Shane Black will not only direct Iron Man 3, he will also write the screenplay. This week Black will be meeting with Robert Downey, Jr., who will provide his input on both the story for the third Iron Man film, which is slated to debut on May 3rd, 2013.

 

Appearing at the Omaha Film Festival over the past weekend, Black told the audience that Marvel Studios was not all that happy with Iron Man 2, and wanted to take the third film in the series in a different direction. According to Ain’t It Cool News, rather than having Iron Man grappling with another guy is a super-powered suit in a comic book-style slugfest, Black will be taking the franchise in a more realistic direction with Iron Man taking on “real world villains” in more of Tom Clancy-like thriller.

 

Black also indicated that IM3 will be a single-character story and won’t include any major crossover appearances by other Marvel heroes.