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It friggin rocks.

Thats right, one of the biggest and most succesful comic books, made by the big M(arvel...), is finally getting the film that was promised a while back, after several fall throughs in scripts and directors the film has been under full swing production scheduled for a 2nd of may 2008 release.



Based upon Marvel's iconic Super Hero, "Iron Man" tells the story of Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. Upon his return to America, Tony must come to terms with his past. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man.


Robert Downey Jr. Will play Tony Stark


Terrance Howard will play james Rhodes

There have been several images and posters released:







The main enemy has been announced as Iron Monger and it is unknown if the manderin will make an appearance.

Whats the second most kick ass comic book character ever?

WarMachine
Who has been confirmed to be played by the actor Terrance Howard


How ridiculously amazing does this film look?

So, get ready and suit up, Iron man hits our screens May 2nd 2008.

Trailer:


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(*lz edit - just fixing up the tags a bit ^^)

hell yes. i've been looking forward to this movie for so many years. Iron Man has been one of my top super hero characters since i first saw him. he's been under the radar for most of his lifespan, but just now getting into the spotlight where he deserves to be shown. in my opinion, he's one of the greatest comic book characters created. i hope this movie won't disappoint

P.S. the animated Iron Man movie was done rather well. if you haven't seen it yet, go get it.

What self respecting fan boy hasn't seen the movie

The Animated series was the best animated marvel series too, theme tunes kicked major ass.

When I get my new laptop I am going to torrent both seasons of the original animated series, I would of used this laptop but it is used by family so yeah I didn't want to use torrents this time round.

But Yes Iron Man > Life.

(Do you mind fixing my tags, I am not used to the wl tagging system yet :X)

would if i were mod of this area. have to get LZ to check on that or a super-mod/admin. mods can only change things in the boards they moderate. think all you need to do is use lower case lettering tho. shouldn't be case restricted, but may be the solution. otherwise, delete your self created tags and in the full edit page, use the tags above the text insertion box. they always work long as you remember to close them.

but yes, the animated series was awesome. i absolutely loved seeing Iron Man's different suits. i think the greatest one was actually never used. i'm pretty sure it was called the Samurai Armor. basically it was black with silver wings/spikes on it. more ninja-esque than samurai, but still totally bitchin'. only problem with the series was the only time it came on was like 5 or 6am saturdays. i'm down for saturday cartoons, but no way i'm getting up at 5 for one, especially when the next good cartoon comes on like 4 hrs later. i may see about torrenting the series later

i am a bit skeptical about the movie tho. the last director i've seen doing the movie (Jon Favreau) doesn't have any experience with high-end movies. he's mostly done prime-time TV. i don't see how a sitcom/drama director can do well for a comic book action film, but i've been surprised before. only thing he has going for him is Daredevil, which wasn't necessarily bad, but far from the best comic book movie

Iron Man > War Machine > Daredevil > other heroes, so yeah I loved the daredevil film, had a great tone to it.

I thought the animated movie was great but found some of the cgi stuff kind of iffy, suppose I was just used to 2d Iron Man.

I might be picking up a copy of 'civil war' soon, it'll be a good read from what I have learnt of it, you ever read it?


Yeah, I know about the modding thing just thought you were a MOD of this section, guess not.

nope i'm the resident Nintendo mod for Wii, DS and classic consoles. if it doesn't have a Nintendo name on it, i don't mod it

i may know what you're talking about with the 3D CGI in the Iron Man animated film. slightly noticable, but quickly forgotten because the movie just kicked so much ass. haha

the graphics on the live action differ so much. sometimes i see Iron Man and he looks pretty crappy. other times the suit looks amazing. hard to tell what the real thing will be. hopefully the amazing looking one tho

i'm glad they stick with Iron Man's story fairly well though. always the same situation. blown up, forced to make weapons but makes armor instead to escape and survive the wounds, then uses armor (and better versions of it) to fight crime. i can't remember who the Iron Monger is tho. been so long since i've seen the series i don't remember anyone, and i've never been one to read actual comics. for shame i know. a geek who doesn't read comics

The animated series revolved around Mandarin and his band of evil people, I think iron monger made an appearance however.

Wiki Talks: Iron Monger

Apparently they're making a trilogy and Mandarin will only appear in the 3rd movie, Hope this movie will rock so that we can see the Mandarin in the 3rd episode.

It rocks all right, unfortunately it's a condensed version of the Comicon trailer which was much longer.