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News Credits: 11 · by **Robinson** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:01 pm

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20037509,00.html

By Jeff Jensen

Iron Man is the latest Marvel Comics superhero to jump from splash page to big screen. (The film is due May 2008.) Director Jon Favreau (Elf ) began shooting in March with star Robert Downey Jr. — in his first comic-book role — as the man inside the cybernetic Mark III suit (pictured) and Gwyneth Paltrow as his trusted assistant. In the film, Downey plays Tony Stark, a playboy industrialist who decides to don high-tech armor to fight baddies after suffering a life-threatening heart injury in war-torn Afghanistan. ''This is a decidedly adult superhero story,'' says Favreau. (Fanboy FYI: Look for Stark's legendary drinking problem to pop up in possible sequels.)

Faithful to the comics and constructed by Oscar-winning F/X maestro Stan Winston, the Iron Man togs — a far cry from Stark's normal black-tie attire — are robo-cool but make for restrictive, sweaty duds. ''Robert was very bullish on wearing the suit whenever possible,'' says Favreau of his star, who bulked up for the role. ''Now I don't know if he's such a fan of that idea.''

The Red and Gold has been revealed!

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:08 pm

AWESOME!!!

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:12 pm

Spectacular! Dead on!

News Credits: 11 · by **Robinson** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:30 pm

What the hell? Somebody edit my post?

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:45 pm

Yeah. I did that. Credit is due to EW since they were the actual site that posted it. Kept your stuff but changed the link and quoted the article. I hate SHH's condensed and mostly useless news posts.

News Credits: 11 · by **Robinson** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:58 pm

Oh ok I was like wtf!! I got seiberhacked

News Credits: 5 · by **DARKAGEIS** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:32 pm

ok 2 points

1). GOD DAMM THATS COOL!!
2). whens the action figures out??

also i cant tell but is that cgi or the suit its self??

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:34 pm

Looks like CGI to me.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:34 pm

Nightwatcher wrote:AWESOME!!!

Seconded.

News Credits: 5 · by **DARKAGEIS** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:38 pm

Nightwatcher wrote:Looks like CGI to me.

se i cant tell, but they've made or are gonna make a real suit though........ arnt they?

by **Sun Runner** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:07 pm

Looks like the Civil war armor. Do we have pics of MKII?

News Credits: 3 · by **Barricade** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:15 pm

I CANT FREAKING WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :grin:

News Credits: 2 · by **Nico** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:38 pm

So amazing!

News Credits: 49 · by **Senor Hugo** » Wed May 02, 2007 3:01 pm

Yeah, it's full blown cg. I'm less impressed by this, it's easy to build a cg suit. I'm looking forward to images of the actual costume like the MKI armor.

by **Jaw Crusher** » Wed May 02, 2007 7:59 pm

DARKAGEIS wrote:
Nightwatcher wrote:Looks like CGI to me.

se i cant tell, but they've made or are gonna make a real suit though........ arnt they?

Yes, there's a real suit. It says so in the story.

That having been said...HOLY SH**!!! :shock:

That design looks great! 100 percent Shellhead! :grin:

News Credits: 3 · by **muswp1** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:26 pm

CG or not, that does look good. They mentioned a possible sequel; I wonder if War Machine will show up.

by **Jaw Crusher** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:41 pm

muswp1 wrote:CG or not, that does look good. They mentioned a possible sequel; I wonder if War Machine will show up.

Possible, since Jim Rhodes is in this one.

by **Mighty Scorponok** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:17 am

That armor looks alot like Cyrax from Mortal Combat Annihilation.............But so much better.

Like Exulted Unicron on Facebook · by **Exulted Unicron** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:27 am

Extremis armour...but in a movie

by **ThunderThruster** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:02 am

frikin sweet

News Credits: 1 · by **Danish-Liokaiser** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:07 am

Really cool!

I remember the animated serie from my childhood, Ironman had a sidekick in black and grey armor if i am right ... maybe with a cannon on hes shoulder like Soundwave ... can i get a picture of him? If you know which character i am talking about?

News Credits: 10 · by **JazZeke** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:47 pm

Iron Man is a jerk. Nevertheless this movie looks like it's gonna be good, and that armor is undeniably AWESOME!

I'd rather have a Tumbler though.

News Credits: 5 · by **DARKAGEIS** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:29 pm

Danish-Liokaiser wrote:Really cool!

I remember the animated serie from my childhood, Ironman had a sidekick in black and grey armor if i am right ... maybe with a cannon on hes shoulder like Soundwave ... can i get a picture of him? If you know which character i am talking about?

that would be war machine,

http://www.marveldatabase.com/James_Rhodes