New Line Cinema Abandoned Iron Man Movie in Mid-2000s Because Hero 'Was Too Heavy to Fly

Mere years before the Marvel Cinematic Universe launched in 2008 with 'Iron Man,' the movie rights for Tony Stark were let go by New Line Cinema
Mere years before the Marvel Cinematic Universe launched in 2008 with 'Iron Man,' the movie rights for Tony Stark were let go by New Line Cinema

New Line Cinema allowed the rights to develop an Iron Man film to lapse back to Marvel Studios in 2005 as the studio's chief claimed that the character didn't make sense because Iron Man was too heavy to fly. : r/Marvel

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