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Robert Downey Jr. To Return As Marvel's Iron Man
Tony Stark’s famous closing line to the very first Iron Man film takes on new life today as Marvel is pleased to announce the signing of Robert Downey, Jr. to reprise the role of the "billionaire, genius, playboy, philanthropist.” Under the two-picture agreement, Downey will star as Tony Stark/Iron Man in "Marvel’s The Avengers 2” and "Marvel’s The Avengers 3.” Downey is represented at CAA by Bryan Lourd, Jim Toth and Matt Leaf and by his attorneys Tom Hansen and Stewart Brookman of the firm Hansen Jacobson.  Downey, Jr.’s last two Marvel films, 2012’s "Marvel’s The Avengers” and this year’s "Iron Man 3,” rank as two of the top five grossing films of all time, collectively earning over $2.7 billion worldwide t ... Read more » |
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After four days, Iron Man 3 was running just 13% behind The Avengers
at the same stage of its UK run, suggesting that the film would finish a
lot closer to the superhero team-up (£51.9m) than to either of the
earlier Iron Man movies. Seven days later, and it's a similar story,
with Iron Man 3
at an impressive £24.6m as of Sunday night, a slim 18% behind Avengers
at the same point of release. If it continues at a similar pace, Iron
Man 3 should end up around £42-43m here. The first Iron Man film maxed
out at £17.4m, while the sequel made it to £21.3m, so the third episode
looks set to double its predecessor.
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