Marvel Studios must be glad that Iron Man has so far been a resounding success ($200m worldwide and counting), as it's given them the perfect excuse to announce a raft of new superhero movies for the next couple of years.
First among them is the inevitable Iron Man 2, which already has a release date - 30 April, 2010, since you ask. They've also got a Thor film due in '10; Captain America and The Avengers in '11; plus something called Ant-Man directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz).
Since it's now in control of their own universe, the studio is able to play little in-jokes, like having Robert Downey Jnr's Tony Stark turn up in The Incredible Hulk. After the jump, the new trailers for Indy IV and The Dark Knight...
The new Indiana Jones trailer is on before Iron Man in cinemas, and the quality of the film remains terrifyingly uncertain.
The Dark Knight, on the other hand, still looks like the summer's sure thing. You might have to watch this trailer with the lights out, as it's very dark indeed.
i loved this movie, no surprises that it made over 200 million!
Posted by: conch | Wednesday, 07 May 2008 at 10:46 AM
Iron Man is one of the best superhero movies to come out in a long time (perhaps ever, really). Great movie, and I'll anxiously be awaiting the sequel!
Posted by: Krystal | Wednesday, 07 May 2008 at 12:13 PM
Awesome. The most impossible comes to life in big pictures.
Posted by: Paul | Wednesday, 07 May 2008 at 02:32 PM
yeah no surprise there will be a sequel
i mean just look at the quality of the movie
definitely top of the line
one of the best in many years
and Robert Downey Jr. ... incredible actor
and plus...incredibly sexy :P
Posted by: Andy Benavides | Wednesday, 07 May 2008 at 06:36 PM
Ant Man? Ohmigod! That's my favourite!
Posted by: The Gutter Sniper | Wednesday, 07 May 2008 at 08:34 PM
Last night after I saw the excellent Iron Man, where they hinted at the Avengers, I scoffed "The Avengers, what's next, Thor?!?"
I would have never imagined it, but there you go. When Stan Lee finally got his own movie studio, he imagined that it meant even his most terrible creations were genius.
Sigh.
Posted by: Adam | Wednesday, 07 May 2008 at 11:17 PM
Yeah!!! can't wait for iron man 2 and captain america. i thought captain america came out in 09. but i guess not. thor not really.
Posted by: Jake | Wednesday, 07 May 2008 at 11:56 PM
it was a great movie. captain america? no. just no.
Posted by: braden | Thursday, 08 May 2008 at 01:01 AM
thor was one of those characters marvel could of did without but i hope it all leads up to the marvel civil war series when captain america and iron man go at it....
Posted by: ryan | Thursday, 08 May 2008 at 06:46 AM
I felt like an 8yr old again!! Which means it did its job... It's my favourite superhero movie of all time!! Im looking forward to Iron Man 2
Posted by: (((d-_-b))) ProState | Thursday, 08 May 2008 at 12:52 PM
Yes! Go Iron Man 2! This movie is the best thing I've seen all year!
Posted by: Andrew Miller | Thursday, 08 May 2008 at 02:46 PM
At the end it has a coda so there is gonna b another one
Posted by: Lach | Friday, 09 May 2008 at 11:04 AM
just watched it tonight, it was awesome. ofcourse by the looks of it, you can tell there will be a sequel
Posted by: brinard | Saturday, 10 May 2008 at 04:02 AM
Robert Downey Jr. delivered the best performance in a superhero movie ever. If you took the Iron Man sequences out the movie still would have been great. I want to be Tony Stark when I grow up. Nobody ever says that about Mr. Kent, Mr. Wayne, Mr. Parker, or Dr. Banner!!!
Posted by: Sam Thomas | Saturday, 10 May 2008 at 08:00 PM
Yeah, just saw Iron Man for a second time and will likely go again. Would have liked even more action, but Downey Jr. held the movie together with an awesome performance. After all the stuff that he's done and has been through, it's great to see that he has hopefully pulled it together. I love the superhero movies, the more the merrier for me.
Posted by: JDog | Saturday, 10 May 2008 at 08:35 PM
Yeah, go Samuel L. Jackson! He rules!
Posted by: gosh | Sunday, 11 May 2008 at 03:01 PM
really great superhero movie. honest to God.
and robert downey jr. is the likeable badass that's sexy as hell.
Posted by: asdf | Monday, 12 May 2008 at 12:56 AM
I love this movie, cant wait till the 2nd one.
Is it just me, or is there a Samuel L Jackson cameo in every popular movie? Haha
Posted by: Iron Man costume | Thursday, 29 May 2008 at 08:09 PM
Im stumped.Are they going to combine IronMan 2 and hulk 3? At the end of Hulk 2 they show the guy who plays iron man talking to the gen about a squad to take down the hulk or somthing. What was that all about???
Posted by: Airsoft Guy | Saturday, 21 June 2008 at 04:12 AM
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Posted by: pete-S | Monday, 23 June 2008 at 02:02 AM
hey dumb guy the reason tony stark appeared in hulk 2 was a hint to the avengers movie which should kick ass!!!!! and samuel l jackson is nick fury which is another movie coming out nick fury the guy that just will not die lol but as most comic book fans know nick fury was a kick ass soldier thats about it oh and of course the fact he could not die lol as for ironman 2 i cant wait ironman is like the king of super heroes but just a wonder do you guys and girls reckon hes buddy will wear a suit too u know the mixed race guy from hustle and flow he did say another time baby to the silver suit in the movie? sorry was bugging me lol
Posted by: tattoo man uk | Sunday, 06 July 2008 at 05:47 AM