Director Jon Favreau turns into a total fanboy whenever he talks about directing the summer's first big release - Iron Man. In addition to making sure the film satisfied true Iron Man fans, Favreau had to make it simple enough for even those who've never picked up an Iron Man comic to follow. He also had to watch the rating, as the studio wasn't eager for an R-rated Iron Man."You want to be entertaining for everybody," explained Favreau. "You want it to be appropriate for kids but not geared towards kids, and I think PG-13 is that good balance where you can have violence, you can have real life and death stakes, but yet it’s something I’d be comfortable bringing a 13 year old kid to. It’s tough. These type of movies you want to be good for the whole audience, for everybody, and if you skew too young you sometimes disappoint adults. And if you make it too dark and too violent or too much explicit language or sexuality to it, there are a lot of kids out there who want see this. I have a six year old who’s dying to see the movie. I don’t want anything in there that’s going to make me – as a responsible parent I’m comfortable that he’s going to be seeing something that’s not going to freak him out too much.” Read On...
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Box Office Report - April 25-27
Universal Pictures took a big chance by opening two comedies on back-to-back weekends, but competing with Forgetting Sarah Marshall didn't hurt Baby Mama one bit. The Tina Fey-Amy Poehler comedy topped the box office charts and, according to Variety, handed Universal Pictures its first top place finish of the year. However there's no way Baby Mama will hang on to first place for more than one weekend. Iron Man kicks off the start of the summer movie season on May 2nd, with Speed Racer and What Happens in Vegas hitting theaters the following weekend.Top 10 Films for the Weekend Ending 04/27/08
1) Baby Mama - $17,407,110
2) Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay - $14,908,404
3) The Forbidden Kingdom - $11,212,364
4) Forgetting Sarah Marshall - $11,028,060
5) Nim's Island - $4,548,792
6) Prom Night - $4,508,122
7) 21 - $4,018,064
8) 88 Minutes - $3,593,890
9) Horton Hears a Who! - $2,486,903
10) Deception - $2,312,146
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