Even as the massive critical and financial success of The Avengers, the studio has its gaze fixed firmly on the future – beginning with Iron Man 3.
Principal photography on the Iron Man threequel has reportedly gotten underway at the sound stages in Wilmington, North Carolina. Seasoned action filmmaker Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) is calling the shots.
Latino Review broke the news about the storyline for Iron Man 3 being heavily influenced by Warren Ellis’ “Extremis” comic book mini-series which has since been all but officially confirmed.
The third Iron Man film pits Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) against a nanotechnology virus unleashed upon the world by a sociopathic geneticist (Guy Pearce). This apparently gives rise to a vicious cyborg (James Badge Dale), who is thought to be the mere puppet of a craftier, more intellectual terrorist (Ben Kingsley). The latter character is also heavily speculated as being iconic Iron Man villain The Mandarin in spirit, if not also in name.
Aiding Tony on his latest venture is his ever-loyal assistant/girlfriend Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), along with a fellow scientist (Andy Lau) and Tony’s old colleague/former love interest (Rebecca Hall).
Latino Review is also claiming that Iron Man 3‘s budget has been bumped up from $140 million to $200 million - on a par with Iron Man 2. The logic is that Avengers has grossed more than $1 billion worldwide and picked up lots of critical accolades, Marvel wants Black to deliver not only “a better Iron Man movie but THE BEST Marvel movie, hands down.”
As tough an act as The Avengers is to follow, Iron Man 3 is in a good position to keep Marvel’s winning streak alive.
Iron Man 3 is slated for an U.S. in May 2013.
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