Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Iron Man 3: Tony Stark Has PTSD

Marvel Studios honcho Kevin Feige recently spoke with MTV News about Shane Black's Iron Man 3 in which he discussed both Tony Stark's psyche and the various versions of the armor we'll see in the sequel.


The story is based on the popular six-issue mini series "Extremis" by Warren Ellis--The plot involves the spread of a virus through nanobots. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) will battle Ben Kingsley (as the Mandarin) and Guy Pearce's characters. Drew Pearce adapted the story into a script.

"It's almost like Posttraumatic Stress: he has retreated after the events of  The Avengers.into his workshop, where he's building advanced versions of his suits. He has [designed] a version of the suit that can latch onto him in individual pieces ... anytime, anywhere.He starts to realize
[that] he doesn't want to be out of the suit. He's seen a lot of things in 'Avengers' and has encountered a lot of powerful people, much more powerful than he is. Much of the movie is Tony in the middle of the country without his tools and a fairly broken suit to help him. But that's his superpower: his power is his brain. It's fun to put Tony Stark in a corner with nothing and see how he can get out of it."

Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau Rebecca Hall James Badge Dale Ashley Hamilton William Sadler and Chinese star Wang Xueqi co-star.

The film hits May 3rd 2013--Getting an IMAX Release

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