Iron Man 3 Special thanks to Joss Whedon

[Pond]

I wonder if somebody has a clue about why there was a "Special thanks to Joss Whedon" in the credits. I know J.J Abrams had input on it, but this caught me by surprise. Just curious about it.

 

[jonathancrane]

Since he has the position, I imagine he had input in the script-writing phase. Then again, it could be something minor: Millar recounts in the supplementary material for Civil War, that Whedon was the one who supplied an answer to a problem that the creative team was facing: namely, the ending. He told them that audiences craved a winner in a versus match, and hence they had to decide on who would win the fight (Cap or Iron Man.) Thus, the ending we know was reached: Cap won the fight, Tony won the argument.

 

[bubbadoom]

I suspect he at least looked over the script to make sure nothing conflicted with what was planned for AVENGERS 2. Just like ANT MAN is now getting a rewrite to put it more in line with the current movie continuity.

 

[Pond]

Maybe. But he did a rewrite of the first captain america (nothing major, mostly giving some of the dialogue a 40 vibe) and he didnt get any credits for that so i doubt he would get one for something as little as overseen the script for continuity, and J. J Abrams did give Black some advise Civil War tipe, and didnt get it either, so i thought it may be something special. I dunno; maybe even writing the post credit scene, but hey... Movie credits usually are a world on its own.

 

[darthcoolness3]

Maybe he got a special thanks for making Iron Man even more popular with The Avengers.

 

[DorneyDave]

They also used Avengers footage and Iron Man 3's plot is heavily influenced by what happened in Avengers.

 

[psylockolussus]

Maybe because he directed The Avengers. They are just giving him credit.

 

[Eddie]

They used his footage from The Avengers, plus he oversaw some aspects of the movie. He earned a little mention.