Seems like the next comic book superhero movie will be another Marvel creation. Here's the good news: Gwyneth Paltrow is going to star in this for starters. No doubt she will play the love interest in the film. Robert Downey Jr. will be dawning the superhero...uh...armor. The man has proved himself in some serious dramas before, so it will be interesting to see him play a superhero. The next bit of good news is Stan Winston Studios will be doing the effects and already this amazing studio has come up with the designs for the new Iron Man suit:
The bad news is the movie will be headed by a director with limited experience. Jon Favreau's biggest directorial hit seems to have been "Elf". While he could do worse, he's not exactly the kind of guy I would head to kick off another superhero franchise. On the other hand Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, had this to say about making these films:
"These are popcorn films designed for broad audiences, but there are multidimensional characters that have brought us the best luck with actors"
He makes a good point about this genre of movies. They're generally just fun films, loosely bastardizing Greek mythology. But I think he's forgetting the more serious superhero films all too quickly. "Batman Begins" put an art-house director with comic book material and we got a movie that's not just a good superhero film, but a great film in general. "Superman Returns" was revived with the respect of the character and was serious enough of a revival to sit next to "Batman" as one of the better films. "Spider-Man" may be a bit more off the hook, but the highly stylized look and camera shots give it a very artistic look. Who would've thought making Spider-Man's web-swinging so exciting?
Alas, it seems this new Marvel Studios' attitude is to simply slop out movies based on comics and not really worry about the quality of the project. I think they were better off being affiliated with other studios. (On the other hand those studios didn't do a great job either: "Daredevil", "Fantastic Four", "Elektra", "Hulk", "X-Men 3")
Anyway, I like what I see of Iron Man and atleast there are some good actors in it.
On the topic of Superman, the writers were interviewed recently saying that the next film will have a new villian from the DC Comic universe (probably alien) and will feature more action now that the character of Superman has been re-established to the public. "Superman Returns" was a very well made movie and an excellent return of one of the most popular comic book characters in history. I look forward to the next film.
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