Shocking News: Favreau Will Direct Iron Man 2

Published: July 10, 2008, 3:14 pm

Tags: featured, movies, iron man, iron man 2

I’m really getting tired of saying this. Ok, everyone can breathe easy now, including all those websites that were hyperventilating and saying that Jon Favreau might not return to direct Iron Man 2. According to Deadline Hollywood Daily Favreau has accepted an offer from the studio to helm the Iron Man sequel. It hasn’t been officially announced yet, but as far as I’m concerned this news is golden. I first felt the need to emphasize that Favreau would direct Iron Man 2 a couple of months ago when other sites started gnawing at their own appendages over the possibility that he would not return for the sequel. It was always a foregone conclusion that Favs would return for the sequel, just as Bryan Singer did for X-Men 2 and Sam Raimi did for Spider-Man 2. The suits at Marvel aren’t idiots… Iron Man has brought in over $560 million worldwide so far - and the second movie in a superhero franchise generally earns as much, if not more than the

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