MTV Movies just ran a really solid interview piece with longtime character actor and successful director Jon Favreau, and the guy has no problem sharing his perspectives on "Iron Man," plus he wants to hear from the fans, too!
From MTV: "The questions are coming on the Internet," a grinning Favreau reported this weekend. "I’ve got a MySpace group set up just to discuss the movie, so I welcome the input."
"It’s the first movie Marvel is self-financing," he said of a new deal that frees the makers of the "Spider-Man" and "X-Men" movies from studio control. "We’re set to come out in the summer of ’08, and we’ll start shooting in January."
Mentioning an eventual "Iron Man 2," Favreau said that actor playing Tony Stark for his franchise is unlikely to be a major star (Tom Cruise was briefly attached to the role years ago). Instead, the director hopes to announce his discovery of a relative unknown from the Brandon Routh ("Superman Returns") mold later this year.
"What’s nice is that those movies don’t require an expensive star; Iron Man’s the star, the superhero is the star," the director insisted. "The success of ‘X-Men‘ and ‘Spider-Man‘ without being star-driven pieces reassures [executives] that the film does have an upside commercially."
For a whole lot more, check out the MTV article and the "Iron Man" MySpace group.
