It sounds like it's all but a done deal that Shane Black will direct the next Iron Man movie. The screenwriter/turned/director wrote scripts for Lethal Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Last Action Hero made his directorial debut for another script of his - Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (which starred Robert Downey Jr.,hmmm...). He will replace Jon Faverau who decided to work on the movie Magic Kingdom. Deadline reports he will be working on Doc Savage and is to direct the live action adaptaion of the manga series Death Note. It is not known If Black will write the script to Iron Man 3.