What can we expect from Iron Man 3, and where will it fit into the Marvel universe? Jon Favreau has been tackling such questions…
Having got Iron Man 2 under his belt, director Jon Favreau instantly jumped onto what looks like 2011's most interesting blockbuster movie, Cowboys & Aliens. As one of the few non-franchise releases of next summer, we're keen to see it, especially after the strength of the first trailer for it, released a few weeks back.
Once that's out of the way, though, Favreau has a decision to make. It's already been announced that Iron Man 3 will be released on May 13th 2013, and while that's a bigger gap than between the first and second Iron Man films, it does mean that Favreau will have to decide at some point next year whether he wants to do a third Iron Man movie.
He's certainly been talking about one. In discussion with MTV, Favreau said that he didn't know a lot about the upcoming Thor movie (although he'd talked to Kenneth Branagh), and that he'd had a chat with Joss Whedon about Marvel's upcoming superhero mash-up, The Avengers. And then he added that, "In theory, Iron Man 3 is going to be a sequel or continuation of Thor, Hulk, Captain America and Avengers." In short, Iron Man 3 is going to be a pseudo-Avengers sequel, effectively.
But what will Iron Man 3 be about? Right now, he doesn't know, especially given that the Marvel universe on screen is constantly evolving. "This whole world... I have no idea what it is. I don't think they do either, from conversations I've had with those guys," he noted.
To our knowledge, Favreau still hasn't committed to Iron Man 3, but the gig is surely his to turn down. His immediate priority, however, is, no doubt, finishing off Cowboys & Aliens, which we suspect might just keep him busy for the next few months...
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