Justin Theroux will sign to write the sequel to Marvel’s Iron Man movie, currently at $566 million worldwide (see “Iron Man Proves Its Mettle”). Theroux has only one writing credit: Tropic Thunder, a Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black comedy due out next month. Perhaps the
Theroux is known primarily as an actor (Six Feet Under, John Adams). He has one directing credit (Dedication).
Iron Man 2 is slated for 2010 (see “Iron Man Sequel in 2010”).
The writers for the original Iron Man film have all moved on to other genre fare. Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby are working on Cowboys & Aliens (see “Iron Man Scribes Tackle Cowboys & Aliens”), where