IGN FilmForce has apparently discovered who the villain will be in New Line Cinema's "Iron Man" movie which is now on the fast-track after David Hayter's recent rewrite of the script. The studio is sending the script out to directors who can get production underway sometime in early 2005.
The villain The Mandarin, who is the Armored Avenger's arch-enemy in the Marvel comic was in earlier drafts of the screenplay. Instead, the nemesis in the film will be Howard Stark, the military industrialist father of title character Tony Stark.
Tony's origin will be "completely different" in the movie than the Vietnam War-era one of the comics. Miles Millar advised Wizard Magazine months ago that Tony is "not really in touch with where his money comes from, unaware that his wealth lies from weapons, and that history comes back to haunt him. ... It's a great arc for a character to begin with, this selfish reckless playboy, that in the end becomes a hero"
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