The Iron man movie

In April 1990, Universal Pictures bought the rights to develop Iron Man for the big screen. By February 1996, Twentieth Century Fox acquired the rights from Universal. In January 1997, actor Nicolas Cage expressed interest in being cast for the lead role, and in September 1998, actor Tom Cruise had expressed interest in producing as well as starring in the film debut of Iron Man.  Director Quentin Tarantino was approached in October 1999 to write and direct Iron Man. With no deal made, Fox eventually sold the rights to New Line Cinema the following December. By July 2000, the film was being written for the studio by screenwriter Tim McCanlies. New Line entered talks with Joss Whedon, a fan of the character Iron Man, in June 2001 for the possibility of the director taking the helm. In December 2002, McCanlies had turned in a completed script.

In December 2004, the studio attached director Nick Cassavetes to the project for a target 2006 release. After two years of unsuccessful development, and the deal with director Cassavetes falling through, New Line Cinema returned the film rights to Marvel. Screenplay drafts had been written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and David Hayter, but they were not retained. In November 2005, Marvel worked to start development from scratch.

On April 28, 2006, Avi Arad, chairman of Marvel Studios, announced that Jon Favreau would be directing Iron Man, with Paramount Pictures distributing. Favreau found an opportunity to create a politically ambitious "ultimate spy movie", with influences from Tom Clancy, James Bond and RoboCop. Filming began in March 2007 for May 2, 2008 release. Favreau created a Myspace group for the purpose of keeping Iron Man fans informed. The director said on his blog, "The internet is full of faulty info. I wanted to have at least one place where the facts would be correct."

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Director:

Jon Favreau

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