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We get very fidgetity if there's not an auto-related movie, TV show or spoken word poetry slam album to talk about here on Autoblog. So while the upcoming superhero flick Iron Man does not have a plot that revolves around our four-wheeled friends, it certainly does feature a good number of them and the movie enjoys some nice Audi R8 product placement, as well. The official trailer for Iron Man has just been released; it's the one you'll be seeing in theaters while waiting for Spiderwick Chronicles to start. The story focuses on Robert Downey, Jr.'s character Tony Stark, the multi-billionaire weapons contractor for the U.S. government who builds an exo-skeleton out of iron and opens a few cans of Grade A whoop ass on the baddies. He chooses to paint the iron suit in the appropriate hue of Hot Rod Red, though a Shelby Cobra gets destroyed in the prototype testing process. See? Plenty of car stuff there to talk about, so expect another eight posts on Iron Man before midnight.
[Source: IGN via Jalopnik]













Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3seriesisking @ Feb 29th 2008 4:48PM
Way Cool.
500 @ Feb 29th 2008 4:51PM
Whoa, kick-ass soundtrack.
And I'm sure it wasn't a real Cobra; the replicas are far more plentiful.
J.Crew @ Feb 29th 2008 4:54PM
Yeah, this movie is going to be very good.
Scott K. @ Feb 29th 2008 5:00PM
Great cars. Perfect actor for the role. Director who seems to 'get it.' I admit I am really looking forward to this.
Carlos @ Feb 29th 2008 9:09PM
This movie is going to be bad ass. As for the main actor being perfect, I couldn't agree more. Alcoholic meeting drugoholic lol.
Torrent @ Feb 29th 2008 5:13PM
This actually looks good.
zamafir @ Feb 29th 2008 5:31PM
Best comic book turned movie yet? certainly. Awesome cast, perfect choice for stark, beyond acceptible graphics, count me in!
Mi key @ Feb 29th 2008 5:46PM
From the earlier trailers I've seen I was hoping this would touch on the Mandarin plotline but I see that they have made some changes a bit. This looks pretty good. Is that Gwyneth Platrow playing the red head?
addicted2sp33d @ Feb 29th 2008 5:57PM
Iron Man > Knight Rider.
Maytag @ Feb 29th 2008 6:24PM
Chick flick
Rob @ Feb 29th 2008 6:35PM
Giggidy, Giggidy...
dean @ Feb 29th 2008 6:40PM
The end of the clip was wood-raising. This will be a fun movie.
Rick @ Feb 29th 2008 7:00PM
Wow, nice. This trailer sells the movie for me, gives me reason to think it won't suck. Can't wait.
GOT @ Mar 1st 2008 8:26AM
Can't wait X2
Blake @ Mar 1st 2008 8:31AM
Awww snap...
John R @ Mar 1st 2008 9:04AM
The Audioslave bit near the end sells it. Iron Man Begins...
Pete @ Mar 1st 2008 11:34AM
Knight rider is a joke. B actors at best and C- writing.
Elon @ Mar 2nd 2008 2:10AM
Isn't that a Tesla in there?
Myk @ Mar 3rd 2008 4:30PM
Wow..you're fast!