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Jon Favreau loved the reaction to the 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' trailer.
The first look at the upcoming sequel was leaked last month and the 'Iron Man' director claims that while it would be a shame if material that wasn't finished was released, he thinks it proves how popular Marvel films have become.
He said: "Well, by the time I knew it happened, it had already been released officially.
"I remember back during 'Iron Man', footage snuck out from [San Diego] Comic-Con. I think what it shows is that there is tremendous enthusiasm for it, and fortunately it was ready to go out officially.
"You know, things don't always happen the way you want them to in the information age, but I really love the reaction that the trailer got and I think it's wonderful."
Favreau - who was dropped as director and made executive producer on 'Iron Man 3' - also insisted he has no knowledge of whether or not there ill be a fourth instalment in the superhero franchise.
He added to Access Hollywood: "I don't know what's going on with 'Iron Man 4'. You have to talk to Robert [Downey Jr.] or [Marvel Studios president] Kevin Feige."

Woody Harrelson is relieved Jennifer Lawrence hasn't been "f***ed up" by fame.
The 'Hunger Games' actor loves that his 24-year-old co-star has remained down-to-earth despite becoming the "biggest female star in the world".
Recalling the first time they ever met, he told Vanity Fair magazine: "She'd just done a movie, and people in the industry knew her, but she wasn't really famous. And so I watched her grow into, amazingly, the biggest female star in the world. And it's staggering to me how much she's been able to just hold on to her basic decency and her amazing, marvelous spirit.
"You know, it's not terrible, people tell you you're great; what's terrible is when you start believing it. She never got f**ked up.
"She's an amazing girl. She's one of my favourite people on the planet."
Woody delights in the fact his friend has no filter and doesn't worry about censoring herself.
He added: "She's just very forthcoming. It's almost shocking how much she'll say, you know. That's super-fun, and also it's shocking sometimes because it's so on the edge.
"It's like she doesn't have a censor. I really love that in people. I guess there are some people I don't love it in, but in her it's wonderful."

Pierce Brosnan was "just getting the hang" of playing James Bond when he was axed from the movie series.
The 61-year-old actor - who played the suave spy in four films, ending with 'Die Another Day' in 2002 - was asked to extend his contract for a fifth outing after getting to grips with the iconic role, but studio bosses then changed their minds.
He said: "My contract was for four movies, I was invited back for a fifth, and I said yes, then somewhere in the middle of negotiations they changed their minds.
"Just as I was getting the hang of Bond, the door closed."
However, Brosnan has returned to the spy scene in latest movie 'The November Man', in which he portrays veteran CIA officer Peter Devereaux who comes out of retirement, and he insists he might not have taken on the role had he never been a part of the Bond film franchise.
He added to Loaded magazine: "I've got nothing but gratitude for my days as the character and without Bond, there wouldn't be a 'November Man'.
"It feels good. I always thought that one day I would try to find a grittier kind of spy to play again after my services as Bond were no longer required."

Julia Roberts showed Lupita Nyong'o pictures of her family the first time they met.
The '12 Years a Slave' star instantly clicked with the 46-year-old beauty as soon as she was introduced to her, so much so the 'August: Osage County' actress started showing her personal photographs of her husband Danny Moder and their kids Hazel and Phinnaeus, nine, and seven-year-old Henry.
She said: "The first time I met her she took out her phone and showed me photos of her family.
"To me, that's the modern day symbol of peace and goodwill."
The 31-year-old actress has rubbed shoulders with Julia, Penelope Cruz and Kate Winslet since joining the stars as Lancome's latest ambassador, and she admitted she finds Julia particularly pleasing.
She added: "I genuinely respect and admire all of them, so I know I'm in very good company.
"I've met Julia a number of times and she is just as warm and personable as she appears."
Lupita won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '12 Years a Slave', but she insists her rise to fame hasn't affected her life too much.
Asked how it has changed her life, she told Britain's HELLO! magazine: "I have a very heavy award. But you know, besides becoming more visible, I can't really tell you how it affects my life directly because I'm not the one in conversation about it.
"To me, it's a reminder that things that seem impossible can be possible."

Al Pacino considered changing his name to "Sonny Scott" when he started acting.
The 74-year-old star was advised to alter his moniker when he began working in the movie industry because any stars with an "ethnic name" had to change them.
He said: "In the old days, in America, when you had an ethnic name, you changed it.
"Whether it was Jewish, Italian, Spanish, whatever, Asian - you changed your name.
"Tony Curtis, that was Bernie Schwartz. Bernie Schwartz came from my neighbourhood. Because American Italians didn't work.
"I was acting when I was very young, and so they said, 'Well you're going into acting, you've got to change your name.' So I thought, 'Sonny Scott'.
"It was unthinkable to have a name that ended in a vowel.
"Who knows why, I don't know, perhaps World War Two or something, or perhaps the migration to the States was young - we were getting there in the 1900s and we were the ones to be avoided."
But the Hollywood legend was able to keep his own moniker thanks to method acting coach Lee Strasberg, who Al says was one of few who could say his name properly.
He added in an interview with Loaded magazine: "I think getting to the Actors' Studio at age 25 and having Lee Strasberg read my name. And he said, 'And here we have Al Pacino,' and for the first time someone read the 'ch' and I said, 'I like this guy!'
"My teachers in school - it was always, 'Al Pakani', 'Pakouni', 'Pakano'. And I would say, 'No - Pacino.' And I'd say, 'Ch, Cino - Pacino'.
"Probably the only thing I really knew in school was my name."

Arnold Schwarzenegger "always knew" he'd star in another 'Terminator' movie.
The 67-year-old actor - the former governor of California - insists he wasn't surprised when he got a call from producers to appear in the upcoming blockbuster 'Terminator: Genisys', despite missing out on the 2009 movie 'Terminator Salvation'.
He told Entertainment Weekly: "I knew eventually that another 'Terminator' was going to get made. People always have to go through that painful experience of doing a sequel, or something like that, without me."
Arnold believes the film will be a huge success.
He said: "When I look at history, anytime a movie was well-done, it was huge. If a movie is made well, if it's a great character, if it's well acted out, then people are going to come and see it. It's so simple."
His co-star Matt Smith, 31, is also confident that the action movie, which will be released in July 2015, will be a hit with old and new fans of the franchise.
The former 'Doctor Who' star said: "It's like going on tour again if you're Pink Floyd - the audience always wants to hear some of the old songs. There are enough nods to the past that people will feel satisfied."
But Emilia Clarke, who plays Sarah Connor in the film, admits she was embarrassed during some scenes.
She said: "The thing I didn't know about action movies is that when someone is running on screen, they are really running. No one looks brilliant running on camera. That's an embarrassing day when you look at yourself and think, 'Oh, yeah, I look like an idiot. I should fix that.'"

Anne Hathaway would "love" to appear in a sequel to 'The Devil Wears Prada'.
The Oscar-winning actress starred in the popular 2006 comedy-drama, which also featured Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, and has revealed she would be keen to rekindle the story.
Asked whether she would like to appear in a sequel, the 31-year-old star told 'The Graham Norton Show': "Wouldn't that be fun? I'd love to do that but I don't know if there is any plan for it."
Hathaway - who is currently promoting her new movie 'Interstellar' - revealed she is particularly keen to work with Streep, describing her as "the most amazing, magical, warm person".
She added: "She's fun and super maternal. When I met her she gave me a huge hug and I'm like, 'Oh my god, we are going to have the best time on this movie', and then she's like, 'Ah sweetie, that's the last time I'm nice to you'.
"She then went into her trailer and came out the ice queen and that was really the last I saw of 'Meryl' for months, until we promoted the film."

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