Black Widow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier courtesy Marvel
Robert Downey Jr. gives his Stark seal of approval for a Black Widow solo movie. The actor was asked about a standalone film for his Avengers co-star at the Toronto Film Festival.
“Doesn’t Scarlett deserve a break?” he told USA Today about the now pregnant co-star, “I think that the interesting thing particularly after Guardians with Zoe (Saldana), (or) even from the first Iron Man where Pepper was kind of this really – to me the Iron Man franchise would never have taken off without (Gwyneth) Paltrow. There’s something about her that grounded the story. She’s not your typical lady in a superhero movie, and then by Iron Man 3 she’s swallowing serums and putting on suits and kicking (butt) and all that stuff.” Continue reading ROBERT DOWNEY JR. On BLACK WIDOW Solo Movie
Disney is still in negotiations with Robert Downey Jr. about reprising his role as Tony Stark in Avengers 2 (and beyond ?) but for director Joss Whedon it appears to be a done deal as he explains to The Daily Beast.
“He is Iron Man. He is Iron Man in the way that Sean Connery was James Bond. I have no intention of making Avengers 2 without him, nor do I think I’ll be called upon to do that. I don’t think it’s in my interest, Marvel’s interest, or his interest, and I think everything will be fine. But I know that this is Hollywood and you roll with things. You have to be ready for the unexpected. But I loved working with Robert, and everybody knows Continue reading Joss Whedon on Robert Downey Jr and AVENGERS 2
Chris Evans as Captain America in Marvel’s The Avengers courtesy Marvel Films
While Marvel and Disney negotiate the future of Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man the future of Captain America is clear. Chris Evans revealed to Collider he has a 6-film deal with Marvel. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is underway and scheduled for April 2014. The First Avenger will definitely appear in Avengers 2 and 3 but what other Marvel films could include Steve Rogers and what classic tales could be the inspiration for these big screen dreams: Continue reading Big Screen Dreams for Captain America Movies
The success of Iron Man 3 is a reason to celebrate and speculate! Robert Downey Jr. is now reportedly negotiating with Marvel/Disney to reprise his role as Tony Stark in Avengers 2 and 3 but Iron Man 4 is not part of the discussions according to The Hollywood Reporter Heat Vision.
Avengers 2 is the finale of Marvel Phase Two (Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy.) Phase Three kicks off with Ant-Man and ends with Avengers 3.
The ultimate Iron Man foe makes his big screen debut! The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) attacks Tony Stark and blasts his world apart in Iron Man 3. As the third film shatters box-office records we can’t help but imagine 3 new enemies for future sequels! Continue reading Three Future Villains After IRON MAN 3
As Iron Man 3 dominates the global box-office fans wonder if Robert Downey Jr will return as Tony Stark in Avengers 2 or a possible Iron Man 4. The acclaimed actor recently talked about his future after the latest film in GQ.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige compares Stark to James Bond and speculates on Downey’s future as the Armored Avenger in a Huffington Post story:
“Well, look, I don’t think Robert will be playing this character for another 30 years, and I certainly hope the character stays in movies for the next 30 years — just like James Bond. I would say before George Lazenby and Roger Moore, Sean Connery was James Bond. It will take a while to fill any shoes, whether it’s filmmaker shoes or writer shoes or certainly actor shoes. I think Tony Stark Continue reading IRON MAN Is Marvel’s James Bond?
Robert Downey Jr. kicks off the Summer movie season in Iron Man 3. The Armored Avenger finally faces the classic comic book foe – the Mandarin (played by Oscar winner Ben Kingsley) in the Shane Black helmed sequel.
In May’s GQ Downey talks about the time when he may give up the armor:
“This period of time, this shall pass,” he says. “Fortunately I’ve been around the block enough—I’m not ill-prepared. And I love change. I love it when a lightning bolt hits the genny and you’re down for two hours on the set. Now, this isn’t a lightning strike, this is like the warning of a gathering storm.”
The actor talks about an accident on the set of Iron Man 3 that shut down production for weeks.
“It got me thinking about how big the message from your cosmic sponsor needs to be before you pick it up. How many genre movies can I do? How many follow-ups to a successful follow-up are actually fun? Because, as quiet as it’s kept, I come from a family of very innovative writers and directors and actors and artists, and the circle of friends they were in were the people I heard having pun-offs playing poker at two in the morning, and it was just the most comforting aspect of my childhood. So there’s this kind of legacy of souls from what I consider to be a very particular time in entertainment, and I’m sensing a return to that—it’s what me and the missus are doing next. It’s not unlike: I heard Brady signed on for three more years with New England, and then he’s done being a QB, because he’ll be 40. I’m 47, and I’ll be 50.”
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Downey is not contracted to play Tony Stark again. When asked what if Marvel made him an offer for Avengers 2, Iron Man 4, Iron Man 5?
“Here’s the thing. At whatever point I’m done with this, I’m going to have a bit of a crisis, because I probably haven’t even fully ingested how much I’ve enjoyed it, how much it’s meant. It so came out of kind of relative obscurity as this second-tier character from the Marvel universe, and I feel I was part of making it something more. But it also to me was just good filmmaking. It’s funny, people will come up to me and go, ‘Dude, how do you do it? How do you dress up and play these…?’ While whatsisname is shooting the next David O. Russell or whatever, I’m, ‘Here’s the thing, you’re either having a good time or a bad time, and you’re either doing a good movie or a bad movie.’ And I know one thing, which is that there is no guarantee that doing a movie you think is ‘important’ “—Downey enunciates the word important in a wonderfully withering way—”isn’t going to be the worst piece of tripe I’ve ever had to sit through. Or that this kind of two-dimensional genre movie I’m doing isn’t actually going to be thoroughly entertaining. Isn’t that why you went to the movies to begin with? Whatever.”
For now we can cheer for Downey as Tony Stark in Iron Man 3!
For more of the story here’s a link to GQ and pick up May issue on April 28th.
