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June 9, 2008 - Iron Man 2
Scooped on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
It's been over a month since Marvel Studios made certain its intentions to have a sequel to Iron Man in theaters by the end of April 2010...but with the clock now counting down the days inbetween now and then, there has been no announcement of who is writing the sequel's screenplay or if Jon Favreau is going to come back to direct number two. With speculation starting to run amok, Favreau got asked by a reader on the director's MySpace forum what's going on between himself and Marvel. He supplied this answer:
"It’s been five weeks since the one and only phone call my reps have gotten from Marvel. I know their hands are full with the Hulk and I’m sure they will get into it shortly, as they tell me they intend to. I ran into the Marvel guys at the Hulk premiere and everyone sounded eager to get to work on IM2.
"I am concerned, however, about the announced release date of April 2010. Neither Robert nor I were consulted about this and we are both concerned about how realistic the date is in light of the fact that we have no script, story or even writers hired yet. This genre of movie is best when it is done thoughtfully and with plenty of preparation. It might be better to follow the BB/DK, X/X2 three year release pattern than to scramble for a date. It is difficult because there are no Marvel 09 releases and they need product, but I also think we owe it to the fans to have a great version of IM2 and, at this point, we would have less time to make it than the first one."
The speculation is only going to grow the longer that this uncertainty goes on.
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