Video of the Day: Popular 'Iron Man' Trailer to Become Full-Length Film
Ah, remember the days when The Onion was just a simple newspaper three of your friends kinda knew about? You'd sit, snicker and try desperately to convince people to read this free, fake funny thingy. Mmmm. Now The Onion has gone video, and the one above is just priceless. In case you were living under a truck for the past year, the Iron Man trailer debuted and took the world by storm. Now, looking to profit off the millions of folks who want to see more of the trailer, the studio has decided to adapt it into a full-length film. (Unfortunately, out of the 758 Iron Man trailers currently available online, they do not say which one will be getting the feature treatment. One assumes, however, it will be the seventh international teaser extended intro scene.)
Luckily, those crazy cats at The Onion were all over this story -- debating whether or not it's smart to extend what most people felt was an excellent trailer 179 more minutes. Good news is Robert Downey Jr. has decided to reprise his role from the trailer (fans would've freaked if they re-cast the character) and reporters from The Onion do hope they bring back that pretty red head played by Gwyneth Paltrow. Amen to that! Says The Onion, "The studio has tried to reassure the public that everything they love about the trailer will be incorporated into the movie, right down to the actual lines from the trailer."
Awesome. Could go either way here -- but what do you think: Would you pay to go see a feature-length trailer?
[via The Movie Blog]
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4-15-2008 @ 12:03AM
Chris Vaughn said...
Brilliant lol.
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4-15-2008 @ 1:48AM
Abbie, here in Seattle :) said...
dfg
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4-15-2008 @ 1:50AM
uforeader said...
haha great! i would definitely pay to see a 2 hour version of the iron man trailer.
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4-15-2008 @ 3:04AM
eugene said...
Uhmm... people already and do and it's made at least one director lots of money... that director: Michael Bay.
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4-15-2008 @ 6:34AM
VanGoghX said...
There's even talk of them doing a comic book about "Iron Man". Swell... Robert Downey Jr. getting his own comic book.
"Remember kids, if you're gonna get drunk and wake up in your neighbors house, always wear your 'Iron Man' armor!"
And you know the comic will suck without Ozzy's music.
;o)~
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4-15-2008 @ 12:17PM
Richard von Busack said...
A comic book? What will they think of next? We don't want our children wrapping themselves in tinfoil and jumping off of roofs!
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