Jon Favreau leaves Iron Man 3

[andrew8798]

From Superhero hype

Jon Favreau will not be returning to the Marvel Universe for a third Iron Man film, Vulture reports.

The article suggests that the choice was made at the director's discretion and that he informed Marvel Studios of his decision this morning. Though Favreau's reasoning is purely speculatory at this stage, it is likely that the director simply wishes to pursue other creative ventures. With the upcoming Cowboys & Aliens hitting next summer and The Magic Kingdom in the early planning stages, Favreau should remain suitably busy for the time being.

[The Tank]

I've got a bad feeling about this.

[Killah Ray]

Hmmmmm something doesn't sound right about this...

[JRX]

Awwwwwww s***!

[rrm15]

Could end up being good. Iron Man 2 sucked.

Yeah, I said it.

[mysterydriver]

It's about time Uwe Boll got a shot at a comic book movie.

[Yami Daimao]

Dec 14, 2010 21:01:53 GMT -5 The Tank said:

I've got a bad feeling about this.

[TheDieselTrain]

Iron Man has just been schumacher'd

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

When Iron Man 3 DOES come around, regardless of who's directing, I really hope Ghost gets considered as the villain.

[Michael Coello]

Dec 14, 2010 21:39:58 GMT -5 TheDieselTrain said:

Iron Man has just been schumacher'd

So, someone with knowledge of the source material takes over?

[lildude8218]

Ken Jeong IS the Mandarin

[Next Level was WRONG]

Any chance Aronofsky can do Wolverine and Iron Man? I wanna see Starks drinking get Requiem for A Dream'd.

[Bub (BLM)]

Honestly, I'm glad to hear it. Favreau is a good comedy director, but he's abysmal at shooting action scenes. Iron Man 2 really suffered from this.

[Bob Schlapowitz]

Dec 14, 2010 21:20:35 GMT -5 mysterydriver said:

It's about time Uwe Boll got a shot at a comic book movie.

Don't even joke like that.

[wildojinx]

How about Michael Bay? We need more shots of IM flying during sunsets (seriously, i like some of his stuff, but that guy is OBSESSED with shots of the sun going down, and this is coming from someone who usually likes that imagery, when its not overused that is).

[DSR]

Dec 14, 2010 21:41:55 GMT -5 Spankymac is sick of the swiss said:

When Iron Man 3 DOES come around, regardless of who's directing, I really hope Ghost gets considered as the villain.

YES! Ghost would be awesome.

[Deleted]

Well I read on ign last week or two that nobody knows what iron man 3 is about so I have a real bad feeling about this.

[DSR]

Dec 14, 2010 22:56:10 GMT -5 @supersweetbotch said:

Well I read on ign last week or two that nobody knows what iron man 3 is about so I have a real bad feeling about this.

In fairness, Iron Man's supposed to be a big part of The Avengers, so what happens there is kind of important to what happens in IM 3.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Ah crap.

Here's hoping they get a quality guy to follow up.

[Mr. Emoticon Man, TF Fan]

Too bad. I greatly enjoyed Iron Man 1 & 2. Still, I'm not going to go into panic mode just because they're changing directors for the third installment. As long as they keep Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, I'm going to be largely satisfied.