Visual EffEcts
Stark
Seventeen visual effects
studios created iron suits,
explosions, glowing bad
guys, digital doubles, CG
environments, destruction,
chaotic battles, and more
for Iron Man 3
By Barbara Robertson
Realities
"Sometimes the best-laid plans…" begins a saying that always implies a
disastrous or, at least, unexpected ending. That was often true for Tony Stark, the protagonist in Marvel's latest superhero action/adventure Iron Man 3 who would call for his metal
suit and have only a glove or a boot arrive, or have it land in pieces beside him.
No matter. As always, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) handled the problem with aplomb,
saved Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and sent the film into the box-office record books
to the tune of $175 million opening weekend in the US – the second-highest opening
ever. After the first week, the film's worldwide box office totaled more than $600 million. Shane Black wrote and directed the Disney Pictures release, which stars, in addition, Don Cheadle as Rhodey, Guy Pearce as Killian, and Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin.
■ DIGITAL DOMAIN'S Iron Man Mark 42 suit
rescued people falling from a plane.
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