Jon Favreau Hopes Iron Man 3 Opens Worlds with 'The Mandarin'

Jon Favreau Hopes Iron Man 3 Opens Worlds with 'The Mandarin'

The Iron Man franchise director further discusses the third installment, now centered on expanding Tony Stark's real world to the dimensioned Marvel Universe. Check it out!

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By DCMarvelFreshman - Dec 08, 2010 01:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man
Source: MTV News



Sitting down with MTV's Rick Marshall once more, director Jon Favreau shares more opinions on the forthcoming Iron Man 3 movie. He now discusses expanding the "real world" aspect of the franchise, to the real Marvel Universe filled with other worlds and dimensions. With Favreau also revealing that he only has hope for The Mandarin villainzing this time around, watch the interview below.



"If you remember, 'Iron Man' was a very normal world. It was based in our real world, with a few little things exaggerated," Favreau told MTV News. "The technology was exaggerated slightly, but really it didn't feel like you were stepping into a superhero world. It didn't feel like you were stepping into the Marvel Universe."

"By the time 'Iron Man 3' happens, you will have had three other superheroes revealing themselves at least, in addition to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Black Widow and whoever they have in 'Avengers,'" he explained. "So now you're going into a world where you open up the paper and you're reading about villains and heroes and a lot of people with different types of powers. Everything was tech-based in 'Iron Man,' but the world is opening up very much."

"There's a balance that has to be struck, but there's a tremendous opportunity for humor, and character, and with Joss they got somebody who really understands the underlying material and has proven that he's good and clever with his interpersonal communication," said Favreau. "So I look forward to all of that."

"I'm involved with 'Avengers,' so as I'm working on ['Cowboys & Aliens'], I'm supportive and more than available for them as little or as much as they want me to be," he added.

So does this changing universe and the introduction of magical elements in films like "Thor" mean we're any closer to seeing The Mandarin's diabolical blend of sorcery and science?

"I hope so," said Favreau. "Because all my stuff was tech-based, and now you have other worlds and inter-dimensions and this sense of history — which I think is quite cool — that we started with the Stark Expo."
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