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Iron Man, the superhero you never really cared for as a kid is coming to theaters.

Release Date: 2 May 2008 : Update Sept 10th 2007 – IronMan Trailer now online!

I’ll just do my own research on this one. The movie is an introduction to the Iron Man character. For those of you that don’t know, Iron Man is really Tony Stark, an engineering genius captured by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War.

He secretly made himself a super-powered suit of armor broke free from the camp he was detained in…. and blowing up everthing he could on the way out.

The movie focuses more on his return to the States, where he runs Stark Industries. He’s a wealthy playboy, and crime fighter.. as most superhero’s usually are. Curiously, it appears Holloywood is changing the angle a tad on his transformation to Iron Man. “When Tony Stark is forced to create a life support suit to keep him alive after an accident he decides to use the technology in his suit to fight crime.” I suspect the target audience doesn’t really have any memory, or inclination, to know the Vietnam War involvement with Iron Man… so they apparently are leaving this out entirely.

Starring : Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, and Terrence Howard. Samuel L. Jackson , Hilary Swank.

Although I cannot stant Robert Downey Jr, the show has more than enough talent to overlook this one aspect. I can’t wait.

Images : Gallery Below, Clicking on any image goes to my Iron Man image gallery.