Iron Man 2

Iron Man 2
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Directed byJon Favreau
Screenplay byJustin Theroux
Based on
Iron Man
by
Produced byKevin Feige
Starring
CinematographyMatthew Libatique
Edited by
Music byJohn Debney
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • April 26, 2010 (2010-04-26) (El Capitan Theatre)
  • May 7, 2010 (2010-05-07) (United States)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$170 million
Box office$623.9 million

Iron Man 2 is a 2010 American superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man. It is the sequel to the 2008 movie Iron Man and the third movie for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

It was directed by Jon Favreau and written by Justin Theroux. It stars Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke. The story is set six months after the events of the original first movie. Tony Stark has revealed his identity as Iron Man. He is resisting calls by the United States government to hand over the technology. Ivan Vanko, meanwhile, has developed the same technology and built weapons of his own.

After the successful release of Iron Man, Marvel Studios announced and immediately set to work on producing a sequel. In July of that same year, Theroux was hired to write the script. Favreau was signed to return and direct. Downey and Paltrow were to repeat their roles from Iron Man. Cheadle was brought in to replace Terrence Howard in the role of James Rhodes. In early 2009, Rourke, Rockwell and Johansson completed the supporting cast. The movie went into production that summer. Like its predecessor, the movie was shot mostly in California, except for a key sequence in Monaco.

It is followed by the sequel, Iron Man 3 in 2013.

Notes

  1. ↑ In July 2013, the film's distribution rights were transferred from Paramount Pictures to Walt Disney Studios.

References

  1. ↑ Tadena, Nathalie. "Disney Acquires Distribution Rights to Four Marvel Films From Paramount". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Finke, Nikki (July 2, 2013). "Disney Completes Purchase of Marvel Home Entertainment Distribution Rights". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ Palmeri, Christopher (July 2, 2013). "Disney Buys Rights to Four Marvel Movies From Viacom's Paramount". Bloomberg. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Iron Man 2". British Board of Film Classification. April 20, 2010. Archived from the original on May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  5. ↑ Fritz, Ben (May 6, 2010). "Movie Projector: 'Iron Man 2' has 'The Dark Knight' in its sights". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 30, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2010. The movie cost about $170 million to produce, and worldwide print and advertising costs are roughly $150 million, per insiders.
  6. 1 2 "Iron Man 2". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2010.

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