'Iron Man' Premieres For A-List Comic Book Geeks, As Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau Hint At Avengers Follow-Up
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Samuel Jackson: Tony Stark is a man who parties hard, surrounds himself with gorgeous people and knows how to keep a secret. It's no surprise, then, that Wednesday's high-wattage "Iron Man" premiere was a bash fit for the billionaire.
"The audiences are loving it, and it's gonna make big dough,"
Robert Downey Jr. grinned on the red carpet in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, watching such A-listers as
Vince Vaughn,
Ben Stiller, Pete Wentz and Diddy file inside. "Then, hopefully, we'll get to do it again."
Before the evening was over, the second half of that statement became the buzz of the red carpet. Just hours after MTV News published a story reporting that
Samuel L. Jackson's "top secret" cameo might be re-inserted before fans see the movie this weekend, we began receiving reports of Nick Fury sightings after the end credits in such countries as Australia.
"Sam L. appears in the movie," executive producer Peter Billinglsey finally fessed up. "Marvel likes to use these movies to announce [things], and tip their hand at different things to come.
"There's a tip of the hat toward a future franchise," he added, referring to the scene in which
Jackson reportedly recruits Tony Stark for the Avengers Initiative. "The Avengers is a movie a lot of people would like to see someday."
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