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 writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Swingers (1996); The Mandalorian. Count them as director (9 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.

Reservoir Dogs (1992): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Swingers (1996), which they wrote: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Swingers (the host's read). Swingers openly ripped off the opening credit strut and joked about everyone copying Tarantino.
“The opening credit sequence is really fun to watch after swingers blatantly ripped it off”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (16) everyone in directing

director/producer, Iron Man (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman)
director, Elf (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman)
director, The Mandalorian and Grogu (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman)
director, Iron Man (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Judging The Judge)
director, Made (The Rewatchables, ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
director, Iron Man (The Big Picture, The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35))
director, Iron Man 2 (Blank Check — Patreon, Edge of Tomorrow)
director, Chef (Jon Favreau) (Blank Check — Patreon, The Social Network (Ad-Free))
director, Iron Man; executive producer on Iron Man movies, Iron Man 3 (Blank Check — Patreon, Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman)
director, Iron Man (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man 3)
director, Iron Man 2 (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man 3)
director, Iron Man 2 (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man 2)
director, Cowboys & Aliens (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man 2)
director, Chef (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man 2)
director, Iron Man (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man)
director, Elf (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man)

Producing (1) everyone in producing

producer partner of Peter Billingsley, Couples Retreat (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man)

What was said about them, by kind

career (6)

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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Fun items about them

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