I am Iron Man

[VulcanRider]

says Robert Downey Jr.

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Robert Downey, Jr. is suiting up to star in "Iron Man," a superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics character. Jon Favreau is directing the Paramount Pictures release. Filming is slated to begin in February in Los Angeles. . . "In every casting announcement we've done, people in their mind's eye have their own view of it and let us know about it. We're used to it," Marvel president of production Kevin Feige said. "The point is, we looked at everybody, and we found the best person for the role. It's as confident a casting move as we've ever done. The proof will be in the pudding, but he is Tony Stark."

[Nightwing]

Well he can certainly identify with the character

[Amphetamine Machine]

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[Sir Krustin]

Let's hope the movie doeasn't implode like the original series when they had to do a "cosmic reset" to un**** the character.

[SpiritWarrior]

Originally posted by Sir Krustin: Let's hope the movie doeasn't implode like the original series when they had to do a "cosmic reset" to un**** the character.

Why? What'd they do, lol?

[Harkoliar]

i hope this will be good. ive been catching up with some marvel comics and ironman looks so cool, although a total arse in the "civil war" series.

[Sir Krustin]

Originally posted by SpiritWarrior: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Sir Krustin: Let's hope the movie doeasn't implode like the original series when they had to do a "cosmic reset" to un**** the character.

Why? What'd they do, lol? </font>[/QUOTE]from wiki

It is revealed soon after in a controversial storyline called "The Crossing" that a traitor is among the Avengers' ranks, and it turns out to be none other than Iron Man himself. It appears that the villain Kang the Conqueror has been manipulating Stark for years, using him as a sleeper agent, and causing him to push aside his friends and unconsciously serve Kang. Stark, fully in Kang's thrall, kills Marilla, the nanny of Crystal and Quicksilver's daughter Luna, as well as Rita DeMara, the female Yellowjacket, then an ally of the Avengers. (It is revealed later, during the Avengers Forever miniseries, that these events are really due to the machinations of a disguised Immortus, not Kang, and the mental control had only gone back for a few months.) The story continues in "Timeslide". Needing help to defeat both Stark and Kang, the team travel back in time and recruit a teenage Tony Stark from an alternate timeline to assist them. "Teen Tony" steals a suit of Stark's armor to aid the Avengers against his older self, and the sight of his younger self shocks the older Stark enough for him to regain momentary control of his actions, and he sacrifices his life to stop Kang. "Teen Tony" later builds his own suit to become the "new" Iron Man. The teenage Stark remains in the present day and legally regains control of his company. During the battle with the creature called Onslaught, "Teen Tony" dies, along with many of his teammates and allies from the Avengers and Fantastic Four. However, Franklin Richards preserves these "dead" heroes in the "Heroes Reborn" pocket universe, in which Tony Stark is once again an adult and a hero. The reborn adult Stark, upon returning to the normal Marvel Universe, retains the memories of both the original and teenage Tony Stark, and considers himself to have been both of them. With the aid of law firm Nelson & Murdock, he successfully regains his fortune and sets up a new company (during his "death", Stark Enterprises had been sold), Stark Solutions. He also returns from the pocket universe with a fully-restored living heart. After the Avengers reform, Stark demands that a hearing be convened to look into his actions just prior to the Onslaught incident. Cleared of wrongdoing, he rejoins the Avengers.

[ 10-10-2006, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: Sir Krustin ]