Thanks to Jon Favreau’s twitter, we have been constantly informed, perhaps excessively, about every little happening with the production of “Iron Man 2.” From images of his director’s seat to set direction signs, Favreau has really tested fans’ patience with mundane information (though less discerning folks are just eating it up, frankly). With filming beginning yesterday, set pictures of Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle have taken no time at all to leak beating Favreau to the punch for what fans would have been waiting for.
Tony Stark himself recently talked about the story of the sequel and revealed that, contrary to pre-conceptions, Iron Man’s alcoholic problems would not feature in the film. “We’re going for the interim space [between Iron Man’s origin and alcoholism plot line] which is more a look behind the mask of someone who says he’s Iron Man and what it really is to become a superhero,” Downey explained. He has also previously promised “twice as much as action as [they] did last time” which was one of the criticisms of the first film which only something a total dork would complain about considering just how entertaining it was.
First day shooting has also revealed that Garry Shandling (TV’s “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show”) has been cast in the film. He was spotted filming a scene on set. “Iron Man 2” has tentatively release date of May 7th, 2010.