John Favreau doing Michael Bay doing Robert Altman doing Dostoyevsky doing Shakespeare. “Iron Man 2″ is as elegant as it sounds. After battling a pre-Oscar, double-crossing Jeff Bridges in the first film, Robert Downey, Jr.’s Tony Stark finds himself pitted against Ivan Vanko, the metal-mouthed Muscovite brainiac version of Mickey Rourke, who is intent on [...]
Speculation on which villain Mickey Rourke would be playing in the upcoming John Favreau-directed sequel, “Iron Man 2″ has been circulating for months. When it was announced that he would take on the moniker, Whiplash, we were all eager to see just how Rourke would look in costume. Well, the wait is over. The first [...]
The folks behind the 2008 hit “Iron Man” have upped the star power ante landing Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke for the sequel, tentatively scheduled for release on May 7th 2010. According to Johansson’s people she is “thrilled” to be playing the Black Widow opposite Robert Downey Jr. Director John Favreau and his Marvel crew [...]
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