But their relationship with Favreau has already soured and been severed. It's early days, so the jury is still out on whether that's going to become a pattern.
Shane Black might write and direct "Iron Man 3"
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Their handling hasn't been perfect (or with Norton for that matter), but as you say, the jury's out.
^ Damon Wayans will be the third actor to play Rhodey!
TheWrap talked to Shane Black about this story and Black said the following:
If this happens, I'd be behind this one hundred percent. He'd bring us something better than Justin Thoreux's weak and flawed script.
Holy Hell this is awesome!!! Reports are that Shane Black is in final talks to direct "Iron Man 3"!!!!
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Shane-Black-Is-Your-Iron-Man-3-Director-23224.html
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Shane-Black-Is-Your-Iron-Man-3-Director-23224.html
In my opinion, LAH suffers badly from that annyoing child actor, but not from the script.
This is awesome news. Seems like it has been confirmed.
I didn't mind the kid's acting - it wasn't the best, but not bad either. The film suffered because Arnold wanted more slapstick humor and in jokes added.
I don't love it, but I do like it despite its flaws.I loved The Last Action Hero.
Anyway, it's going to be very interesting to see how Shane Black fares at the helm of a superhero blockbuster. I'm glad to see him get the chance.
The Archer and I agree!
Seems to be as near to official as bedamned:
http://www.moviehole.net/201137076-shane-black-to-direct-iron-man-3
http://www.moviehole.net/201137076-shane-black-to-direct-iron-man-3
It's confirmed now! I wouldn't be surprised if it was RDJ suggested Black to them. Downey is also the person who suggested Justin Throeaux write the Iron Man 2 script based on his experience with him on "Tropic Thunder". Methinks though most of the genius behind that film was squarely on Ben Stiller's shoulders. This has me happy.
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Last Action Hero is an incredibly fun and creative movie.
A lot of the movie's silliness inside the "movie world" is meant to be a parody of your typical "Arnold action movie", which it feels like people just ignore. One time I saw someone complaining about how unrealistic (relatively speaking) some of fictional Arnold's action stunts were. Well yeah, that's the point, everything is over-the-top in the fictional Arnold.
A lot of the movie's silliness inside the "movie world" is meant to be a parody of your typical "Arnold action movie", which it feels like people just ignore. One time I saw someone complaining about how unrealistic (relatively speaking) some of fictional Arnold's action stunts were. Well yeah, that's the point, everything is over-the-top in the fictional Arnold.
That's great news. I love the Lethal Weapon movies and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was great!
Yeah, I love that movie too for reasons you point out.
Yeah, I love that movie too for reasons you point out.
No, I think that's obvious. It's just that some of the slapstick doesn't work and isn't funny (in my opinion of course). It's a problem of execution rather than concept. The original script had the same framework, but was more subtle and clever in the element of parody within the movie world.