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2 October 2008 4:20 AM, PDT | From MovieBlog.Ugo.com | See recent Ugo MovieBlog news

The Los Angeles Times held a live chat with director Jon Favreau on all things Iron Man.  Rope of Silicon was nice enough to transcribe the proceedings. Some of the highlights include the following quotes from the former Swinger: “Now that Marvel is making its own movies, every movie has to fit into the Marvel universe. The Avengers incorporates not just Iron Man, but Thor, possibly the Hulk and traditionally Captain America as well. As it is, it’s scheduled Thor will come out the same summer as Iron Man 2 and The First Avenger: Captain America will come out a few months before Avengers. All the films have to come together to create a consistent universe. That’s very important to everyone involved.” “Mandarin is still an important figure in the Iron Man universe. We have an interesting take on him that allows us to incorporate the whole pantheon of villains.

1 October 2008 3:40 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

The Los Angeles Times held a live chat with Iron Man director Jon Favreau with regard to the work he has already started on Iron Man 2. The chat was moderated, but fans were able to get questions in as well, here's a look at what he had to say. I cleaned it up a bit from the chat with a few links, spelling fixes and so forth, but didn't change any of what was said. A lot of what was said didn't really need the question repeated either so I stuck to just Favreau's comments when I could. I have listed all the Iron Man and Iron Man 2 related questions first with talk of Swingers and Jon's career following. The chat ended with a series of poll questions asking, "Which villain would you like to see in a future Iron Man film?" The results went as follows: Kang

Brad Brevet

5 September 2008 3:40 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

Nicolas Cage gave legitimately great performances in Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Leaving Las Vegas, Bringing Out The Dead, Red Rock West, Matchstick Men, and Adaptation. His hambone tendencies, meanwhile, have flourished in great bad performances in Con Air, the National Treasure movies, Zandalee, Sonny, and The Wicker Man. Then there are Cage performances that are so giddily, gloriously over the top that they muddy the line separating great from awesomely bad, like Face/Off, Wild At Heart, and Vampire's Kiss. Alas, Cage gives a depressingly awful performance in Bangkok Dangerous, the Pang brothers' Doa remake of their 1999 Thai cult thriller. Burdened with a permanent scowl and dead eyes, Cage never seems to be having any fun. His joylessness proves infectious. The Pangs' wildly melodramatic tale of a deaf assassin who finds love and meaning when he falls for a pretty pharmacist has been pointlessly transformed into the marginally less outlandish...

Nathan Rabin

3 articles from 2008