Phase 1 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures, it is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Jon Favreau and written by the teams of Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man alongside Don Cheadle, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb, Faran Tahir, Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Jon Favreau, Shaun Toub and Stephen Lang. In the film, world-famous industrialist and master engineer Stark builds a mechanized suit of armor to escape from captivity by a terrorist group, and then uses the suit to become the superhero Iron Man.
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