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In May 2000, Marvel Studios brought Artisan Entertainment to co-finance the film,[1] hiring Ray Park to star and John Turman to write the script in January 2001.[2] Park studied a wide amount of comic books.[3] Kirk Wong signed to direct in July 2001, with filming set for late 2001/early 2002.[4] Iron Fist nearly went into pre-production in March 2002.[5] Wong left the project in April 2002.[6] By August 2002 pre-production had started.[7] Filming was pushed back to late 2002,[8] and then to late 2003.[9] In March 2003 Marvel announced a 2004 release date.[10] In April 2003 Steve Carr entered negotiations to direct.[11] In November 2003 the release date was moved to 2006.[12] In March 2007 Carr placed Iron Fist on hold due to scheduling conflicts.[13]

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  1. ^ Michael Fleming. "Artisan deal a real Marvel", Variety, 2000-05-16. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 
  2. ^ Dana Harris. "Park, Turman Marvel at Fist", Variety, 2001-01-03. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 
  3. ^ Rob Worley. "Comics2Film Wrap For August 13, 2003", Comic Book Resources, 2003-08-13. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  4. ^ Dana Harris. "Wong to forge Marvel's Iron", Variety, 2001-07-26. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 
  5. ^ Rob Worley. "Marvel Chief talks Movies", Comics2Film, 2002-03-18. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  6. ^ Rob Worley. "Arad Confirms Wong off Iron Fist", Comics2Film, 2002-04-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  7. ^ Kevin Leung]. "Iron Fist Heating Up", Comics2Film, 2002-08-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  8. ^ David Bloom. "Comic capers captivate studios", Variety, 2002-06-23. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 
  9. ^ Dana Harris. "Artisan reups with Summit for int'l distribution", Variety, 2003-04-14. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 
  10. ^ Rob Worley. "Marvel Movies: The Next Wave", Comic Book Resources, 2003-03-04. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  11. ^ Rob Worley. "Comics2Film Wrap For April 28th, 2003", Comic Book Resources, 2003-04-28. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  12. ^ Eric J. Moreels. "Arad's Mega Marvel Movie , TV Update", Comixfan, 2003-11-05. Retrieved on 2008-03-31. 
  13. ^ Ftopel. "Steve Carr Waits In Marvel Queue for Iron Fist Production", Rotten Tomatoes, 2007-03-29. Retrieved on 2008-03-30. 

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