"Iron Man" is the latest action blockbuster in the Marvel animation series. The protagonist, Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr.), is a billionaire entrepreneur and also a genius inventor. As the president of "Stark Industries", the top US government weapons contractor, he has enjoyed an extremely high reputation for protecting America's global interests for decades. However, Tony's enviable life takes a 360-degree turn; his team is attacked during a weapons test, and he is kidnapped and held hostage by a group of thugs...
Behind-the-scenes trivia: Jon Favreau said, "The story of 'Iron Man' will take you on a journey around the world. The character of Tony Stark involves global politics, which allows us to expand the world within the story. Although the locations in the 'Iron Man' comics are mainly in New York, like all Marvel superhero comics, I wanted to set this story on the West Coast because I wanted to present a different landscape; rather than having 'Iron Man' weaving through the skyscrapers of New York, I wanted to let..."