Iron Man Mandarin Confirmed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Iron Man Villain Confirmed!!
Source: Blake Wright July 22, 2006

Iron Man director Jon Favreau just confirmed at the San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday that the villain in the movie will be fan-favorite Manderin! Stay tuned for more...

http://superherohype.com/news/ironmannews.php?id=4551

 

[Ironfan72]

Man where did that come from, Jon said he wouldn't use Mandarin and use a Technological villian. cool.

 

[Darthphere]

Is it purposefully misspelled?

 

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Thats what i thought

I bet he said that to throw people off

 

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[Darthphere]

Either way, pretty awesome, but I expect him to be radically changed.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Man where did that come from, Jon said he wouldn't use Mandarin and use a Technological villian. cool.

Thats what i thought oh well beat me to it Wildcard

this is cool news,can;t wait to see how they adapt him

 

[Darthphere]

Also, realize that his captivity is in Afghanistan and NOT Southeast Asia.

 

[ayenlou]

It'll probably be different approach to Mandarin since Favreau is going for a realistic approach to this movie

 

[Darthphere]

http://www.newsarama.com/SDCC06/Marvel/films.html


Iron Man parts:

Kit then introduced Favreau, who was met with sustained applause from the audience.

"Ant-Man was taken," Favreau joked, when asked how he became involved with Iron Man.

Favreau said that he'd been talking to Arad since he played Foggy Nelson in Daredevil, noting that Nelson occasionally represented Tony Stark...

"Not saying anything there...I mean, that's if I don't play Iron Man," the director joked.

Favreau said that he was advised by fans and comics’ pros to get artist Adi Granov involved in the movie, and he took the advice. The director called Granov to come up to the dais, and then showed a teaser image the artist had designed as a teaser movie poster.

Granov is doing design work for the film, and the image shown, Favreau said, is not the final armor design.

Speaking of his design work, Granov said that he chose first-off to make sure that the armor had a circular light on the chest, since the triangle never worked for him. Granov also praised Favreau for turning to comic book fans in making the film, something that's rarely seen.

"There's sort of a Robocop-type quality that this character can have," Favreau said in talking about which elements he likes in the armor, noting that he likes the ideas of weight and power, and an inorganic look over organic, rather than martial arts. The director reiterated that while he will be using special effects for the film, he wants to keep the feeling realistic, and not let the effects pull the movie away from the audience.

"There's one tech-based suit," Favreau said, explaining that Iron Man himself will be the major effect, rather than a world of special effects. The director said that the feel will be Tom Clancy, "But because it involves Tony Stark, there will be some James Bond in there."

Favreau said that he's looking at the anime Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell, and Neon Genesis Evangellion for inspirations, but still trying to ground the film in the real world and real technology, "So the only buy you have to make is a guy in an Iron Man suit."

Asked if his Tony Stark will deal with his alcoholism, Favreau said that he's looking at Iron Man as a group of films, so he'll have time to explore how his weapons manufacturing and captivity (now in Afghanistan rather than Southeast Asia), and in looking at a the history of Tony Stark and Iron Man, as the stressors grew up around him in the comics, the alcoholism came in, and a similar path may be followed in the film. Favreau said that he'll be starting with the gray armor in the film, before moving on to a few different types of armor, and will end with the gold and red, evolving more into a weapons platform than a flying suit.

Will Tony Stark have a moustache or goatee? "If we cast Tom Selleck, a moustache, if we cast me, a goatee,” Favreau said.

Asked if Marvel Studios will be returning to a Daredevil film, Avi Arad said that in time, they plan to get to it.

And just as the panel was closing, Favreau said that the villain in the Iron Man film will be the Mandarin.

 

[Cinemaman]

I am not so positive about this choice.

Anyway, I hope in the movie he won't be called Mandarin, what sounds campy.

 

[Darthphere]

So does Iron Man and Pepper Potts.

 

[Ironfan72]

http://www.newsarama.com/SDCC06/Marvel/films.html


Iron Man parts:

Thanks darthphere, any one get a pic of the poster?

 

[Darthphere]

I dont think they revealed one. Ill go check.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I think Mandarin will be a terrorist and won't be green or have mystic rings

 

[Darthphere]

I think Mandarin will be a terrorist and won't be green or have mystic rings

Probably, since thats pretty much where i see them going with it with Afghanistan and such.

 

[Cinemaman]

I think Mandarin will be a terrorist and won't be green or have mystic rings

I hope so too

 

[Mr. Thing]

I think he will have the rings, maybe just not ones that are magical.

 

[Ironman24]

MANDARIN!!!!, Holy crap, man Jon lead us good, saying he didn't think he could do a good Mandarin. I'm looking forward to seeing how he handles him.

 

[Leto]

Maybe it'll be a little bit like the buttons the Green Goblin had on his suit in Spider-Man. Mandarin will have a set of bracers or gauntlets that when pushed will trigger some affect.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Probably, since thats pretty much where i see them going with it with Afghanistan and such.

Yep not to mention that talk of a Tom Clancy influence,would it boother you ? to me it could be a cool update IF they give him personality and don't make him a generic arab terrorist

 

[Darthphere]

Yep not to mention that talk of a Tom Clancy influence,would it boother you ? to me it could be a cool update IF they give him personality and don't make him a generic arab terrorist

Not really. I knew they wouldnt be able to adapt a lot of the villains directly from the comics, and its more of a welcome change.

 

[Ceb-Man]

Mandarin is a good choice. I trust Marvel and Faverau's decision on this one.
I like that the other things like the alcholism, etc will be done later. Let the character get introduced first and then lead up to these other areas in sequels.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

Soooo...the real question now. Who should get cast?