An art student in Taiwan recently won an art prize by creating an image of Iron Man using his own bloody urine.  The student said he was inspired to create the image when he saw blood in his urine one day creating the iconic Iron Man red and yellow. No word yet on why he was peeing blood, but my racism says martial arts. (Too many kidney shots during kung fu sparring).

He took about two months to find a toilet bowl with a similar oblong shape to the outline of Iron Man’s face. Then he was eating edible pigmentation and successfully produced red, black and green urine. He arranged the colored urine to make it look like the character, and used his saliva to create foam for touching up. He needed to keep adding spit to his work while waiting for the judges to get to him during the contest. And of course, his artwork had produced a foul odor at the exhibition.
The creative artwork has defeated more then 600 competitors to win for the first prize. The graduate student is a fan of Marvel superhero and has a collection of Iron Man products. He said he tried to make his work realistic as possible, otherwise using urine would have been ridiculous. [ChinaTimes via MicGadget]

His winning piece was called, aptly, “Blood Urine Man.” Reached for comment, James Franco just shook his head, saying “You’ve made yourself a powerful enemy today, Blood Urine Man,” as he strapped a dick to his face and rode off on a BMX with a gang of naked gangbangers holding boomboxes.

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25-year-old Wang Kung shows up to work in his $450, homemade Mark I Iron Man suit in Shanghai.  Gee, I wonder if anyone took pictures. (I’ll let you guys make the obvious racial slur joke here). |DailyMail| Video after the jump.

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"Going on another crab cake run, you guys want anything?"

When Marvel hired Shane Black to direct Iron Man 3, most people assumed it was more for his skill writing wise-cracking, buddy-flick dialog than for his visionary directing style (since he’s only directed one film, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which he also wrote).  As the director, his touch on the screenplay may still come through in the finished product, but as of today, he’s not writing the script.

Drew Pearce has been chosen by Marvel Studios to write Iron Man 3. Pearce got the job after writing the script for Runaways, a Marvel project based on the cult comic by Lost writer Brian K. Vaughan about children of super villains who try to use their evil powers for heroic purposes [so... like regular superheros, then? -Ed.]. Pearce is the British writer who created the irreverent UK TV series No Heroics, about a bar hangout for superheroes, who aren’t allowed to use their superpowers while drinking.

Pearce is in talks to jump on one of Marvel’s biggest hits, and I’m told the plan is for him to start from scratch and work closely with Black. Iron Man 3 will be released May 3, 2013 through Disney. [Deadline]

So… excited?  Angry?  Bueller?  Honestly, at this point I kind of have superhero fatigue.  This Pearce guy might be brilliant for all I know, but I have a feeling some jackass at Marvel had cold feet about hiring Shane Black and felt safer having someone with “comic-book experience” write it.  Which is stupid, because Iron Man is basically The Last Boy Scout with a metal suit. When it comes to comic book writers, less is more, I would think.

"I left that pie to cool right here and now it's gone. Anyone seen Kilmer?"

That 80s buddy cop flick genius Shane Black was one of the candidates being looked at as a replacement for Jon Favreau just seemed like one of those stories movie nerds get super excited over and then never hear about again.  But it sounds like it’s actually happening.  I’m so excited I didn’t even bother to suck the Cheetos crumbs off my fingers before I typed this.

The ever secretive Marvel Studios is in final negotiations with Shane Black to direct Iron Man 3 set to be released on May 3, 2013. As you know , IM1 and IM2 director Jon Favreau begged off to helm Magic Kingdom at Disney [puke] so his relationship with the franchise ran its course. Shane is first and foremost a writer but it’s not clear whether he’ll be penning the IM3 script as well. “That’s not figured out,” our source says. Of course, everyone in and around Marvel is keeping mum. [Deadline]

I can’t blame anyone for being excited about this.  I still remember one of my favorite Shane Black exchanges, from Long Kiss Goodnight:

Geena Davis: Same principle as deflowering virgins.  I read it in this Harold Robbins book.  A guy bites her on the ear, distracts from the pain.  You ever try that?

Samuel L. Jackson:  No.  I usually sock ‘em in the jaw and yell ‘Pop goes the weasel.’

But as much as I love Shane Black, I can’t be too excited.  Marvel is still the company rushes movies into production and is rumored to push hard to cross-promote their other movies, two things that seem like they’d clash hard with a guy who’s particular about his scripts.  At this point in the franchise, Shane Black directing an Iron Man movie is kind of like watching Clive Owen bang an aging cocktail waitress.  I’d explain that further, but I think the analogy speaks for itself.

"Hey, I'm gonna go grab a plate of sliders, you guys want anything?"

Apologies in advance, because this is one of those yeah-and-if-your-aunt-had-big-hairy-balls-she’d-be-your-uncle type stories (an average movie blog story, in other words)… but the LATEST optimistic speculation is that Lethal Weapon/Last Boy Scout/Kiss Kiss Bang Bang writer Shane Black *COULD* direct the next Iron Man for Marvel. That would make a lot of movie dorks get even beardier with excitement, and in my rush to report it I can hardly contain my dandruff.

The writer/director has powwowed with Marvel execs [I prefer to read this literally -Ed] about his take on the third installment in the blockbuster franchise. As of now he is being considered for the directing job, but the assumption is that if he gets the gig, he would also write a draft.

Insiders said that Black’s involvement is far from a sure thing, and that other filmmakers were being looked at.

Iron Man 3 would reteam Black and Downey, who worked together on the well-regarded Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which Black directed and co-wrote. [THR]

It’s tempting to get excited about this one, but the Iron Man franchise is kind of like the aging Playmate whose best years are probably behind her at this point.  And they really missed an opportunity by not bringing Shane Black on for the last one, which was essentially an interracial buddy cop flick anyway.  Only problem?  Not nearly enough wisecracking.  Someone should’ve gotten ahold of Don Cheadle and been like, “Yo, Hotel Rwanda, why don’t you loosen up and make with the sass talk.”

Pointless Aside: The only Shane Black/Iron Man joke I can think of involves Robert Downey Jr. “shooting Gwyneth Paltrow’s fish tank.”  Oh would you look at that, I just invented my new favorite euphemism.

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