Nick Cassavetes to direct "IRON MAN"

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nick Cassavetes has signed to direct New Line’s Iron Man feature film. The film will be Cassavetes’ first big-budget action take, as his previous films include mid-budget films such as John Q, She’s So Lovely,, and The Notebook.

As previously announced, the film will be written by David Hayter, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and, according to the trade, will “reflect modern technological, political, and societal trends,” suggesting that the film may have more in common with the portrayal of the character as seen in Ultimates and the newly relaunched Iron Man series, which have moved Tony Stark's origin story forward in time, no longer tying it to the Vietnam War.

Cassavetes will polish the screenplay.

Facing critics perhaps before they can comment, Marvel Studios Avi Arad pointed out that he doesn’t see the director as an odd choice. "Do you remember what Bryan Singer did before X-Men?" Arad asked the Reporter. Singer directed the character-based Apt Pupil before the hit super-hero film and its sequel.

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Does Iron Man wear underwear ?

Is he naked under there?

George and Jerry must know!!!

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I really like what Cassavetes could do with this story.