News: Jon Favreau

Very much second fiddle voicing one of the sidekicks in this week’s Open Season, following the success of his turns behind the camera on Elf and Zathura, Favreau is gearing up for his biggest directing gig yet with the forthcoming superhero flick Iron Man, due 2008. Although much can – and probably will – change in two years, the casting of Robert Downey Jr in the lead just last week is a promising start to what could yet prove to be a genuinely interesting choice after the recent glut of uninspired and insipid superhero movies.