Shane Black Reviews, Interviews & More

So, even though it's May, the summer season has begun in Hollywood this weekend with the release of Iron Man 3. This is the third year in a row that Marvel has led the summer season. They started with Thor two years ago, and then The Avengers last year. Thor did okay, The...

Writer/director Shane Black was once the most highly paid writer in Hollywood, selling spec-scripts for millions. His last film, 2005's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, was considered an art film throwback that casted a then still rebounding Robert Downey Jr. as the lead. Eight years later, he's written and directed Iron Man 3, and it should return him back to the top of...

Returning after the event of The Avengers, Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark has a solo adventure in Iron Man 3, which proves to be the best of the franchise, and one of the best Marvel movies yet. If it works, it's partly because writer/director Shane Black understands the genre and good filmmaking, giving fun scenes and great stakes to this...

Wow, we're almost three weeks away from the launch of the summer season, which means in twenty four days, Iron Man 3 will be released. Coming after the wildly successful The Avengers, and the wildly unsuccessful Iron Man 2 (at least dramatically, money-wise, it was a huge hit), it's one of our most anticipated films...

Sure, Iron Man 3 has been inundating us with lots of new TV spots and clips, but it's about to kick off the summer season in less than a month, and we're pumped with every new look at the film. The latest clip focuses on The Mandarin, played by Ben Kingsley, as he's about to show the world what a terrible person he can be.

Iron Man 3’s new, full trailer (courtesy of Yahoo! Movies) doesn’t exactly add much to what we’ve already seen from previous clips, teasers, commercials, and trailers—Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) appears to be suffering from some sort of posttraumatic stress following the climactic events that took place in New York at the end of The Avengers, the Iron Patriot is...

So far, in the Iron Man 3 poster department, we’ve had Tony Stark doing his upside down Steve Perry-from-Journey impression, a heavily-photoshopped Don Cheadle, and we’ve had Guy Pearce basically staring at some stuff.  Not exactly the most compelling one-sheets, to be sure.  But now we have this—Sir Ben Kingsley as the film’s villain, Mandarin.

While the Iron Man 3 extended Super Bowl teaser wasn’t really that extended (basically a goofy bit with Robert Downey Jr. mocking super-serious comic book films) we did get a look at a fairly exciting action sequence in which Iron Man attempts to save a crashing Air Force One.  Oh, yeah, and Iron Patriot shows up.  Check it out.

Despite reports to the contrary, the first trailer for the upcoming Iron Man 3 pitched the film as a dark and heavy film, far removed from the glib tone of the great first film and the absolutely not-great second film.  With a new director (Shane Black) and villain (Ben Kingsley's Mandarin), the film seems poised to right the course of the franchise,...

If there was one thing to take away from the heavy Iron Man 3 trailer that premiered in late October (aside from the fact that Ben Kingsley is the new Michael Caine—man, he’ll star in anything), it’s that the film appears to feature a massive tonal shift from the light, popcorn-flick oriented style of the breezy first two films.  Tony...

As the first follow-up film to the spectacularly successful The Avengers, Iron Man 3 is certainly one of the most anticipated films of 2013.  Not only that, but it’s a film charged with righting the Iron Man film franchise, which began well with the original and then went wildly off course with Iron Man 2.  The film will...

WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW It’s been one spoiler leak after another for Iron Man 3 this summer: First there was the news of the Iron Patriot, the leaking of four Iron Man megavillains (including Iron Man arch-villain The Mandarin), an army of 47 Iron Men, the destruction of Tony Stark’s home, and the revelation that The Mandarin was responsible for Tony...

We’re warning you now: Some of what you read below could be considered spoilers for Iron Man 3, so read on at your own risk. Got it? Good. Although you may have guessed from the title, those of you who are super psyched about Guy Pearce’s role in the film might be a little disappointed; the actor has described it as “cameo stuff”.

One of the most anticipated films to attend Comic-Con 2012 is Iron Man 3. Following the success of The Avengers, Marvel's ready to jump start the next phase of their superhero series. The film's cast and crew including Robert Downey, Jr., director Shane Black and Marvel Chief Kevin...

Since exploding onto the screen in 2008, Marvel's Iron Man has imbedded himself into the pop culture. In addition to headlining two Hollywood blockbusters, the character made a scene stealing cameo appearance in 2008's The Incredible Hulk and will be featured prominently in The Avengers, which hits theaters Friday....

In 1987 Shane Black wrote Lethal Weapon and became the big go-to screenwriter for blockbusters. By 2005, Shane Black wrote and directed Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and had been gone so long from the mainstream that he became an underdog and borderline indie filmmaker. When he was hired to direct Iron Man 3, there was an...

In February it was announced that Shane Black would pick up where Jon Favreau left off in Marvel's live action Iron Man franchise. Black knows a thing or two about the action genre, and he's worked with Robert Downey Jr. in the past, so there was little to no concern regarding his ability to fit in with the established crew. Although he's talented, Black's area of expertise isn't...

A week ago we heard that screenwriter-turned-director Shane Black was a candidate to replace Jon Favreau as the director of Iron Man 3. Now according to Deadline, Black has been offered the job and he's currently in negotiations to direct the third film in the Marvel franchise.

Are you still in denial over Jon Favreau not directing Iron Man 3? If so, you should really let it go because Paramount and Marvel are moving ahead with their decision to find another helmer for the sequel. According to THR, the studio is courting Shane Black to not only direct but write the screenplay for the film. How do you feel about that?

Just the other day I was wondering what ever happened to all the pulp heroes from back in the day, then news about one of the more popular characters from the era flashed across my screen. According to Variety, a live action feature film will be produced centering on pulp favorite, Doc Savage and Shane Black will direct.