Tony Stark/Iron Man in this movie

The 2008 superhero movie "Iron Man" is based on the Iron Man character from Marvel Comics. This film, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures, is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise. Jon Favreau directed this movie from a script that was developed by a group that included Matt Holloway, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, and Art Marcum. Alongside actors like Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, and Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark/Iron Man in this movie. In this movie, Tony Stark, a well-known engineer and businessman, creates a suit of mechanical armor and transforms into the superhero "Iron Man" after escaping a terrorist group's hostage-taking activity.