Keeping Your Iron Man Clean

Cinema Blend reports that Shane Black is actually ‘co-writing’ Iron Man 3 with Drew Pearce and the majority of Iron Man 3's storyline has been concocted by Black.

Pearce (No Heroics) was hired at the beginning of April and the site suggests one potential reason that Pearce has been brought in is that the suits "may be worried about Shane’s history of R-rated movies and that Pearce has been brought in to make sure he keeps it family-friendly".

Black wrote hard edged scripts for Lethal Weapon, The Monster Squad, and The Last Boy Scout. He also has worked with star Robert Downey Jr. on  Kiss Kiss Bang Bang a few years ago.