‘Iron Man 2’ Release Date ‘Unrealistic’ Says Jon Favreau
After Marvel Studios released a comprehensive lists of upcoming films and their release dates, Iron Man director Jon Favreau recently told fans on his MySpace page that the March 2009 scheduled start date for filming of Iron Man 2 is "unrealistic."
Apparently, Marvel Studios was a bit hasty in announcing release dates for the upcoming slate of films that, if all goes as planned, will eventually lead to a big-screen team-up involving all of the characters in The Avengers. When asked about year’s time between the scheduled release of Iron Man 2 and Avengers, the director (who has also been pegged as a potential director for both of the films) said, "I was really bummed when I saw that there was only a year between the two when Marvel announced the release dates. It would be impossible to direct both."
According to Favreau:
It’s been five weeks since the one and only phone call my reps have gotten from Marvel. I know their hands are full with the Hulk and I’m sure they will get into it shortly, as they tell me they intend to. I ran into the Marvel guys at the Hulk premiere and everyone sounded eager to get to work on IM2.
I am concerned, however, about the announced release date of April 2010. Neither Robert nor I were consulted about this and we are both concerned about how realistic the date is in light of the fact that we have no script, story or even writers hired yet. This genre of movie is best when it is done thoughtfully and with plenty of preparation. It might be better to follow the BB/DK, X/X2 three year release pattern than to scramble for a date. It is difficult because there are no Marvel 09 releases and they need product, but I also think we owe it to the fans to have a great version of IM2 and, at this point, we would have less time to make it than the first one.
Owch.
I knew those release dates sounded to good to be true. If we don't want all those movies to suck than they need to be pushed pack 2 even 3 years!
excuse me SOME of them need to be pushed back. I mean we do need something to watch in 2010!
Well, currently "Super Troopers 2" is slated for a 2010 release… so there's that. *shrug*
Oh the other hand, since some of the heavy lifting has already been done it shouldn't take all that time to get it together and find time in everybody's schedule. It's not THAT close, if Marvel doesn't noodle it to death with bureaucratic nonsense. Sure, March is unrealistic — but so is the idea that in order to have an early summer release you've absolutely got to start by March.