Marvel Taps Its ‘Runaways’ Scribe Drew Pearce To Write ‘Iron Man 3′ Script

COMMENTS (19)

• WHY ISN’T SHANE BLACK WRITING IT?!

  Comment by Um — Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 4:49pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I don’t give a d… Whoever is writting this thing: the Mandarin has to be the Villain!!!

  Comment by Rob — Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 4:54pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Seriously, I hope Shane is at least co-writing.

  And not to sound like an internet snarkdouche, but “No Heroics” was pretty lame.

  Comment by Back in Black — Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 5:15pm PDT  Reply to this post

• This doesn’t really excite me.One of my concerns with the other movies was that it had too much comedy and not enough science fiction and action.

  I thought this would be remedied by hiring Shane Black who has a history of striking the right right balance between action and comedy.Black even confirmed 3 weeks ago he was writing the script.

  Now this guy, who has only written British sitcoms is the new writer?What?And from what I’ve seen, most of his work isn’t very good.How did he get this job?

  Comment by cindercity — Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 5:38pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Drew who? Clearly Marvel is not planning on spending a whole lotta money/talent on this second sequel. Just like the Iron Man II this one will be mediocre, predictable and will do decent business. Just don’t expect anything epic.

  Next!

  Comment by Alex — Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 6:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

• C’mon was Shane really hired for his directing experience? Not hating on his directing by the way. Loved “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.” I just figured why not have him at least co-write it.

  Comment by Riggs — Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 7:31pm PDT  Reply to this post

• This sucks. Should be Jon Favreau directing. His take on the Iron Man franchise has been wonderful.

  Comment by WinstonMan78 — Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 7:32pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Except for that 2nd movie.

    Let’s start 10 interesting plot threads, and not properly focus on any of them.

    But at least there’s explosions!

    Comment by Flo Mo — Friday April 1, 2011 @ 12:26am PDT  Reply to this post

• Why isn’t BKV writng the movie based on his comic book? The guy is super talented.

  Comment by Flo Mo — Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 10:55pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • I thought the same but apparently his draft was bad. Ideally Runaways should directed by Joss Whedon & scripted by BKV.

    As for Drew Pearce – No Heroics was pretty poor. I hope Black has massive input.

    Comment by DVS — Friday April 1, 2011 @ 5:06am PDT  Reply to this post

• ‘No Heroics’ is funny stuff. I hope Pearce can add some humor into Iron Man 3 plus I like Shane Black’s ‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’. Here’s hoping this is going to be a sleeper hit.

  Comment by Nobby — Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 11:33pm PDT  Reply to this post

• It would be good if in the next one they include Bethany Cabe, Force, Rumiko Fujikawa, Guardsman, Maria Hill and Iron Man 2020.

  I look forward to seeing the following villains in future sequels:
  Arsenal, Beetle (Abner Jenkins), Blizzard (Donnie Gill), Cobalt Man, Controller, Dreadknight, Edwin Cord, Ezekiel Stane, Fin Fang Foom, Firebrand, Firepower, Ghost, Grey Gargoyle, Hypnotia, Justine Hammer, Iron Patriot, Kearson DeWitt, Killer Shrike, Living Laser, Madame Masque, Mandarin, Mauler, Melter, MODOK, Morgan Stark/Gregory Stark, Raiders, Spymaster, Sunset Bain, Sunturion, Temugin, Titanium Man, Unicorn, Ultimo, Wong-Chu.

  Comment by Lydia Roberts — Friday April 1, 2011 @ 6:40am PDT  Reply to this post

• Anything will be better than that charmless piece of crap, IM2. What a let down from the brilliant debut.

  Comment by internet troll douche — Friday April 1, 2011 @ 8:44am PDT  Reply to this post

• Drew Pearce is absolutely brilliant, a British national treasure with an avid cult following — and I’m amazed, and impressed, that Marvel found him and accurately tapped him for this. All doubters and American couch potato commenters will be blown away. Good for Marvel, good for Drew, and a stunningly smart creative move. I’m psyched.

  Comment by RobS — Friday April 1, 2011 @ 9:23am PDT  Reply to this post

• I love it when you are backing into a release date without a script – I’m sure this will be top notch entertainment. When will studios realize that without a good product, the franchise will inevitably die. Good luck Drew.

  Comment by jayson — Friday April 1, 2011 @ 10:53am PDT  Reply to this post

• No disrespect cause I’m not familiar with Pearce’s work but the deuce I just dropped in the bathroom could write a better script than Iron Man 2.

  Comment by Steve — Friday April 1, 2011 @ 9:33pm PDT  Reply to this post

• From what I have heard and understand Marvel is extremely, extremely tight-fisted and had already paid Pearce for a draft he has yet to write before they even hired Black. Now apparently they want that draft. This has nothing to do with Black who will have a free hand in both writing, re-writing and directing.

  Comment by Hollywood Insider — Saturday April 2, 2011 @ 2:00am PDT  Reply to this post

• Okay fanscape: QUIT FREAKING OUT!!
  Here’s one way, a major way, Hollywood works:

  SHANE BLACK, as the director chosen, will follow his vision.
  Because he comes from a writing background…he will work with this writer until this script is solid.
  Black will have final say on the set; maybe not in the editing room.

  This is a good starting point…so quit freakiung out!!!

  Comment by mark georgeff — Saturday April 2, 2011 @ 11:20am PDT  Reply to this post

• Damn. I had hoped they were just going to use the Lethal Weapon script and replace Riggs with Stark and Murtough with Rhodey. Oh Well.

  Maybe now that they have Pearce involved they’ll finally address the fact Tony’s a drunk. C’mon, Marvel, give me Demon in a Bottle while you still have Jr. on the payroll.

  Comment by Anon — Sunday April 3, 2011 @ 12:48pm PDT  Reply to this post