Stane first appears in the live-action film Iron Man (2008). This version is a business partner to Howard Stark and mentor to Howard’s son Tony Stark. However, Stane also plans to gain full control of Stark Industries from Tony, and hires the Ten Rings, whom he secretly and illegally sells Stark Industries weapons to, in an unsuccessful attempt to kill him. After subsequent events result in Tony ceasing the manufacturing of weapons, Stane gets an injunction on behalf of the shareholders to essentially throw Tony out of the company and take it over before increasing his weapon sales to the Ten Rings. Upon finding out about Tony’s Iron Man suit from the Ten Rings, Stane takes the MK I suit the terrorists had salvaged and reverse-engineers his own powered suit of armor before stealing Tony’s personal arc reactor to power it. After Tony implants a replacement arc reactor in his chest, he confronts Stane as Iron Man in a battle that results in Stane’s death.