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Downey Jr. readying for Iron Man 2
IESB.net has learned from Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man trainer, Brad Bose, that the actor is about to start training for Iron Man 2. The training will take approximately five months, as it appears production on the sequel will begin in early 2009. With Iron Man having already accumulated over $104 million at the domestic box office, Paramount and Marvel are seemingly eager for the second film in the franchise.
Iron Man to return in 2010?
As Coming Soon notes, Entertainment Tonight learned some exciting Iron Man news at the film’s premiere. According to Viacom and CBS Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone and Paramount Pictures CEO Brad Grey, if the action pic does as well as expected, its sequel will likely arrive in 2010.
Favreau to take on Iron Man again?
Speaking with SCI FI Wire, director Jon Favreau admits that he is ready to helm the Iron Man sequel. “I would love to keep directing these,” says Favreau. “Really, the sky is the limit. I think you’ve got to outdo yourself. I gotta think you’ve got to go bigger, you’ve got to go better.” As for the direction the Iron Man sequel will take, Favreau comments, “I think what needs to be explored next… is how the weight of being a public superhero is going to affect Tony Stark’s personality and start to expand on the hairline fractures in his personality and his spirit.”
