Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the first installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was directed by Jon Favreau, with a screenplay by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, and Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. It stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, a wealthy industrialist who is kidnapped and forced to build a weapon of mass destruction. He instead creates a powered suit of armor to escape captivity and become a superhero.

The film was …