{"id":11833,"date":"2011-02-10T07:28:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T12:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=11833"},"modified":"2021-02-05T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T21:40:10","slug":"shane-black-in-contention-to-writedirect-iron-man-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/10\/shane-black-in-contention-to-writedirect-iron-man-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Black In Contention To Write\/Direct IRON MAN 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ShaneBlack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11839\" title=\"ShaneBlack\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ShaneBlack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a>With the talent side of their upcoming <strong>Avengers<\/strong> film pretty much locked down, Marvel Studios is now turning their attention to finding a replacement for the departed Jon Favreau to direct their next <strong>Iron Man<\/strong> film. Studio execs have been meeting with several possible candidates, and it is emerging that writer\/director Shane Black is one of those who have taken one of those meetings.<\/p>\n<p>If Black were to be offered the job, it is assumed that he would write a draft of the screenplay as well as direct.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel already has the film booked for a May 3, 2013 release, so if Black gets the gig, he will probably have to juggle his Iron Man 3 duties with the adaptation of the manga <em>Death Note<\/em> and the screenplay adapting the classic pulp hero <em>Doc Savage<\/em> that he is already working on.<\/p>\n<p>Black is certainly a good choice. His career making screenplay for <strong>Lethal Weapon<\/strong> pretty much defined the formula for action films for over a decade and it&#8217;s use of comic relief still echoes in the <strong>Iron Man<\/strong> franchise. Black has worked with <strong>Iron Man<\/strong> star Robert Downey Jr. before as well, on 2005&#8217;s <strong>Kiss Kiss Bang Bang<\/strong> and Downey reportedly enjoyed the collaboration so much that the actor consulted the writer\/director for some tips on how to play Tony Stark before he began shooting the first <strong>Iron Man<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140501140316\/http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/blogs\/heat-vision\/shane-black-contention-write-direct-97854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">With the talent side of their upcoming Avengers film pretty much locked down, Marvel Studios is now turning their attention to finding a replacement for the departed Jon Favreau to direct their next Iron Man <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/10\/shane-black-in-contention-to-writedirect-iron-man-3\/\" title=\"Shane Black In Contention To Write\/Direct IRON MAN 3\">[click for more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[3332,357,3489],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-comicsandfilm","7":"tag-iron-man-3","8":"tag-robert-downey-jr","9":"tag-shane-balck"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11833"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=11833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}