Captain America Writers and an Iron Man Director?

Good news everyone!  Not only did Marvel recruit the writers from Captain America for another tour of duty, it looks like they've honed in on Shane Black as director (and maybe writer) for Iron Man 3!  Black wrote the scripts for a variety of blockbusters in the late 80's like Lethal Weapon, but really made his presence known as director of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.  Before Iron Man, KKBB was the first attempt by Robert Downey Jr. to reignite his career, and despite rave reviews the movie didn't receive great commercial success.  Black must have a solid working relationship with Downey, and the two probably have a great understanding of each other.  Black can hopefully bring out the best in his star performer, and should have a great grasp of story and narrative.  A rather inspired choice, I must say.

Did I mention he played one of the commandos in Predator?  Because he played one of the commandos in Predator.

But back to Captain America.  Marvel has rehired Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely to start work on Captain America 2.  Clearly the overwhelmingly positive reaction to the recent trailer has satisfied Marvel.  The only thing I'm worried about is the dramatically different tone a Cap sequel might take, and if these two could adapt to that.  TFA is set almost entirely in WWII, while the next installment would be moved up to modern day.  Those are two very different settings.  However, if they have a good grasp on the character and can write a good Steve Rogers story, then this should be great news.

Now, some sites have taken the Captain America writers being rehired as bad news for Thor, which can not make the same claim.  There's an easy answer to this.  Markus and McFeely wrote the vast majority of the Cap script.  Sure, Joss Whedon came in to tweak it a bit, but the bulk of the story was those two.  Thor had a variety of different writers working at different stages of the script.  It was much more of a process, and the script evolved through various incarnations.  So Marvel would have a harder time picking a part of that group, and it wouldn't be as straightforward as rehiring the first writers.  All in all though, this should make comicbook movie fans quite happy.