"in casting Downey, but would not take no for an answer, saying, ""It was my job as a director to show that it was the best choice creatively ... everybody knew he was talented [and] certainly by studying the Iron Man role and developing that script I realized that the character seemed to line-up with Robert in all the good and bad ways. Downey earned $500,000 for the role. While preparing for filming, Favreau and Downey were given a tour of SpaceX by Elon Musk. Downey said, ""Elon was someone Tony probably hung out with and partied with, or more"
"York City-esque environments. Filming began in March 2007 and concluded in June. During filming, the actors were free to create their own dialogue because pre-production was focused on the story and action. Rubber and metal versions of the armors, created by Stan Winston's company, were mixed with computer-generated imagery to create the title character. ""Iron Man"" premiered in Sydney on April 14, 2008, and was released in the United States on May 2, 2008. The film grossed over $585 million on a $140 million budget, and received praise for its acting, particularly Downey's performance as Tony Stark, as well as"
"In the following year, Universal and DreamWorks partnered again to adapt ""Cowboys & Aliens"" into a film. In June 2008, Robert Downey, Jr. entered negotiations to star in the film as Zeke Jackson, a former Union Army gunslinger. While Downey, Jr. was making ""Iron Man 2"", he told director Jon Favreau about ""Cowboys & Aliens"". Favreau investigated the project, and in September 2009, he joined as director. Downey, Jr. left the project in January 2010, to star in """", and later in the month, Daniel Craig was hired to replace him. Favreau said Craig's portrayal of James Bond ""brings a"
"same name. He is also a producer whose production credits include ""25th Hour"" (2002), ""Whatever We Do"" (2003), and ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), for which he served as executive producer. In 2008, he made a cameo appearance in the action comedy film ""Tropic Thunder"" as a gay 18th century monk with his eye on Father O'Malley (Kirk Lazarus, the character played by Robert Downey, Jr. in ""Tropic Thunder"") in the faux trailer for ""Satan's Alley"". He was a last-minute replacement in the role, and due to previously-scheduled commitments was only available to be on set for two hours to film his scenes."
"currently holds a 55% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 22 reviews. Heart and Souls Heart and Souls is a 1993 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Ron Underwood. The film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Thomas Reilly, a businessman recruited by the souls of four deceased people, his guardian angels from childhood, to help them rectify their unfinished lives, as he is the only one who can communicate with them. In San Francisco, 1959, four despondent strangers embark on the same night trolleybus: Penny, a single mother, regrets working the night shift and leaving her three children at home;"
"Ritchie, and soon the film had Robert Downey Jr. as its lead. The film became the first time since 2005's ""Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"" that the Downeys had worked together, and according to Robert Downey Jr., the couple enjoyed it very much because they did not have to ""miss each other"" during the long production. ""Sherlock Holmes"" opened to good reviews and record-breaking box office over the Christmas holiday in 2009. It was the couple's most financially successful joint venture to date, and netted Robert Downey, Jr. his third Golden Globe Award, his first for Best Actor – Motion Picture"
"and retained the number one position for the first three weekends of release. Downey received Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his performance, with both him and Cruise receiving nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. The film grossed more than $188 million worldwide before its release on home video on November 18, 2008. Hook-handed Vietnam veteran Staff Sergeant John ""Four Leaf"" Tayback's memoir, ""Tropic Thunder"", is being made into a film. With the exception of newcomer, supporting actor Kevin Sandusky, the cast—fading action hero Tugg Speedman, five-time Academy"
"Robert Downey Jr. Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor and singer. His career has included critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal difficulties, and a resurgence of commercial success in middle age. For three consecutive years from 2012 to 2015, Downey topped the ""Forbes"" list of Hollywood's highest-paid actors, making an estimated $80 million in earnings between June 2014 and June 2015. Making his acting debut at the age of five, appearing in his father's film ""Pound"" (1970), Downey appeared in roles associated with the"
"over US $4.9 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $11.6 billion, making Downey the third highest-grossing U.S. domestic box-office star of all time. Downey was born in Manhattan, New York on April 4, 1965, the younger of two children. His father, Robert Downey Sr., is an actor and filmmaker, while his mother, Elsie Ann (née Ford), was an actress who appeared in Downey Sr.'s films. Downey's father is of half Lithuanian Jewish, one-quarter Hungarian Jewish, and one-quarter Irish descent, while Downey's mother had Scottish, German, and Swiss ancestry. Downey and his older sister Allyson grew up in Greenwich Village. As a"
"required Downey to wear dark makeup and a wig. Both Stiller and Downey feared Downey's portrayal of the character could become controversial: When asked by Harry Smith on CBS's ""The Early Show"" who his model was for Lazarus, Downey laughed before responding, ""Sadly, my sorry-ass self"". Released in the United States on August 13, 2008, ""Tropic Thunder"" received good reviews with 83% of reviews positive and an average normalized score of 71, according to the review aggregator websites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, respectively. It earned US$26 million in its North American opening weekend and retained the number one position for"
"Supporting Actor. He also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in ""Sherlock Holmes"". Robert Downey Jr. filmography Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor who has starred in numerous films and television series. He made his acting debut in his father's film ""Pound"" at the age of five. In the 1980s, Downey was considered a member of the Brat Pack after appearing in the films ""Tuff Turf"" (1985), ""Weird Science"" with Anthony Michael Hall (1985), ""Back to School"" with Rodney Dangerfield (1986), ""Less Than Zero"" with Andrew McCarthy (1987), and ""Johnny Be Good"" again with"
"Robert Downey Sr. Robert John Downey Sr. (born Robert Elias Jr.; June 24, 1935) is a retired American actor, director, producer, writer and cinematographer, and the father of actor Robert Downey Jr. He is best known for writing and directing the underground film ""Putney Swope"", a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, the elder Downey's films during the 1960s were ""strictly take-no-prisoners affairs, with minimal budgets and outrageous satire, effectively pushing forward the countercultural agenda of the day"". Robert John Downey Sr. was born on June 24, 1935 in New"
"Soul Man sort of represents that all the way through. I think it’s a really innocent movie with a very powerful message, and it’s an important part of my life. I’m proud of the performance, and I’m proud of the people that were in it. A lot of people ask me today, “Could that movie be made today?""... Robert Downey Jr. just did it in Tropic Thunder!... The difference is that he was just playing a character in Tropic Thunder, and there was no magnifying glass on racism, which is so prevalent in our country. I guess that’s what makes"
"the star, the superhero is the star. The success of ""X-Men"" and ""Spider-Man"" without being star-driven pieces reassures [executives] that the film does have an upside commercially."" However, in September 2006, Robert Downey, Jr. was cast in the role. Favreau chose Downey, a fan of the comic, because he felt the actor's past made him an appropriate choice for the part, explaining ""The best and worst moments of Robert's life have been in the public eye. He had to find an inner balance to overcome obstacles that went far beyond his career. That's Tony Stark."" Favreau faced opposition from Marvel"
"its first three weekends of release. The film grossed $180 million in theaters before its release on home video on November 18, 2008. Downey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Lazarus. Opening in late April 2009 was a film Downey finished in mid-2008, ""The Soloist"". The film was delayed from a November 2008 release by Paramount Pictures due to the studio's tight end-of-year release schedule. Critics who had seen the film in 2008 were mentioning it as a possible Academy Award candidate. Downey picked up an Academy Award nomination for the 2008"
"disease. In 1998 he married his third wife, Rosemary Rogers, author of Random House bestseller, ""Saints Preserve Us!"" and seven other books. They live in New York City. Robert Downey Sr. Robert John Downey Sr. (born Robert Elias Jr.; June 24, 1935) is a retired American actor, director, producer, writer and cinematographer, and the father of actor Robert Downey Jr. He is best known for writing and directing the underground film ""Putney Swope"", a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, the elder Downey's films during the 1960s were ""strictly take-no-prisoners"
"more ways than one."" Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel gave the film two thumbs up, citing ""brilliant filmmaking"". The film currently holds a 58% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 43 reviews. The Gingerbread Man (film) The Gingerbread Man is a 1998 American legal thriller film directed by Robert Altman and based on a discarded John Grisham manuscript. The film stars Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Famke Janssen, and Robert Duvall. Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh) is a divorced lawyer with a reputation for underhanded dealings and protecting criminals. After another successful trial, Magruder celebrates"
"Rented Lips Rented Lips is a 1988 comedy-satire film directed by Robert Downey Sr., and starring his son Robert Downey Jr., as well as Martin Mull, Dick Shawn, and Jennifer Tilly. It was the final film appearance of Shawn, who died in 1987. A documentary film maker, whose most recent work is ""Aluminum, Our Shiny Friend"", is offered the chance to shoot his long dreamt of musical on Indian Farming Techniques if he completes the shooting of a porn film financed by an evangelical church and uses the same crew and cast for both films. Complications ensue. Sometime after its"
"Downey, Jr's] acting here is so real, so subtle and so observant that it's scary...The whole movie looks brilliantly superficial, and so Downey's predicament is all the more poignant: He is surrounded by all of this, he is in it and of it, and yet he cannot have it"". ""New York"" magazine's David Denby wrote, ""In many ways, ""Less than Zero"" is a cynical, manipulative job. Yet, the movie has something great in it, something that could legitimately move teenagers (or anyone else): Robert Downey Jr. as the disintegrating Julian, a performance in which beautiful exuberance gives way horrifying to"
"Robert Downey Jr. filmography Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor who has starred in numerous films and television series. He made his acting debut in his father's film ""Pound"" at the age of five. In the 1980s, Downey was considered a member of the Brat Pack after appearing in the films ""Tuff Turf"" (1985), ""Weird Science"" with Anthony Michael Hall (1985), ""Back to School"" with Rodney Dangerfield (1986), ""Less Than Zero"" with Andrew McCarthy (1987), and ""Johnny Be Good"" again with Hall (1988). Downey also starred in the films ""True Believer"" (1989) and ""Chances Are"" (1989), and was a"
"theatrical run, International Video Entertainment released the film on VHS. The film has not been released on DVD and as of December 21, 2009, Lions Gate has not announced any plans for a DVD release. Rented Lips Rented Lips is a 1988 comedy-satire film directed by Robert Downey Sr., and starring his son Robert Downey Jr., as well as Martin Mull, Dick Shawn, and Jennifer Tilly. It was the final film appearance of Shawn, who died in 1987. A documentary film maker, whose most recent work is ""Aluminum, Our Shiny Friend"", is offered the chance to shoot his long dreamt"
"to star as Moore. Later that month, the rest of the principal cast was announced. In July 2018, Chris Rock and Ron Cephas Jones joined the cast. Principal photography began on June 12, 2018. Rudy Ray Moore Rudolph Frank Moore (March 17, 1927October 19, 2008), known as Rudy Ray Moore, was an American comedian, musician, singer, film actor, and film producer. He was perhaps best known as Dolemite (the name derived from the mineral dolomite), the uniquely articulate pimp from the 1975 film ""Dolemite"", and its sequels, ""The Human Tornado"" and ""The Return of Dolemite"". The persona was developed during"
"presented at the Telluride Film Festival in 1976, was not a commercial success. Notes Greaser's Palace Greaser's Palace is a 1972 American acid western film directed by underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. A parable based on the life of Christ, it utilizes surrealist comedy in a setting of America's frontier days. ""Greaser's Palace"" follows Jesse (Allan Arbus), a Christ-like figure in a zoot suit, on his way to Jerusalem to find work as a singer-dancer-actor. In a run-down Western town, he runs afoul of the local boss, Seaweedhead Greaser (Albert Henderson), until he brings Greaser's son Lamy (Michael Sullivan) back"
"Heart and Souls Heart and Souls is a 1993 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Ron Underwood. The film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Thomas Reilly, a businessman recruited by the souls of four deceased people, his guardian angels from childhood, to help them rectify their unfinished lives, as he is the only one who can communicate with them. In San Francisco, 1959, four despondent strangers embark on the same night trolleybus: Penny, a single mother, regrets working the night shift and leaving her three children at home; Harrison, a would-be singer, has backed out of an important audition due"
"British/Canadian co-production ""Stone of Destiny"" for Mob Films, and Infinity Features, starring Charlie Cox, Robert Carlyle and Kate Mara. ""Stone of Destiny"" was the closing Gala Presentation for the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. His next film was ""Dolphin Tale"" for Alcon Entertainment. The hit film, based on a true story, stars Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Kris Kristofferson, Nathan Gamble and Cozi Zuehlsdorff, and was released on September 23, 2011 by Warner Bros. To date, the film has grossed over $70 million at the domestic box office and over $100 million worldwide. He returned to write and"
"Yes Man (film) Yes Man is a 2008 comedy film directed by Peyton Reed, written by Nicholas Stoller, Jarrad Paul, and Andrew Mogel and starring Jim Carrey and co-starring Zooey Deschanel. The film is based loosely on the 2005 book of the same name by British humorist Danny Wallace, who also makes a cameo appearance in the film. Production for the film began in Los Angeles in October 2007. It was released on December 19, 2008 in the United States and was then released in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2008. It was a box office success, making $223"
"Leatherheads Leatherheads is a 2008 American sports comedy film from Universal Pictures directed by and starring George Clooney. The film also stars Renée Zellweger, Jonathan Pryce, and John Krasinski and focuses on the early years of professional American football. In 1925 Jimmy ""Dodge"" Connelly (George Clooney) is captain of the Duluth Bulldogs, a struggling professional American football team. Dodge is determined to save both his team and pro football in general when the players lose their sponsor and the league is on the brink of collapse. He convinces Princeton University's college football star, Carter ""the Bullet"" Rutherford, to join the"
"Greaser's Palace Greaser's Palace is a 1972 American acid western film directed by underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. A parable based on the life of Christ, it utilizes surrealist comedy in a setting of America's frontier days. ""Greaser's Palace"" follows Jesse (Allan Arbus), a Christ-like figure in a zoot suit, on his way to Jerusalem to find work as a singer-dancer-actor. In a run-down Western town, he runs afoul of the local boss, Seaweedhead Greaser (Albert Henderson), until he brings Greaser's son Lamy (Michael Sullivan) back from the dead. Cast notes: ""Greaser's Palace"", which was shot on location in New"
"The Gingerbread Man (film) The Gingerbread Man is a 1998 American legal thriller film directed by Robert Altman and based on a discarded John Grisham manuscript. The film stars Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Famke Janssen, and Robert Duvall. Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh) is a divorced lawyer with a reputation for underhanded dealings and protecting criminals. After another successful trial, Magruder celebrates at a party hosted by his firm, becoming increasingly drunk. As he stumbles out of the party, he has a chance meeting with a woman named Mallory Doss (Embeth Davidtz), a waitress"
"The Happening (2008 film) The Happening is a 2008 American post-apocalyptic psychological thriller film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo and Betty Buckley. The film follows a man, his wife, his best friend and his friend's daughter as they try to escape from an inexplicable natural disaster. The film was advertised as being Shyamalan's first R-rated film; it held its premiere in New York City on June 10, 2008, and was later released on June 13, 2008 in the United States. It received generally unfavorable reviews from critics and grossed"
"preparing one of the film's stunts. Released in July 2008, ""The Dark Knight"" broke several box office records and received both popular and critical accolades, especially with regard to Ledger's performance as the Joker. Even film critic David Denby, who does not praise the film overall in his pre-release review in ""The New Yorker"", evaluates Ledger's work highly, describing his performance as both ""sinister and frightening"" and Ledger as ""mesmerising in every scene"", concluding: ""His performance is a heroic, unsettling final act: this young actor looked into the abyss."" Attempting to dispel widespread speculations that Ledger's performance as the Joker"
"what they envision for the actual sequel. After the Sony hack in 2014, there was an email leaked saying that Sony does not plan to do a sequel to the film. Pineapple Express (film) Pineapple Express is a 2008 American stoner action comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, and starring Rogen and James Franco. The plot concerns a process server and his marijuana dealer as they are forced to flee from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after witnessing them commit a murder. Producer Judd Apatow, who previously worked with Rogen and"
"down. With no law and order to be found, justice falls onto the shoulders of an elderly rancher (played by Ernest Borgnine) and an accomplished, but retired, gunslinger (played by Casper Van Dien). The film has an overall rating of 20% on Rotten Tomatoes. One reviewer noted that the cinematography was distracting and some ""violent scenes... were too many and went on too long."" Aces 'N' Eights Aces 'N' Eights is a 2008 action/adventure western television movie from RHI Entertainment, starring Casper Van Dien, Bruce Boxleitner and Ernest Borgnine. It is directed by Craig R. Baxley and written by Ronald"