There are enough fun moments in Jon Favreau's playful direction (from Justin Theroux's workmanlike script) and Downey's performance -- a tycoon who's equal parts Warren Buffett and Kid Rock -- to satisfy a weekend audience, but one needs a forgiving nature to get past the flabby midsection. The special effects, meanwhile, are more plentiful and polished once they fully kick into high gear, though there are still shots where that gleaming suit looks a bit more animated than it should.
Early review of Iron Man 2
From Variety:
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Live Batman stage show in the works
Bizarre:
Warner Bros. and DC Comics are in the early stages of developing a tour, tentatively titled "Batman Live" and starring the Caped Crusader, working with Nick Grace Management and Water Lane Prods., companies behind the popular "Walking With Dinosaurs" and "Mamma Mia!" touring shows.being kept under wraps, but it's known that the show will feature numerous villains.
The show is neither a musical nor a Broadway-bound theatrical production but rather an elaborate arena production aimed at kids and families.
Alan Burnett, a longtime animation veteran whose credits include Batman and Superman television shows as well as such animated movies as "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" and "Green Lantern: First Flight," is writing the story and script. The logline is
Roy Thomas returns to Conan
Legendary comics scribe Roy Thomas will put pen to paper on another Conan series.
Conan: Road of Kings, a new 12-issue Conan comic series, for Dark Horse...will launch in December, with art by Mike Hawthorne.
The story follows Conan from the easternmost edge the Vilayet Sea to the western shore along the Road of Kings, which winds its way through the civilized kingdoms of the Hyborian Age. Along the way he’ll encounter inhuman monstrosities, sorcerers, and power-crazed men and women all trying to stall his progress.
LA Times has Nick Fury scoop from Iron Man 2
The Los Angeles Times takes a look at the character the movie version of Marvel's superspy, played by Samuel L. Jackson:
"The idea was just to do this tag, and we thought it would be really fun to get Sam since the comics version of Fury is based on him," said "Iron Man" and "Iron Man 2" director Jon Favreau. "Now it's become much more than that. In the ["Iron Man 2"] film, he has a significant role and becomes the entry point to connect Tony Stark to the agency called S.H.E.I.L.D. and, thereby, the rest of the Marvel Universe, with Captain America, Thor, the Avengers."
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