Although Iron Man has become a consistent source of comedy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it sounds like Berlanti’s version would have given us a far more jaded and cynical version of Tony Stark.
Berlanti modeled his pitch for an Iron Man movie after the 2005 gunrunner drama, Lord of War, starring Nicolas Cage, which has become something of a cult classic in recent years.
Folks, I cannot even begin to describe how cool this could have been.
While speaking with Vulture about the immense success of the Arrow-verse, Greg Berlanti opened up about his initial work in the world of superheroes, and a pitch for Iron Man that he brought to Marvel before Jon Favreau teamed-up with Robert Downey Jr. in 2008.