Did Marvel really snub Jon Favreau as director of The Avengers?S
We weren't crazy about Iron Man 2, and now rumor has it Jon
Favreau and Robert Downey Jr. weren't either. A new report from
Cinemablend says Favreau wanted to direct The Avengers as a do-
over... but Marvel said no.  Favreau's Iron Man remains one of
the few truly great superhero movies, so it's sad to read
Cinemablend's report, based on an inside source they say has
proven reliable in the past. According to this source, Iron Man
2 wasn't the movie that Favreau wanted to make, and he felt it
was rushed into production without a decent script. (With only
two years between Iron Man and Iron Man 2, and Favreau having
complained publicly about the haste in the past, this part sound
plausible.)  Cinemablend's source also says Marvel interfered
excessively with Favreau's work on the movie, and "turned the
project into an infomercial for The Avengers." And Favreau is
unlikely to be back for Iron Man 3, both because of this bad
experience and because Ma