Iron Man (2008)
Iron Man is the first film in the long-running Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark, who becomes Iron Man after he is kidnapped and discovers terrorists are using weapons developed by Stark Industries. Gwyneth Paltrow stars as Tony's love interest Pepper Potts alongside Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan and Jeff Bridges as the villainous Obadiah Stane.
Iron Man
- Director
- Jon Favreau
- Release Date
- May 2, 2008
- Studio(s)
- Marvel Studios
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Cast
- Robert Downey Jr. , Jeff Bridges , Gwyneth Paltrow , Terrence Howard , Leslie Bibb , Shaun Toub , Clark Gregg , Paul Bettany
- Writers
- Matt Holloway , Art Marcum , Hawk Ostby , Mark Fergus
- Runtime
- 126 minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Marvel Cinematic Universe , Iron Man
- Sequel(s)
- Iron Man 2 , Iron Man 3
- Budget
- $140 million
- Main Genre
- Superhero
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