Marvel & Jon Favreau Won't Be Exchanging Christmas Cards
Fri, August 6, 2010 
This is serious, people! They've blocked each other from Twitter and stopped being Facebook friends!
In a very good post over at Cinema Blend, they paint a grim picture of the working relationship between Marvel and director Jon Favreau (whose Iron Man single-handedly started the studio's boom). The results of which involve the two never working together again.
Favs seemed like the most logical choice to bring Earth's Mightiest Heroes together and by all accounts very much wanted the job. But after those intense negotiations to helm the fast-tracked Shellhead sequel, Marvel threw up their hands and metaphorically said, "If this dude thinks he’s doing The Avengers after this shit, fuck him!" Hence the drastically-cheaper (yet 100% Grade-A Fanboy-approved) Joss Whedon was hired instead.
The House of Ideas is also said to be responsible for the "subtle" Avengers references in Iron Man 2. You know like stopping the movie cold just to slap Captain America's shield onscreen. I know this sounds more blame-gamey, but I can't imagine anyone thinking Favs and his stock-company cooked up those ideas. Even Shellhead himself Robert Downey Jr. appears to be exiting the Marvel branch after this contractual commitments are made with The Avengers and a third solo Iron Man.
Funny how the tides turn like the snap of a finger. Fanboys were nerdgasming at the prospects of Marvel developing one big cinematic universe ever since that Nick Fury cameo at the end of Iron Man. Those same fans are getting increasingly iffy given the final product in Iron Man 2 and God knows how Thor and Captain America will turn out.
Reader Comments (3)
I've always been iffy on what Marvel's been doing, mainly because it seems like they're rushing to get this Marvel universe together rather than making each solo outing the best films they can be. Iron Man was a great way to start, and The Incredible Hulk was decent, but with Iron Man 2 & all the The Avengers/Captain America/Thor references it's becoming clear that Marvel is willing to compromise the quality of each solo film just so they can get to The Avengers.
I was afraid of that Avenger's s**t ruining things.
it sucks that that has happened between them. Hopefully things are not to crazy and could be ironed out. But it sucks when these things happen.