Comic book staff Mark Millar, Brian Michael Bendis, Joe Quesada, Tom Brevoort, Axel Alonso, and Ralph Macchio were also called upon by Favreau to give advice on the script.įavreau had wanted to work with Marvel producer Avi Arad on another film after the Daredevil adaptation. Len Wiseman had been in negotiations to direct, before Jon Favreau was hired as in April 2006, with Arthur Marcum and Matt Holloway writing the script.Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby worked separately, with Favreau compiling both team's scripts, and the script received a polish by John August. ![]() Even the rewrites when the film had a script lead to many refusals. In November 2005, Marvel Studios worked to start development from scratch,and announced it as their first independent feature, as Iron Man was their only major character not depicted in live action.According to associate producer Jeremy Latcham, "we went after about 30 writers and they all passed", saying they were uninterested in the project due to both the relative obscurity of Iron Man and being a production solely by Marvel. New Line's script pitted Iron Man against his father Howard Stark, who becomes War Machine. Screenplay drafts had been written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and David Hayter, but they were not retained. After two years of unsuccessful development, and the deal with Cassavetes falling through, New Line Cinema returned the film rights to Marvel. In December 2004, the studio attached director Nick Cassavetes to the project for a target 2006 release. In December 2002, McCanlies had turned in a completed script New Line entered talks with Joss Whedon, a fan of the character Iron Man, in June 2001 for the possibility of the director taking the helm. McCanlies's script used the idea of a Nick Fury cameo to set up his own film. With no deal made, Fox eventually sold the rights to New Line Cinema the following December, reasoning that although the Vintar/Lee script was strong, the studio had too many Marvel superheroes in development, and "we can't make them all." By July 2000, the film was being written for New Line by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, and Tim McCanlies. Director Quentin Tarantino was approached in October 1999 to write and direct Iron Man. Although Lee and Vintar's screenplay was credited by Tom Rothman, President of Production at Fox, with being the screenplay that finally made him understand the character, Jeffrey Caine (Golden Eye) was hired to rewrite Vintar and Lee's script. It created a new science-fiction origin for the character, included several inventive suspense sequences, and showcased a villain who was a giant head in a floating chair, named MODOK. Jeff Vintar and Iron Man co-creator Stan Lee co-wrote a story which Vintar adapted into a screenplay. In January 1997, actor Nicolas Cage expressed interest in being cast for the lead role, and in September 1998, actor Tom Cruise had expressed interest in producing as well as starring in the film debut of Iron Man. By February 1996, 20th Century Fox acquired the rights from Universal. Stuart Gordon was to direct Universal's low-budget film. In April 1990, Universal Studios bought the rights to develop Iron Man for the big screen.
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