep, thats what I heard too. Marvel was wanting to stick in to many characters to tie into the Avengers movie and Favreau wasn't having it.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:49:03 +0000

In reply to cloud720. I hope this is a joke.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:36:32 +0000

In reply to knossis.

Or think of it from a business perspective…

Disney / Marvel can get my dim witted brother in law to direct Iron Man 3 and a ton of people will still go see it AND use Favreau on the Magic Kingdom

Use Favreau on Iron Man 3 and get somebody not as hot as him to direct the Magic Kingdom.

Easy decision for Disney / Marvel.

By: knossis

knossis — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:22:25 +0000

In reply to Andrew C. Yep! You're right. Marvel pushed all those characters being the movie in an effort to push Fav out or hoping he would quit. That's what I was thinking too.

By: Andrew C

Andrew C — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:58:15 +0000

Huh, I heard that Favreau left IM3 because Marvel was sticking their executive fingers into it and wanted to include too many characters. Kinda like what happened with Spider-Man 3; at least Favreau left before he made a mess of a movie like that :P

By: KAYJO

KAYJO — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:57:54 +0000

ya never know, a fresh director could bring in fresh ideas.