Jon Favreau

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q295964: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Wolf of Wall Street, which The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ credits them on.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Made (2001); Elf (2003); Iron Man (2008); Iron Man 2 (2010); Cowboys & Aliens (2011); Iron Man 3 (2013); Chef (2014); The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026); Chef (Jon Favreau). Count them as writer (2 films), actor (9 films), producer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Iron Man (2008): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they directed: Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). The Iron Man trilogy is closed into a circle by the flashback to the party and Becca Hall and Pierce.
    “as individualistic as this movie is, it actually like... It's bringing the 1st 2 complete.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they directed: Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 3 later parodies the Osama-type Mandarin expectation that Iron Man originally planned (Ten Rings leader, no magic).
    “And then Iron Man 3 wisely parodies that expectation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:25:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Avengers (2012): 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they directed: The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Stark's arc across three Iron Man films peaks in Iron Man 3, and Avengers lays the track for its PTSD.
    “Iron Man 3 is all him being unable to cope with the psychological like trauma of this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 2:07:49 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they directed: The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 3 works as a quasi-sequel to The Avengers because it deals with Tony's trauma of the portal and aliens.
    “Except it's it is a sort of quasi sequel to the Avengers in that it's dealing with the fact that he got sucked into a portal into space for a 2nd there.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:15:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fu Manchu (character): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they directed: Fu Manchu (character) ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). The Mandarin is a Fu Manchu stereotype that Marvel could not play straight, so Kingsley's false-flag twist threads the needle.
    “Because the Mandarin is Fu Manchu.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:06:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Hancock (2008): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they directed: Hancock ⇒ Iron Man 2 (the host's read). The Demon in a Bottle alcoholism arc was dodged partly because Hancock had already done a drinking superhero two months after the first Iron Man.
    “Because Hancock comes out. 2 months after the 1st Iron Man.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:12:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Iron Man 2 (2010): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they directed: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 2's failure forced something new, giving Shane Black room to make a better third film.
    “But also, that is why the 3rd one is good because the 2nd one was such a mistake that they were like, we don't know.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:47 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

RoboCop (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they directed: RoboCop ⇒ Iron Man (the host's read). The Ironmonger voice and suit recall ED-209, and the finale is ED-209 versus RoboCop.
    “You know what the voice is? He's Ed 209.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:53:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Stan Lee: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they directed: Stan Lee ⇒ Iron Man (the maker said so: Stan Lee interviews). The film follows the first comic issue's origin; Lee wanted to make an industrialist war profiteer compelling to hippie kids.
    “here's like an industrialist, war profiteer, Laos, and make him like compelling to these, like, hippie kids.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:27:36 · unknown (probably David) (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Iron Man 3 (2013): 3 lines, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they directed: Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). The Iron Man trilogy is closed into a circle by the flashback to the party and Becca Hall and Pierce.
    “as individualistic as this movie is, it actually like... It's bringing the 1st 2 complete.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they directed: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 2's failure forced something new, giving Shane Black room to make a better third film.
    “But also, that is why the 3rd one is good because the 2nd one was such a mistake that they were like, we don't know.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:47 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme) · through Iron Man (2008), which they directed: Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 3 later parodies the Osama-type Mandarin expectation that Iron Man originally planned (Ten Rings leader, no magic).
    “And then Iron Man 3 wisely parodies that expectation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:25:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022): 1 line

  1. theme (character introduction) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they directed: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read). Van says the MCU has introduced characters inside other movies before, like Black Widow in Iron Man 2.
    “Black Widow makes her a parent, her 1st appearance.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:37:22 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 2 (2010), which they directed: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read). The Stark Expo of the 1940s is the origin of the Expo seen in Iron Man 2, now as the full World's Fair version.
    “Like what we see in Iron Man 2, but now it's like the full like 40s World Fair version.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:19:47 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Ghostface Killah: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Iron Man (2008), which they directed: Iron Man ⇒ Ghostface Killah (the host's read). Ghostface is the Wu-Tang member particularly obsessed with Iron Man, who is the avatar of many of his songs.
    “Iron Man is like the like his hero.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:40:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Iron Man (2008), which they directed: Iron Man ⇒ Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (the host's read). That film parodies the page-flipping Marvel logo, which opens Iron Man.
    “They, uh, they do a really good parody of that in, um, Teen Titans go the movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:08:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Avengers (2012): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Iron Man (2008), which they directed: Iron Man ⇒ The Avengers (the host's read). The post-credits Nick Fury scene established the shared-universe model that changed Hollywood for a decade or more.
    “I mean, this has changed the next 10 years of Hollywood filmmaking.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:13:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

modern superhero movies: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they directed: Iron Man ⇒ modern superhero movies (the host's read). Called the prototype format every later superhero film riffs on.
    “this is the prototype for the modern superhero movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:09:11 · unknown (Griffin or David) (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (16) everyone in directing

Acting (9) everyone in acting

Writing (2) everyone in writing

Other (2) everyone in other

Producing (1) everyone in producing

What was said about them, by kind

career (6)

  1. career (career): Iron Man → Jon Favreau. Iron Man's director had only Swingers and Jumanji behind him.
    “a director whose experience with swingers and Jumanji.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:54:48 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Jon Favreau → Vince Vaughn. Vaughn/Favreau scenes were the one reason to see Vaughn's weaker vehicles.
    “The one scene that's like Vaughn and Favreau playing speed tennis.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:35:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Jon Favreau → Magic Kingdom (unmade Disney film). After Iron Man 2 Favreau said he was leaving the MCU to make his own things; Ronald D. Moore's Magic Kingdom script got him in the door at Disney, leading to the CGI-animal remakes.
    “but that got him in the door at Disney and now he's decided he just wants to be the CGI animal guy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:40:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Jon Favreau → Elf. Marvel hired Favreau because of Elf, not Swingers.
    “because he'd made like elf.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:16:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Jon Favreau → Swingers. Marvel did not hire him on the strength of Swingers.
    “They weren't hiring like swingers made Fabreau in their mind.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:16:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Jon Favreau → John Carter. After Elf, Favreau kept attaching to big effects movies to prove himself as an adult sci-fi director.
    “he wanted to make the John Carter of Mars movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:16:46 · unknown (Griffin or David) (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Iron Man → Jon Favreau. The lab sequence is shot like a horror movie, showing Favreau wanted a badass film after kid-friendly work like Elf.
    “Yeah, I like that he shoots this like a horror movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:43:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Jon Favreau → Iron Man 3. Favreau earns an executive producer credit on any Iron Man movie because the franchise began with him.
    “Favreau getting a dine out with an executive producer credit on any movie that features Iron Man.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:39:25 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (champion): Jon Favreau → Iron Man. Favreau sold Marvel hard on Downey with about 20 screen tests; Marvel relented.
    “Favreau goes to bathroom, sells them really hard because this is the only guy, he does like 20 screen tests, and Marvel finally relents.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:22:42 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Jon Favreau → The Avengers. If Iron Man 2 had been good, Favreau would have been handed The Avengers; instead Marvel wanted someone with strong story sense who knew the comics.
    “He would have directed it if this movie had been good.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:38:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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