The most joyus news I've heard all day! - Iron Man 2

Keyser Soze wrote:Captain America and Spider-Man had villians that were 10 times as good as those that Iron Man had, but you are so right, Daredevil totally took the cake back during the Silver Age. You also failed to mention the Ani-Men and The Purple Man.

As for The Owl, you do realize that he was created about 15 years before Wolverine, right?

Keyser Soze wrote:Donte,

I don't know how I could forget this guy when it comes to suckitude. I give you what might have been Daredevil's lamest foe of all time, The Mandrill

The Mandrill is a mutant who exudes pheromones that give him the chemically-based ability to attract and enslave women. Certain women of heightened willpower can resist his control. A mild electrical shock can release victims from his control. His power is ineffective against males.

So what about the Mandarin, there was reference to the 10 rings in the first one, are they saving him for Iron Man 3?

The Mandrill is a mutant who exudes pheromones that give him the chemically-based ability to attract and enslave women. Certain women of heightened willpower can resist his control. A mild electrical shock can release victims from his control. His power is ineffective against males.

Bad DD viallains hijacked an IM2 thread. Shame.

Sam Rockwell would make a great [villain] as well.

I did just think of something also, if this is in fact true, the potential for Sam Rockwell as a Riddler candidate (which isn't really much more than a few people and not particularly reputable online sources saying he would be good in the role at this point), is likely out the window as well.

Personally I thought he would have been a pretty good Riddler myself...

Swedgin! wrote:

Sam Rockwell would make a great [villain] as well.

I just don't see it. He was great as plucky comic relief in Galaxy Quest, so-so as an against-type baddie in Charlie's Angels, and a heap of fetid rotting dingo's kidneys as the President of the Galaxy and Generally Hoopy Frood Zaphod Beeblebrox in The Hitchhiker's Guide. I'd rather take Jimmy Fallon, and, yes, I DO hear your screams. I just don't care.

Variety is reporting the rumor that Emily Blunt is in talks to play Natasha Romanoff in Iron Man 2. Romanoff is a Soviet super spy who doubles as Black Widow, a beauty in a skintight black costume that is enhanced by high-tech weaponry.

She would join the previously-announced villains Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell in the sequel. Again directed by Jon Favreau, the Marvel Studios film sees the return of Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, while Don Cheadle is replacing Terrence Howard.

Blunt's credits include The Devil Wears Prada, The Jane Austen Book Club and Charlie Wilson's War. She also stars in The Wolfman, coming to theaters in November.

The Justin Theroux-scripted Iron Man 2 will begin production this spring for a release by Paramount on May 7, 2010.

Samuel L. Jackson, clearly bristling, said today that negotiations to put him in the role of Nick Fury have broken down because "there seems to be an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world."

Jackson told me today that despite his cameo as the hard-bitten military man at the end of "Iron Man," it now appears that "somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won't be in it" when it comes to "Iron Man 2," "The First Avenger: Captain America" and "The Avengers," the announced slate of Marvel Studios projects through 2011 that might have a natural spot for the character.

Jackson, who is a fanboy favorite after roles in three "Star Wars" films, "The Incredibles" and "Unbreakable," was actually used as the model for the Ultimate Marvel version of Fury, which took the white, grizzled, aging commando with salt-and-pepper hair and re-imagined him as a younger, bald African American. There were cheers in theaters at the end of "Iron Man," when Jackson appeared as Fury, but when I asked the actor about it today he shook his head.

"I saw ['Iron Man' and 'Iron Man 2' director] Jon Favreau at the Scream Awards and we had a conversation. He said, 'I hope things are working out for you because we're writing stuff for you.' Then all of a sudden last week I talked to my agents and manager and things aren't really working that well."

Jackson might just have been taking a public position that could lead to a bigger payday (it certainly wouldn't be the first time a Hollywood star used an interview as a negotiating tactic) but he seemed especially sour on the whole the topic of working with Marvel ...

"There was a huge kind of negotiation that broke down. I don't know. Maybe I won't be Nick Fury. Maybe somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won't be in it. There seems to be an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world so [they're saying to me], 'We're not making that deal.'"

I called Marvel Comics and they gave me a statement that suggested that they still want to see Jackson wearing the eyepatch. "Marvel does not comment on active negotiations," was the boilerplate response, but there was that emphasis on the word "active" in the voice of the spokesman who phoned me back.

Buscemi wrote:Emily Blunt is terribly overrated. I've never understood what people see in her. To me, she's just another vanilla actress with nothing to add.

Meanwhile, I wanted to see Zooey Deschanel play The Black Widow. I think that she could pull off an action role.

NSpan wrote:if it wasn't for Tarantino, would anyone really give a shit about Sam Jackson?