Jon Favreau announced back in December that he wouldn’t be returning to direct Iron Man 3, and following a post from The Hollywood Reporter, we now have our first indication of who might be: Shane Black, the Hollywood vet who wrote late ’80s/early ’90s action flicks Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout and Last Action Hero. The report stresses that though Black has talked with Marvel Studios, he’s “far from a sure thing,” and that other, as-yet unknown, candidates are also being considered — though it is said that if Black does get the director job, he’ll likely also write a draft.
The only directorial credit thus far in Black’s career is Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a movie that happened to also star Robert Downey Jr. Black’s not without comic book movie experience — his current project is penning the adaptation of the manga series Death Note.
Though not much of anything is known definitively about Iron Man 3 at this point, we do have a targeted release date: May 3, 2013.
February 10th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Shane’s an interesting choice to direct the film, let alone write it. He was in the first “Predator” film as Hawkins, the first guy who gets killed.
February 10th, 2011 at 5:58 pm
nothing wrong with this idea — I’d love to see Iron Man III be like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, with unreliable voice over narration, little stylistic tricks and tics, not to mention Gay-Rhodey (oh, I know, but I had to – I don’t feel badly about it… I mean bad about it : )
February 12th, 2011 at 6:17 pm
THIS.IS.AWESOME.