What you may need to know:
1. Iron Man rocked. Iron Man 2 was rubbish. This one’s directed by Shane Black, who directed Downey in the sublime Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005). We can’t believe he didn’t give Val Kilmer a holler.
2. It’s easy to forget that pre-Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr was a washed-up ex-junkie who’d blown his chances at stardom and was considered an un-insurable liability to put Charlie Sheen to shame.
3. Ben Kingsley plays The Mandarin. In the comics, he’s Asian. Marvel don’t want to piss off the Chinese, so here he’s, well, Ben Kingsley.
4. We do love Guy Pearce. He was the best thing in Lawless (2012). What was he doing in Prometheus (2012) Â again?
5. Truth be told, this looks kind of deadly. But we hear Man Of Steel (2013) is the superhero flick to beat this summer.
Release Date: April
