Comments on: Updated: Jon Favreau May Not Direct Iron Man 2

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:51:45 +0000

From what I’ve seen, Robert Downey Jr. is pretty loyal to Favreau. Depending on how loyal he is, there’s ALWAYS a way out of a contract.

The really messed up part is that according to Favreau, the agreement was that he’d be paid a pretty small amount for the first movie with the understanding that there would be a significant bump in pay if the first one was a success. I’d say $537 million internationally is at least a minor success.

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:08:13 +0000

I don’t know how these things work but would RDJ have the option to back out? I thought that a movie with franchise possibilities always had the actors contractually bound to sequels.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:31:00 +0000

I’m willing to bet that RDJ won’t do the movie if Favreau doesn’t do it.

I really just hope that’s the case, I don’t want to see “Iron Man 2, A Film By Brett Ratner”.