Not letting his defeat for Best Actor at this year's Academy Awards keep him down, Mickey Rourke has signed onto Marvel's Iron Man 2. Rourke, who will be playing the villain Whiplash, joins Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson as the newest additions to the franchise, which also includes Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard as James Rhodes, the man destined to become War Machine. Director Jon Favreau returns along with Robert Downey, Jr., Gwenyth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson and Paul Bettany, all reprising their roles from the first film, the breakout hit for Marvel Studios as an independent film production company. Iron Man 2 will kick off the 2010 summer movie season on May 7, much as the first did last year and went on to gross almost $600 million worldwide. Iron Man is one of four cornerstone franchises culminating in The Avengers to be released in 2012. The other franchises whose characters have, and will continue, to pop up in each other's films include The Incredible Hulk, also released summer 2008, Thor and The First Avenger: Captain America, both scheduled for summer 2011.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Iron Man 2 Casting Scoop
Not letting his defeat for Best Actor at this year's Academy Awards keep him down, Mickey Rourke has signed onto Marvel's Iron Man 2. Rourke, who will be playing the villain Whiplash, joins Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johansson as the newest additions to the franchise, which also includes Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard as James Rhodes, the man destined to become War Machine. Director Jon Favreau returns along with Robert Downey, Jr., Gwenyth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson and Paul Bettany, all reprising their roles from the first film, the breakout hit for Marvel Studios as an independent film production company. Iron Man 2 will kick off the 2010 summer movie season on May 7, much as the first did last year and went on to gross almost $600 million worldwide. Iron Man is one of four cornerstone franchises culminating in The Avengers to be released in 2012. The other franchises whose characters have, and will continue, to pop up in each other's films include The Incredible Hulk, also released summer 2008, Thor and The First Avenger: Captain America, both scheduled for summer 2011.
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