REEL News: IRON MAN 2 likely for 2010 (plus a mini-review!)
May 2nd, 2008
On the heels of an after-work Thursday night screening of IRON MAN (expect a review up by Saturday) totally kicking my ass with its sheer awesomeness, I came home to the pleasant news that if IRON MAN does as well as its expected to this weekend (analysts are predicting anywhere from $60-100 million), Paramount will immediately green-light the sequel for a 2010 date, meaning the film would go into production as soon as 2009. Given my instant desire for a sequel after walking out of the theatre, this was most excellent news.
Also, for those of you who need a little tease of my thoughts, IRON MAN is on par with SPIDER-MAN 2 and X-MEN 2 in terms of quality. In other words, it ranks amongst one of the greatest superhero movies ever made. It also has the best crafted/paced/written origin story I’ve seen in a hero film, and the endings sets itself up to make it an incredibly unique entry in the genre. Also, for those of you who are comic geeks like me, stay still after the credits. Trust me.
Source: /Film
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Todd W in NC Says:
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 am
I’m glad to see another positive review of Iron Man.
Over at RottenTomatoes.com, it’s getting a 95% from critics and 80% from the RT community. At MetaCritic.com, it’s getting an 80% from critics, an 8.9/10 from users, and perfect scores of 100 from Variety and Wall Street Journal.
I can’t wait to see it, hopefully sometime this weekend.