Both Tom Cruise AND Quentin Tarantino were attached the project
Out of their entire catalogue, Marvel decided to make Iron Man first as it was the only one never depicted in live-action, but if the movie failed, then Marvel would forever lose the movie rights to some of its biggest characters. Once development properly began, Marvel then couldn't land a screenwriter to work on the project due to it being a risky in-house production, and a poll revealed that the majority of public thought that Iron Man was actually a robot.
Director Jon Favreau - who, at the time, was best known for helming family comedies Elf and Zathura - was hired after working with producer Avi Arad on the Daredevil movie, who envisioned his Iron Man to be a megamix of James Bond, Tom Clancy and RoboCop. Favreau initially offered the role to Sam Rockwell , but changed his mind after watching Robert Downey, Jr.'s audition tape... and the rest is history.
On a budget of $140 million, Iron Man made over $585 million at the global box office, scored 94% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and was even nominated for two Academy Awards. We got two direct sequels, and as of May 2023's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, the MCU now consists ofAdvertisement
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