Interesting …. Robert Downey Jr. picked to play Iron Man , not a bad choice for an actor to play Tony Stark.  Of Course, for the movie role, Robert Downey Jr will need to have a mustashe as Tony Stark is always drawn with one.  I will definaely go see the movie when it comes out ….I liked reading Iron Man comics in the old days (there days I don’t read many comics).

"Marvel Entertainment will finance the entire project - the first time they’ve done that. 

Downey reportedly fought hard to get the role, getting physically in shape and growing a goatee in the style of the title character Tony Stark (Iron Man).

Kevin Feige, Marvel’s president of production, commented: "In every casting announcement we’ve done, people in their mind’s eye have their own view of it and let us know about it. We’re used to it, the point is, we looked at everybody, and we found the best person for the role. It’s as confident a casting move as we’ve ever done. The proof will be in the pudding, but he is Tony Stark."

Marvel is going to sink $100 million into the film, a little risky for a first-time outing. Jon Favreau has been picked to direct the film while it will be produced by Feige and Avi Arad."

I don’t think it’s that risky…Movies about Comic Book Heros have made at least 100 million -so at worse, Marvel will break even.   It’s not a risk - they will probably do something really fantastic for their first movie, as a movie studio.

BTW, is there any Buzz around IRON MAN, or Robert Downey Jr?  Let’s see.

Looks like a lot of BUZZ for Robert Downey Jr and IRON MAN and it started on September 25th.