Posted 01.17.12 by Ryan Audiences have yet to see how Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) will fare in Marvel's upcoming adaptation of The Avengers, but the studio is already planning the superhero's next adventure with 2013's Iron Man 3.
For the third installment, writer-director Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) will take over the director's chair from Jon Favreau — who helmed the two previous Iron Man movies — in what has been described as the start of "phase two" of the Marvel cinematic Universe. Downey Jr. has admitted to reading the Iron Man 3 script, written by Black and Drew Pearce (The Runaways), and said it was "the best I've read in five years".
During an interview with Access Hollywood, Don Cheadle, who played Lt. James "Rhodey" Rhodes, a.k.a War Machine, in Iron Man 2, revealed that he too has seen "a version of the script" and said that audiences should expect an even "more action-packed" Iron Man movie.
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