Looks like
Robert Downey Jr. may be getting a familiar face to work with even with
Jon Favreau's departure as director of the
Iron Man franchise, as
Marvel is now in talks with director
Shane Black to helm the next installment of the armored avenger's adventures in film!
The Hollywood Reporter and several other movies sites like
Screen Rant report that Black, who directed RDJ in his post-rehad comeback film
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, is in negotiations to direct Iron Man 3, and he may also be attached to the project in a writing capacity as well. If this ends up being true, then not only is it reuniting Downey Jr. with Black, but it may also add a new layer of action that's much needed in the franchise. Shane worked on all four
Lethal Weapon films, and it's action comedy punch may be what ol' shellhead's next film needs after the lukewarm reception everyone got from
Iron Man 2 (not that it was a bad film, but it lost the charm the first film possessed and had too much emphasis on leading on to
The Avengers rather than being a stand alone film). Since things haven't been confirmed yet, let's hope Shane Black wins the director's chair for
Iron Man 3. For more info, visit the source posts at
THR and
Screen Rant.
Iron Man 3 comes bursting out to theaters on May 3, 2012.
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