From Comics Continuum:
Marvel Studios’ Avi Arad said that the Iron Man movie is in “aggressive development” at New Line Cinema.
“We’re dealing with casting issues and directing issues,” Arad said during Marvel’s second quarter conference call on Thursday.
The film was originally targeted for a November 2005 release, but might be pushed back to summer 2006.
“The November 2005 date is still attainable,” Arad said. “But it’s a fluid situaton. We should know more in 6-8 weeks.”
Could the casting issues be related to the fact that Tom Cruise is supposed to start filming of MI:3 this September, and if Avi really wants Cruise the production has to be pushed back?
If Cruise is starring in, and also producing Mission Impossible 3, it seems like 5-7 months would be a reasonable time frame. Also 6-8 weeks from now puts us in the middle of September.
Hmm……
Source: Comics Continuum
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The more I think about it, and the more I worry about it, and despite my initial fear of this… I have to admit, Tom Cruise as Tony Stark is growing on me. Given the other actors mentioned (Simon Rex, namely) as Tony, I think Cruise is the better (not yet the best) fit and will get the movie taken seriously. I have never seen a movie of his in the theatre, and Iron Man will be the first.
It won’t be another Daredevil, in other words… and I think that is the fear of all Iron Fandom right now.
Is David Hayter still rewriting the script?
Last I heard, Hayter is indeed doing the rewrite and received a seven figure paycheck to do it.
Vic
Another good thing Cruise brings to the table is $$$. As we have seen with Sandy Collora, you don’t need hundreds of millions of dollars to make a good movie. However, the list of movies that have been ruined (or at least taken down a notch or two) because of crappy low-budget CGI is nearly endless. In addition to a killer script and visionary direction, this kind of movie needs good special effects and set design. With Cruise involved, the movie shouldn’t have a problem getting the kind of budget it needs to be done right.
Brian
It’s not just money that Cruise would bring, but a higher standard to the production.
Vic