1. IRON MAN 3
Task 1
SYNOPSIS
Iron Man picks up where The Avengers left off – Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is still the
brash, arrogant but loveable genius Tony Stark, but behind the scenes the events of the
attack on New York City has left him a nervous wreck, paralysed with severe insomnia and
panic attacks. 12 years after humiliating disabled scientist Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) and a
one night stand with the creator of Extremis (a treatment which cures disabilities,
particularly lost limbs), Maya Hansen (Rebecca Hall) looks like it will come back to haunt
him. The USA’s biggest threat, a man known as the Mandarin, is terrorising the world with
his several bomb attacks. One of these explosions leaves his best friend and former
bodyguard, Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau, director of the first 2 Iron Man movies) in a coma.
Tony makes a televised offer of fighting man-to-man with the terrorist, which results in the
mansion he shares with his girlfriend and the CEO of Stark Industries, Pepper Potts
(Gwyneth Paltrow) to be destroyed. Iron Man crash lands in Tennessee where he takes
shelter in the shed of a 10 year old boy named Harley. Being a massive fan of the super hero,
he agrees to let Tony keep his suit there to be charged and to bring back JARVIS (Iron Man’s
Artificial Intelligence system). Together they find out that the Mandarin’s explosions were
not bombs at all, but are the result of Extremis. Killian has rid himself of his disabilities and,
unbeknown to Tony, has teamed up with Maya to recruit soldiers who have lost limbs as his
very own human explosions. He escapes from the clutches of Savin, Killian’s right hand man
and has traced the Mandarin to Miami. Once there though, he discovers that the Mandarin
isn’t what he seems, and is actually an addicted British actor named Trevor Slattery (Sir Ben
Kingsley) who is oblivious to the carnage created by his alter-ego and is only there because of
the drugs and alcohol that Killian supplies him with. Stark is captured by Killian, who reveals
that he has kidnapped Pepper and is in the process of having Extremis take over her. Killian
shoots and kills Maya when she has a change of heart.Killian steals the armour of Tony’s
friend, The Iron Patron (Don Cheadle), in order to attack the US President on Air Force One.
He ends up taking the President to an impounded damaged oil tanker, where the alive
Pepper is, and plans to kill the President on live TV. Iron Patriot saves the President while
Iron Man engages in a one on one battle with Aldrich. During the battle though, a rig
collapses and Pepper falls to her apparent death. With Killian about to deliver the final fatal
blow to Iron Man, revealing his true identity as the Mandarin, Pepper emerges and with her
Extremis powers, finally kills the mad scientist. Trevor Slattery is arrested, alongside the
Vice President after it is revealed he was in on the act in order to cure a disability to a family
member and take on the reins of the Presidency. Tony orders JARVIS to destroy every Iron
Man suit as a sign of devotion to Pepper. After the battle, her Extremis powers are stabilised
and Tony undergoes surgery in order to remove the shrapnel near his heart but hints to the
audience that he will always be Iron Man.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Certificate is 12A which makes it suitable for children over the age of 12. The action aspect to
the film makes it appeal to males between the ages of 12 and 25 - but because Iron Man was
originally a comic which has ran for many years, people who are big fans of the character and
the comic book genre itself will also be attracted to the film.

2. GENRE
Superhero/comic-book/action – as well as elements of comedy.
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2013
DIRECTOR
Shane Black.
Iron Man 3 is his sophomore movie in terms of directing after Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang in
2005 (also starring Robert Downey Jr.) Although only the second film he has directed, he
has experience in the movie business – such as being a screenwriter, a producer and an
actor. He has a history with action oriented films, writing the scripts for the first 2 Lethal
Weapon movies, The Last Action Heroand The Last Boy Scout (which he also produced) – as
well as taking acting credits in Predator and RoboCop 3.
PRODUCER
Kevin Feige.
Kevin Feige is the President of Production at Marvel Studios, meaning he has produced
pretty much all of the Marvel films and franchises, such as X-Men, Spider Man, The
Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Thor and The Avengers.
DISTRIBUTOR
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Marvel Studios is a subsidiary of Disney after the latter bought the company for $4 billion
(£2,641,832,000) back in 2009.
BUDGET
$200 million(£132,065,600)
BOX OFFICE TAKINGS
$1,079,820,220 (£718,347,161)
UK RELEASE DATE
25th April 2013