Half-Assed Internet Research
Development and financing; casting; improvisation; marketing; effects; comics changes
In the discussion (22)
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- The film reportedly took nearly eighteen years to reach production. — Bill Simmons
- Tarantino reportedly briefly considered involvement in Iron Man in the late 1990 s. — Van Lathan
- Stan Lee reportedly deliberately made Iron Man a rich Cold War weapons industrialist whom his readers should dislike, then made them like him. — Bill Simmons
- Film rights reportedly moved from Universal to Fox and New Line before returning to Marvel in 2005; Marvel borrowed against its new studio plan and made a Paramount deal before Disney bought it. — Bill Simmons
- Favreau reportedly lost seventy pounds for his small role. — Van Lathan
- Favreau imagined an Altman-directed Superman about an adult man reinventing himself. — Bill Simmons
- Favreau linked Stark’s struggles to Downey’s public life and insisted on casting him over Marvel’s objections, for a reported$500,000 fee. — Bill Simmons
- An unfinished script led to substantial improvisation; Bridges disliked the uncertainty and likened it to an expensive student film. — Bill Simmons
- The film reportedly earned$585.8 million and ranked eighth in 2008; the machine transcript’s budget unit is unclear. — Bill Simmons
- The Ultimates reportedly modeled Nick Fury on Jackson, who agreed on condition he could play the film version.
- The Fury scene was reportedly removed from preview screenings to protect the reveal despite online rumors. — Van Lathan
- Musk reportedly gave Favreau and Downey a SpaceX tour during development. — Bill Simmons
- The Mandarin was an intended original villain; later films used a fake Kingsley version and Killian before Shang-Chi revisited the Ten Rings, with the sequel numbering initially confused. — Van Lathan
- Favreau reportedly chose Los Angeles to distinguish the setting from East Coast superhero films. — Bill Simmons
- The marketing campaign coordinated Sega, Hasbro, 7-Eleven, LG, Burger King and Audi. — Bill Simmons
- DVD sales are described as a late peak, with $160 million earned excluding Blu-ray. — Bill Simmons
- This was reportedly Stan Winston’s last film before his death. — Bill Simmons
- The first suit reportedly weighed ninety pounds. — Bill Simmons
- The man asking Stark about Afghanistan is reportedly Billie Eilish’s father; the claim is explicitly presented as internet research. — Bill Simmons
- This is described as the only Iron Man film without martial-arts fights. — Bill Simmons
- The reporter’s comic-book newspaper was changed from the Daily Bugle because of Sony’s rights. — Bill Simmons
- Animators reportedly studied vertical-wind-tunnel skydivers; the unsteady repulsor flight looks convincingly physical. — Van Lathan
