Hollywood holding out for a hero after 'Iron Man' success

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — A slew of Marvel comic superheroes are set to arrive on the big screen following the debut box-office success of "Iron Man", entertainment press reported here Tuesday.

Marvel's film division was now planning to adapt several of the comic giant's superheroes -- including Thor and Captain America -- in the wake of "Iron Man's" triumphant opening, industry media said.

The film, starring Robert Downey Jr as an eccentric billionaire industrialist who builds an armored suit to fight the forces of evil, recorded the 10th biggest opening of all time, earning around 200 million worldwide.

The movie's box-office take represented a triumphant debut for Marvel's newly founded film studio. Previous film adaptations of Marvel superheroes, notably...

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