“I owe sort of a debt to [Jon] Favreau I have to carry on what he started without violating it — at the same time bringing sort of my own enhancement if I can,” said Black. Since Iron Man is also part of the larger Marvel Comics cinematic universe, the scope of the events in the 2012 blockbuster superhero team-up The Avengers also influenced the way the new director approached the newest adventure of Tony Stark. “We had kind of a conundrum in that The Avengers opens up this huge skyhole full of inter-dimensional aliens, and you kind of look back and [think], ‘Well, what do you do after that?’ Except go back to a sort of more gritty, intense kind of techno-thriller root.”
New Iron Man 3 Director Promises 'Gritty, Intense Techno-Thriller'
Shane Black is ready to take over the latest Iron Man film and take a more “mythic” look at Tony Stark.
