POPULAR TRAILER (STUDIO - INTERVIEW)
NEWS SHOW
Script & Idea: Joe Wengert
This Draft: 11-1-08
INT. NEWSROOM
ANCHOR
The Iron Man trailer was one of the
most popular trailers of last
summer, so it's no surprise that
Movie blogs are buzzing today
following the announcement by
executives at Paramount Pictures
announced that they'll be adapting
one of the most popular trailers of
last summer-- the Iron Man trailer--
into a feature length motion
picture.
The trailer for "Iron Man" plays.
ANCHOR (CONT'D)
Here to fill us in on all of the
details is Entertainment Reporter
Rory Covey. Rory, some mixed
reactions out there about this
news.
SPLIT SCREEN: With Rory, a hip, younger reporter.
RORY
Well, the Iron Man trailer is near
and dear to a lot of fan's hearts.
Some of them have watched it online
dozens of times, they've blogged
about it, there's even some
parodies of it up on youtube. It
was a huge hit. These fans don't
want the trailer they love so much
to be ruined by a big-budget
Hollywood treatment.
ANCHOR
Why are they so concerned?
RORY
Well, it's going to take a lot to
make the characters, action, and
story that work in a thirty second
format also work when stretched out
to 80 minutes.
ANCHOR
But a lot of fans are looking
forward to the movie?
RORY
Yes. The trailer tells an amazing
story. A cocksure billionaire
industrialist and inventor, is
kidnapped but he turns on his
captors by designing an amazing
mechanized suit of armor. He goes
on to lead a double life as a crime
fighter, ultimately foiling a major
plot and becoming a hero to the
world.
ANCHOR
Wow. And that same story will be
told in the movie as well.
RORY
Yes. The studio says it will be
very careful that everything that
makes the trailer so well-loved is
incorporated into the movie
adaptation, right down to using
actual lines from the trailer.
ANCHOR
Like TK LINE FROM TRAILER.
RORY
Oh yes, I'm sure that will be in
there. And they're being very
careful about casting. Robert
Downey Jr. is on board to reprise
his role as Tony Stark.
ANCHOR
That must be a relief to fans.
RORY
Yes, I think there would have been
a real outcry if they had tried to
cast someone else.
ANCHOR
But bottom line, is there really a
market for this movie? People have
already seen the trailer. They know
how the story goes. Why see the
movie?
RORY
Well, the movie will offer a
different experience than the
trailer. There will be a lot of
breathing room between the big
moments of the story that we know
from the trailer, time to really
explore the characters. Who knows
what they'll do in between the
point where he breaks out of the
lab in the suit and the point where
he flies along with the jets. Maybe
ANCHOR
All right, well, we'll see how it
does. Rory Covey, thanks for being
with us.
RORY
My pleasure.
ANCHOR
Next up...
ALTERNATE
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RORY
The filmmakers plan to expand that
fast montage of very short shots
seen in the trailer into distinct,
full length scenes. Director John
Favreau is using the trailer as his
blueprint, if you will, in
developing this story. Although he
did state in a recent interview
that additional characters will be
introduced in the movie.
RORY (CONT'D)
I think so. John Favreau is very
interested in keeping the Iron Man
trailer fans happy.
He says he is going to stay really
true to the original vision.
RORY (V.O.) (CONT'D)
This trailer also makes really
great use of music. We can only
assume that the full soundtrack
will be as exciting. And if they're
smart, they'll use the "Iron Man"
song in the full movie as well. And
in case you were wondering, they
are NOT changing the title.
RORY (CONT'D)
I think so. They've got a lot of
buzz going for them right now and
they know their fan base...word
around Hollywood is that Iron Man
will feature six to eight very
exciting, entirely new trailers to
be shown directly before the movie.
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